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ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE J. F. A. STRONG Telephone No. 3-7-4 Entered as second-class matter November 7. 1912 at the postoflice at Ju neau. Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 0?e year, by mail $10.00 Six months, by mail 6.00 Per month, delivered 1.00 REDUCTION OF WORLD'S GOLD SUPPLY AND ITS EFFECT ON ALASKA. THE decrease in gold production that has been noticeable dur ing the last few years is attracting not a little discussion in the world's financial circles. Those that are interested in maintaining property values at something like those now pre vailing are becoming anxious about the situation, and already are giving the matter serious consideration. The plans to pro vide a more elastic currency in the United States will be formu lated with the purpose of supplying the deficiency in the gold supply, yet generally there is a trend of thought that it would be well if there could be an increase in the production of gold. The prevalence of this opinion cannot fail to stimulate the ef forts toward development of gold-producing properties in Alas ka. The Wall Street Journal recently discussed the stoppage of the flow of new gold into the channels of trade that has been prevailing. It quotes a recent article from the Economiste Francaise. written by Pierre Leroy-Balieu, the French economist, in which the writer insists that the annual rate of production of gold has come to a practical siandtsill during the past five years, instead of mounting steadily upwards, as it did during the years following the Boer war. , Turning to figures, the Journal says the present stock of gold money in the world is about $7,500,000,000 .and it thinks that after deducting that used in the arts and the annual absorp tion of gold by India, which, incidentaly, has been increasing heavily in recent years, the present annual addition to the world's stock of gold can hardly be in excess of $250,000,000. This is practically no surplus. "Accepting this contention to be true," proceeds the Jour nal. "and further, that no future increases in the production of gold are likely, there will be fair opportunity to test how sound the quantitative theory of money is in relation to prevailing high prices. If production of gold has reached its maximum, and is to decline rather than advance hereafter, then, according to this theory, prices of all commodities are destined to tend stead ily downward, in response to the growing scarcity of gold." The Democrats were accused in the House of Representa tives the other day of cleaning their feet on the Progressive p.uty's door mat. Are we to infer that it is conceded that their feet are clean? That is the important intimation in the charge. GOVERNMENT 3Y THE PEOPLE THE contention that the direct methods of legislation that have been invoked to bring government closer to the people have a tendency to make demagogues and hypocrites of those that would serve in representative capacity is not based on logic nor is it substantiated by experience. In fact they are having the opposite effect in those States where they are being worked out. They have a tendency to make issues clearer and to force candidates for office to stick closer to principals. They require those seeking legislation to take the masses into their confidence. They add to the responsibilities of citizenship, and have a sobering effect on the average man. One of the ills from which the body politic has suffered has been the indifference of the citizen. Many of those whose wel f- rt requires constructive legislation have shown so little inter est in matters of public importance that they have left the field of discussion to those who pander to the support of classes of citizens that have votes to give, or to those that have special in terests to serve. They become interested in public matters only when a legislature is in session, and then, all too frequently, they discover, or think that they discover, that a platform or an ante election pledge should be broken in the interest of the general good. The result is unkept platform promises and these have done more than anything else in the world to cause the wide spread dissatisfaction at the course of government that exists. Where the people are in command of their government, is sues involving the public welfare are threshed out before the elections, and the people are informed about them. The re sult is always a better understanding among those of all classes of the population and of all manner of employment. If more of the conservative men and women of the country, that are honestly interested in the up-building of the country, would spend more of their time and talent in discussing what they think should be done and why, and less in proclaiming their distrust of the masses they would not be regarded with so much suspicion. It is the most natural thing in the world for voters to view with distrust the actions of those who will not put faith in them. The sane, patriotic, up-building workingmen are in a large majority among the laboring classes. Let them have the infor mation necessary upon which to act intelligently, and no legiti mate industry will suffer at their hands. No interest that will bear scrutiny in the light of a full knowledge of its working need fear to trust the people, and no interest that will not bear such scrutiny deserves public sup port. A London newspaper says England does not welcome Amer ican militant suffragettes on its shores. That is fair. We are not hankering after any of the British militant suffragettes on our shores. It is horse and horse. THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE VOTE IN MICHIGAN THE cause of woman suffrage that came so nearly carrying the election in Michigan last November was lost by a sub stantial majority in the spring election this month. The change of sentiment is due, probably, in a large measure to the capers of the militant suffragettes of Great Britain and the spec tacular performances of those of the American Atlantic seaboard. The bomb-throwing, house-burning, fighting women of England and the foolish enthusiasts of our own country are doing more to overcome the work of the really earnest, sincere and sane men and women that have devoted time and talent to securing the light of franchise for women than any other influence with which the latter have to contend. ALASKA BUREAU IS ] WELL EQUIPPED That the Alaska Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce possesses more | information about Alaska than the ( United Suites governments Itself, wae the declaration made by J. E. Boggild ^ of San Francisco, the executive Dan- ? mh consul of the Pacific Coast, who , was a visitor in Seattle.- Seattle Sun. Circles. t "What is meant by the phrase 'dip- t lomatic circles'?" "Possibly it refers to the lines of reasoning sometimes pursued in inter national discussion." I Hopeful "Does your husband play poker?" ? "I hope so." replied young Mrs. Tor kins. "He has spent hundreds of dol- ' lars trying to learn." ( ? " Advancing Requirements. "What we need is a campaign of ed ucation." "That's right." replied Farmer Corn tassel. "Us farmers are getting to a ' place where we don't want so much lit erature about fertlzers and fodder. ( What we want is to get educated so S that we can hold our own in an auto- * ( mobile dicker. ( t The Tariff. Again on tariff themes we touch: t Their scope keeps geting wider. 1 A thing that needs reform so much J Must be a fierce backslider. Clam chowder every day at "U and I" Lunch Boom. 4-14-lm. NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE ( i Whereas, on the 2nd day of April, I 1913, an order of sale was issued out i of the District Court for Alaska, Di- I vision No. 1, at Juneau, in the case i of British Columbia Development As- j [ sociation. and Sir John George Craggs. j i as Receiver of the assets of said asso- i ciation. vs. The North Pacific Wharves < & Trading Company, and to me direct- i ed and delivered as Referee appointed | in said cause, commanding me to sell t as under execution all the right title and interest which the said defendant I i had. on the 9th day of August. 1907. I or at any time thereafter, in and to ( the following described property to- i 1 wit: I That certain wharf property, and other properties, situated, lying and I being at. and immediately southeast :< [ of the town of Skagway, Alaska, 1 known and held as and called "Moore's I Wharf Property." together with the < wharf approaches to the same, and to- 1 gether with the land beginning at the i north end of said approach to said < wharf and running and extending ? | south from and along the said Moore's 1 Wharf (along the blufT on the east;I shore of Skagway Bay), to the wharf ! now constructed, claimed and owned! by the Pacific & Arctic Railway & 1 Navigation Company the southernmost < terminus of the said wharf property ] having originally been marked and - fixed by the southernmost ringbolt i placed on a point or rock on said i shore by William Moore, and together - with all property rights and franchis- l es, privileges, warehouses and other buildings and improvements, approach-,. es to said wharf, extensions, and all other property of any other kind or: nature whatsoever being in or about | said Moore's Wharf at the time off the making of said mortgage, and also j together with all and singular the fix tures, improvements, rights, privileges, tenements, hereditaments, and appur tenances. thereunto belonging or in any wise appurtaining, and the rever sion or reversions, remainder or re mainders, rents issues and profits thereof. And also commanding me to sell as under execution, all the right, title and interest which the said defendant had, on the 24th day of December, 1907, or at any time thereafter, in and to the following described property, towit: Situated at or near Skagway, Alas ka, and being all the right, title, and interest of the defendant, the North Pacific Wharves & Trading Company in the lands, hereditaments, and prom ises hereinafter specifically described, together with all and singular the buildings. improvements. fixtures, rights, of way and approach, and all other rights, privileges, franchises, easements, and appurtenances to the same belonging or In any wise appur taining, or held and enjoyed in con nection therewith, or with any part thereof, towit: The Sylvester Wharf, and the the Fourth or Seattle Wharf, both situated on the shore and fore shore of Skagway Bay, Alaska: and also all the freehold tract, lot, or par cel of land lying and being in the town of Skagway, and bounded as follows: on the east by the White Pass & Yu kon Railway's right of way, on the west by the east line of Spring street, on the south by the meander line of Skagway Bay. Now therefore. Notice is herebv giv en that T will, on Thursav. the 8th dav of May. 1913. at the Court House door in Juneau. Alaska, between the hours of nine o'clock in the morning and four o'clock in the afternoon, offer the above described property for sale at nublic outcry, to the highest bidder for cash, the said offer being of each of said properties as an entirety. J. M. DAVIS, Referee. i PIONEERS OF ALASKA ORGANIZE AT VALDEZ1 Representative Frank Aldrich, who is organizer at large for the Pioneers )( Alaska, has received a letter from loe McCoy stating that they have per fected a temporary organization of an igloo of the order which will prob ibly be Igloo Number 7. The charter will be sent for immediately. There >vere over forty signers to the roll at he lirst meeting and it is expected :o build up a strong organization. Awful. "That was a terrible slip of the pencil my stenographer made." said Senator Sorghum. "In the speech you recently had printed?" ? "Yes. 1 said I was guided by Vox Populi. She had it writter 'Vox Pock jtbook!'" In the United States Commissioner's Court for the District of Alaska, Div. No. 1, Yakutat Precinct. In Probate. n the matter of the estate of Gus tav Teseh, deceased. NOTICE is hereby given that the mdersigned has been, by the United states Commissioner, Probate Judge )f the above entitled court, by an or ler duly made and entered, appoint >d administrator of the estate of Gus av Tesch, deceased. All persons hav ng claims against said estate are tereby notified to present them, with he proper vouchers and in legal form, Aithin six (6) months from the date )f this notice, to the undersigned, at lis residence at Yakutat. Alaska. Dated this 5th day of April, 1913. FRANK R. BIGFORD Administrator. NOTICE OF FORFEITURE TO L. A. Moore, Berta Jarmy and Fred Stevenson: You and each of you ire hereby notified that you co-owner, the undersigned, have performed all the necessary labor as required by Sec tion 2324 United States Revised Stat utes and the amendments thereto ap proved January 22nd, 1880, concern ing annual labor upon mining claims, upon the Sum Dum group of placer claims and upon the Duck creek group uf placer claims, for the year ending December 31st, 1912, for the purpose cf holding said claims; And unless you, within ninety days lfter the first publication of this no tice, pay your proportion of the cost uf said annual labor as required by law, and the cost of this notice, your Interest in said group or groups of said claims will, in accordance with law, become the property of the un iersigned; the proportion to be paid t>y L. A. Moore, holding one eighth in terest in each group is $25.60, and the cost of this notice; the proportion to be paid by Berta Jarma is $12.70, md the cost of this notice, holding die-eighth interest in the Sum Dum ?roup: and the proportion to be paid by Fred Stevenson, holding one-eighth interest in the Sum Dum group is &12.70, and the cost of this notice; Said claims being located in the Harris mining district, near Power's i creek, and about six miles from the Postofllce at Sum Dum, Territory of \laska; and recorded in book eleven (XI.) on pages 51 and 52 of Placer records, on the 5th day of February, D., 1912, in the the office of the Ju leau Recording District. First publication March 8. 1913, last publication June 8, 1913. ANDREW JOHNSON. Professional Cards R. W. JENNINGS ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Lewis Building, Juneau Z. R. CHENEY ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Lewis Building, Juneau Gunnison & Marshall ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW Decker Building Juneau Alaska H. P. CROWTHER U. S. Deputy Surveyor U. S. Mineral Surveyor Office ? Lewis Block ? Juneau N. WATANABE DENTIST Office Over Purity Pharmacy Juneau - ? ? Alaska JOHN B. DENNY ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Mining and Corporation Law Offices: Juneau, Alaska Seattle, Wash. J. F. EVERETT ARCHITECT 427 Walker Building, Seattle 205 Seward St. JUNEAU w. H. Cleveland P. J. Cleveland j Contractors-Builders Estimates Furnished Free Upon Request Good Mechanics, Good Material, Best Results 'PHONE 6-0-3 JUNEAU H. W. AVERILL DENTIST Case Bldg. Front and Main Sts. Office Hrs: 9 a. m. to 12 m. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. ?PHONE?209 f PSYCHIC READER HERE Madam Cheirona, palmist and phychic reader, of London, Eng land, has located temporarily in the Johnson Cottage, Second and Main St. Readings strict- | l.v confidential. * < JUNEAU STEAMSHIP CO. United States Mail Steamer S. S. GEORGIA Juneau-Sitka Route Leaves Juneau for Funter, Ex cursion Inlet, Hoonata, Gypsum, Tenakee, Killisnoo, Chatham and Sitka 8:00 a. m. April 4, 10, 16, 22, 28; May 4, 10. 16, 22, 28; June 3. 9. 15, 21. 27; July 3, 9, 15, 21. 27: August 2, 8, 14. 20, 26; September 1, 7, 13, 19, and 25. Leaves Juneau for Tyee and Baranoff Warm Springs 8:00 a. m. April 28th, May 28th, June 27th, July 27th, August 26th, and September 25th. Juneau-Skagway Route Leaves Juneau for Pearl Har bor, Eagle River, Yankee Cove, Sentinel Light Sta., Eldred Light Sta., Comet, Haines, Skagway, 8 a. m. April 2, 8, 14, 20, 26; May 2. 8, 14. 20, 26; June 1, 7, 13. 19, 25; July 1. 7, 13, 19, 25, 31; Au gust 6, 12, 18, 24, 30; September 5. 11, 17, 23, and 29. Returning Leaves Skagway the Following Day at 8 a. m. WILLIS E. NOWELL, MANAGER kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaai III111111111111II -J* t x Have Only :: Ten Days Greater Reductions Than Ever. 111111111 ii i a i m 111111II11111111II111111II1111111111 forced Out of Business!: By owner of Building. Had no lease. Must Move in Thirty days and have no house to j1 move into. Must sacrifice my stock of Watches, Clocks, Jewelery, Silver- ;; ware,Cut Glass, Hand Painted China ;; Deep Cut. I I CHARICK :: White & Hand I I J JEWELER Painted China and OPTICIAN ? > I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I HUMBOLDT STEAMSHIP CO. J The Alaska Flyer ?). HUMKOLDT The AUuika Flyer ; NORTHBOUND MAY 3 SOUTHBOUND . MAY 4 DOCKS AT JUNEAU CITY WHARF Seattle Olllce, 716 Second Ave. GEO. BURFORD, Agent ?H-S-H-H-H 1 1 1 1 I M 1'1'i till '1"1 1 1 111 Ml 111 111 111 1 1 HI ?I--1-1-1"1"!' ALASKA j STEAMSHIP COMPANY ?? Safety, Service, Speed Ticket* to Seattle, Tncoma. Victorin and Vancouver. Through ?? , ticket* to San Francisco ? !! JEFFERSON Northbound ....APRIL 27 Southbound.. .APRIL 28 1 ;; ALAMEDA, Northbound APRIL 22 Southbound ..APRIL 29 t !?? MARIPOSA Northbound MAY 2 Southbound...MAY 9 * MARIPOSA Northbound APRIL 22 Southbound.. .APRIL 29 ^ ? ? ? I + Elmer E. Smith Douglas Agt. WILLIS E NOWELL, Juneau Agt. ?: I I 1 1 I I I I 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 11 1 I !? 0 K I /\ rvT? J ? * ? | rv Allen Shattuck, Agent, Office ? 1 INORTnLAIND - ?- ? n. t ? n John Henson, Douglas Agent Y Steamship Company ? <? REGULAR FAST SERVICE BETWEEN SEATTLE AND JUNEAU ? n Southbound Sailings S. S. ALKI, April 27 | \\ r? i. C 1.1.1 First Class $19.00 | : j; rare to oeattie second ciaSS $12.00 ? > i I M I n M ? It I I I I I I tl I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ALASKA COAST CO. For Yakutat, Katalla, Cordova. Ellamar, Valdez, Latouche, Seward, ? ? !! Seldovla?SAILS FROM JUNEAU !! !! S. S .ADMIRAL SAMPSON MAY 8 !! S S. YUKON APRIL 29 || ;; SAILS FROM JUNEAU FOR SEATTLE AND TACOMA \\ ;; S. S. ADMIRAL SAMPSON APRIL 28 ?? ? ? S. S. YUKON MAY 10 . . Right is reserved to change steamers or sailing dates without notice. ? > ? | S. H. Ewing, Juneau Agent. ALASKA COAST COMPANY, Seattle |J t PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP CO. | SEATTLE, TAOC >MA, \ " Victoria Vancouver, Bellingham, Everett, Olympla, Port Townsend, ? South Bellingham, Eureka, Santa Barbara, Mexico, San Francisco, J o Anacortes, Los Angeles and San Diego. o o C. D. DUNANN, P. T. M. G. W. ANDREWS, G. A. P. D. II 112 Market Street, S3n Francisco. 115 James Street, Seattle >* ? S. S. SPOKANE North May 3-14-25?South May 4-15-26 o " o CITY OF SEATTLE North APril 28 South APril 29 jj ? * o <? Right Reserved to Change Schedule. S. HOWARD EWING, Local Agt. 4 CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO.-B.C. Coast Service Sailing from Juneau for Port Simpson. Prince Rupert. Swan son. Alert Bay. Vancouver Victoria and Seattle PRINCESS MAY P. C. DOCK APRIL 23 I Front and Seward St*. C. P. R. TICKET OFFICE J. T. SPICKETT, Aat. FERRY TIME SCHEDULE JUNEAU FERRY & NAVIGATION Co.?Operating Ferry Service Be tween JUNEAU, DOUGLAS, TREADWELL and SHEEP CREEK Lv. Juneau for Douglas and Tread well ?8:00 a. m. 9:00 a. in. 11:00 a. m. 1:00 p. m. 3:00 p in. 4:30 p. m. 6:30 p. m. 8:00 p. m. 9:00 p. m. 11:00 p. in. Lv. Tread well for Juneau ?8:25 a. m. I 9:25 a. in. j 12:00 noon j 1:40 p. m. ! 3:25 p. m. 4:55 p. m. 6:55 p. m. 8:25 p. m. 9:25 p. in. 11:25 p. in. Loaves Douglas for .luneau , ?8:30 a. in. j 9:30 a. m. 12:05 p. m. 1:45 p. m. 3:30 p. it 5:30 p. m. j 7:05 p. in. j 8:30 p.m. ? 9:30 p.m. . 11:30 p.m. I| leaves Juneau daily for Sheep Creek ll:0(Ta. m. 4:30 p. in. Leaves Sheep Creek for Juneau 11:40 a. m. 5:10 p. ra. From Juneau for Sheep Crook Saturday Nfarht Only | 11:00 p. m. for Juneau Returning Leaves Sheep Creek 11:40 p. m. Leaves Treadwell 11:46 p. m. Leaves Douglas 11:60 p. m. j | Sunday Schedule same as above, except trip leaving Juneau at S a. tn. is omitted j We Are Headquarters for DRY |GOODS, CLOTHI|NG BOOTS AND SHOES, FURNISHINGS STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES ALASKA-TREADWELL GOLD MINING CO.