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VOL IX. NO. 1290. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1917. ' PRICE TEN CENTS
JAGKLING MAY" TARE OVER BIG INTERESTS
GILL EXPECTS AN INDICTMENT
SEATTLE MAYOR
BELIEVES HE IS
SLATED VICTIM
Will Not Be Surprised
Grand Jury Indicts
Him in Liquor
Sensation
OTHER COMPLICATIONS
Confessor Mullen Gets
Release and District
Attorney Highly
Indignant.
SEATTLE. Jan. 10.?Mayor Hlram
Gill announced this forenoon that
he would not be the least bit sur- j
prised if he was indicted by the
Federal Grand Jury owing to false ?
confessions, as he stated, being made,
involving him in the recent liquor ex
pose.
"Public clamor was against me dur
ing the Wappenstein affair, several I
years ago," said the Mayor "but 1
came out perfectly clean. The citi
zens recalled me and I came back.
Some one must be tho goat in all
public affairs and I seem to be the
one picked out. I do not fear the |
consequences any more than I did i
the previous affairs."
It developed here today that when j
the man Mullen, who confessed to
the Federal Grand Jury yesterday, ?
was arrested he was wearing a po
liceman's star number 204. Mullen
asserted at the time that this starj
was given him by Chief of Polico;
Beckingham. following hi3 suspensionj
when his regular star was taken from |
him by Police Lieutenant Mason.!
Chief Beckingham denies that he'
gave the star to Mullen, and the;
matter is more complicated than;
ever.
Mullen Slips Out
SEATTLE. Jan. 10.?Mullen was j
released from custody during the,
night by United States Commissioner
R. W. McClelland. Mullen present-j
ed to the commissioner a check for
$800 and said that was the amount j
of his bonds.
This morning District Attorney'
Clay Allen was indignant at the re
lease who had demanded that Mul
len's bond be fixed at $5,000.
Mullen was re-arrested this after
noon and his bond was fixed at $3,
000 which he furnished ar.d was re
leased.
Proceedings Halted
SEATTLE, Jan. 10.?Pending defi
nite announcement by the Billings
ley brothers as to the pleas they
will enter on the Federal Grand
Jury indictments further procedure
against the alleged higher-ups have
been halted by the government au
thorities.
CLOSE MOSCOW
TO REFUGEES
UPON ORDERS
BERLIN', Jan. 10. ? (Wireless to
Sayville.)?The military commander
of Moscow has close] that city to
refugees, says the Overseas News
Agency, which adds that the city is
crowded with people from Rumania.
Odessa and all parts of Southern
Russia. Rumanian refugees, the ag
ency says, will in the future be sent
to Siberia.
CHAMTERLAIN APPOINTED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.?Prc3iden:
Wilson today appointed Colonel John
L. Chamberlain Inspector General oi
the army with the rank of Brigadiet
General.
7 WEATHER REPORT?24 Hrs
Ending at 3 p. in. Today:
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| Wednesday, Janue.-y 10th.
Maximum?31.
Minimum?2S.
Precipitation?.14.
I Cloudy.
Northwest wind.
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Russian Premier Trepoff Who Has Resigned
LONDON, Jan. 10.?Advices ha\e been received here that Russian
Premier A/cxa.-dcr T.-cpoff and fiii. istcr of "Public Ir.structiorTUount I3
natief\ today presented thsrr resignations to the Ciar and they have been
accepted Prince Golitrirs has been appointed Premier. Gen. Trepoff
was only appointed Premier in November. No reasons arc known here
for the resignations.
GERMAN RAIDER REPORTED SOI
ON OCEAN BY BRITISH CRUISER
NEW YOF.K. Jan. 10.?It is reported here this afternoon in ship
ping circles that according to cipher messages flashed over the Atlantic
ocean last night by wireless that a British cruiser sank a German
raider in mid-ocean late yesterday afternoon. The reports are that
the British cruiser overtook the raider, which was an armed auxiliary
boat, and after a running fight, several well directed shots sent the
craft to the bottom. The fate of the crew of the raider is not given.
TURKEY CAN DO 1
AS SHE PLEASES
REGARDING WAB
That Nation Can Make
a Senarate Proposal
I for Peace Owing to
an Old Treaty.
IS INDEPENDENT POWER
WASHINGTON. J:in. ?0. -American
Ambassador Eikus baa forwarded
trom Constantinople an apparently
authentic article frcm a semi-offic
ial newspaper in the Turkish capl- I
ial giving the text of Turkey's re
pudiation of the guardianship of the
great powers which was created by
tho treaty of I'aris of 1856 and the
i treaty of Berlin of 1S78.
One of the motives of the repud
iation. it 13 said here, is-to permit
Turkey to enter a peace conference
las an entirely independent power.
1 Tho United States will take no ac
tion in the matter, as this country i
; was not a party to cither treaty
and doe-3 net consider that its rights
are more particularly involved
j through this specific action thani
through the whole general Turkish
situation.
The significance of Turkey's rc
. pudiation of the treaties of Tar! ?
and Berlin, officials hi re believe,
a question entirely dependent on tho
outcome of the war.
BRADLEY WILL RETURN.
SEATTLE. Jan. 10.?Fred Brad
i ley, formerly of Juneau where he
was manager of the Standard Oil
Co., and arrested here on telegraph
ic information, will return north
| waiving- extradition rights. ?.Ir.
i Bradley is charged with a "short
>!age."
GERMAN BOATS
PREPARING FOB
OCEAN SERVICE
Stockholm Dispatch Says
Worth German Line
Will Receive
Freight
LONDON. Jan. 10.?A Stockholm
dispatch to the Morning Post says
that. according to the financial pa
per Affarsvarlden, the Hamburg
American and North .fierraan Lloyd
lines have circularized their com
mercial connections to the effect
that their ships arc ready to move
freight from America for February 1,
The ships of the two lines are now
said to be undergoing overhauling
and equipping.
According to this story the Ham
burg-American officials announced
they are prepared to resume regular
sailings "after the conclusion of
ptjace or possibly earlier. If hind
rances to shipping are removed."
SAFER AS FIREMEN
THAN CITIZENS SAYS
CITY STATISTICS
NEW YORK. Jan. 10.?Statistic!
prepared hv medical officers of thi
New York Police and FJro Depart
menu and submitted to Mayor Mitch
el by Fire Commissioner AJauison
indicates that, in spite of tho risk
| of their service, it is safer to be i
, fireman than a policeman, and cafe
[to bo either than a plain citizen
, Percentages of death and Illness ar
; lower in both services than in th
| general average of the public.
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BUFFALO BILL DEAD
Denver. Jan. 10. ? Col.
; William F. Cody internation
ally known as "Buffalo Bill"
died here at noon today. The
veteran of Indian wars, the !
hero of millions of youngsters
in the past forty years, and !
one of the famous characters
of American times, failed to
rally from a complicated dis- i
ease, and while unconscious,
went out alone, on the last 1
| trail.
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BONE ORTBILL i
FOR ALASKA IS
A PROBABILITY
Drastic Prohibition Bill
For Worth Is Being j
Planned For
Territory.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.?At a
hearing today on a drastic prohi
bition bill for the Territory of Al
aska before the House committee
on territories, it was developed that
there are 325 retail liquor dealers
and six breweries in the Territory.
Chairman William C. Houston, of
Tennessee, indicated that the com
mittee would report favorably on the
bill and that its effect would be to
make the Territory "bone dry."
SOFFRASiSTS
i BEGIN THEIR
! SILENT FIGHT
Delegates With Banners
Are Patrolling the
Main Entrances of
the White House.
WASHINGTON*. Jan. 10.?SuHra
. gists today began their silent plckct
. log of the White House. Twelve
pickets from the Congrosjlonal Un
|ljn for Woman Suffrage appeared at
the two main gatC3 of the White
House carrying banners inscribed,
"Mr. President, what will you do for
| woman suffrage?"
Officials said nothing would be
done about it so long as the women
; created no disturbance and did not
attempt to enter the White House.
J PUBLIC HEARINGS"
CALLED OFF OVER
PEACE MOTE "LEAK"
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.?After a
brief session today the House Rules
committee suspended public hear
inga on the Woods' resolution for ar
investigation as to whether there
was a stock market "leak" on the
peace note. Many Congressmen be
lieve the committee will reporl
against the investigation.
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STEAMER MOVEMENTS I
and Mail Information
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| NOW BOUND NORTH
City of Seattle sailed north last
j J night at 11:30 o'clock. Will
? be due here Saturday with sev- i
en days mall.
Alameda scheduled to sail Fri
11 i day morning.
! j SCHEDULED SAILINGS
I Al-Ki Is scheduled to sail from j
, j Seattle today.
Princess Sophia is scheduled to !
sail from Vancouver Saturday.
' SOUTHBOUND SAILINGS
j Mariposa Is expected south
j bound Friday or Saturday.
r Spokane is expected southbound
, ! early next week.
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ENTENTES HAVE
REPLY TO PEACE
NOTE PREPARED,'
All Governments Have
Placed Their 0. K.
on Answer to
President.
IS ULTRA~SENSATIONAL
i-ONDON, Jan. 10.?The reply of 1
the Entente Allies to President Wil
son's note asking that the belliger
ents statr the aims for which they
were fighting, has now been approved
by all of the Entente governments.
Its delivery la about to be made at;
Paris. J'
SENSATIONAL REPLY
PARIS, Jan. 10.?Marcel Hutln, the.
well known journalist, is authority
for the report that the reply of the j
Ententes to President Wilson's peace
note will be "ultra sensational" and !
{that its delivery to the President is
imminent. Mons. Hutin asserted that
the note will not be made public
uttil President Wilson has had an
opportunity to examine its contents.
SEATTLE SAILS
! FOR NORTH WITH
A LARGE NUMBER;
SEATTLE, Jan. 10.?Steamer City j
of Seattle sailed at 11:30 o'clock
last night for Southeastern Alaska
with a large number of passengers
; and a full freight cargo, leaving a
large amount on the dock. The
passengers for Juneau were A. O. |
Kelly and wife, A. J. Andrews, Mrs. |
in. L). Crary, James Rcld, A. Wilde,)
i B. J. Driffey, William Wright, D. W.
Terwllllgcr, J. A. Kissel, Oscar K. j
Hart, C. D. Handy and G. A. Am-:
bold.
The Seattle lias Bcvcn days' mail'
on board, first and second class and
parcels post.
ZEPPELINS TO j
I BE BUILT BY
| THE 0. S, NOW
Secretary Daniels Says
Aircraft Are to Be
Constructed for
the Navy.
ARMY'S NBATORDNANCE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10? Ordnance
| and innovations designed from lines
1 developed by tho European bolliger
, ents were authorized by both tho War
j and Navy Departments today. These
? new plans include Zeppelin typos of
J airship, large cnlibro Mobile rifles
l and howitzers to be mounted on
| trucks for coa3t defense. They can
'bo hauled by tractor engines over
' j the country roads.
| Secretary of the Navy Daniels an
[ nounced this afternoon that the Zep
pelins wiil be constructed at once.
GERMANY MUST BE
GIVEN FLEMISH
COAST AS A BASE
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LONDON, Jan. 10.? Dr. Gustav
Stro8semann, German national liber
al deputy In a speech at Hanover de
clared that Germany must emerge
from the war in possession of the
Flemmlsh coast. He said Germany,
ulthough tho second strongest econo
mic power in the world, possessing
| the second strongest merchant fleet,
had not a single naval supporting
point to servo for defense In war
? time.
This war has annlhllfatcd our world
f trade, ho is quoted as saying and
9. we have forfeited our colonies and
? our wfluscr c\uadron Is lost.
COL MJACKLING NEGOTIATING
TO TAKE OVER ALL GUGGENHEIM
AND MORGAN ALASKA INTERESTS
Four Hundred and Fifty Million - Dollar Deal Is Now
Pending in the East ? Jackling Refuses to Be
Quoted as to Probabilities of Deal Being Con
summated ? Effects Would Be Far-reaching.
SAX FRANCISCO. Jan. 10.?Col. D. C. Jackling, the great mining
magnate, conceded In an interview here last night, that a gigantic
mining deal, Involving a possible transfer of property worth $450,
000,000 consisting of many Guggenheim-Morgan interests, including the
Kennecott Copper Corporation and all the Guggcnhclm-Mor^n-wAlaska
interests, has been talked about. "The question has been talked over,"
said Col. Jackling, "but it has not reached the stage of negotiation."
"It has simply been in the air," he continued.
Col. Jackling refused to be quoted on the question as to whether
or not the probabilities are that the deal will be consummated.
DEAL ON WAY TO CONSUMMATION.
NEW VORK, Jan. 10.?Negotiations are in progress in this city
looking to the purchase by the Utah Copper Company, of which Col. D.
C. Jackling is general manager, of the Kennecott Copper Corporation,
which owns every copper, placer and quartz mine of the Guggenheim
and Morgan Syndicate in Alaska, the Copper River & Northwestern Rail
way, the Alaska Steamship Company and other holdings of the Gug
gcnhclms and Morgans in Alaska. It also owns the great Bradeu Cop
per mine of South America."
The sale, if made, would mean that the Utah Copper, of which
Col. Jackling is at the head, would become the owner of all of the
Guggenheim and Morgan Alaska interests and the Bradcn copper mine.
The de^l would involve practically $450,000,000, and be the largest
deal in the history of American mining.
The Guggcnheims and Morgan arc heavy stockholders in Utah Cop
per?their holdings amounting to more than 400,000 shares.
Deal Discussed For Some Time in East.
New York and Boston financial papers reaching Juneau have
had considerable about the possibility of the sale of the Kennecott Cor
poration to the Utah Copper Company for sometime. The Boston News
Bureau's understanding; of the plans is that the Utah Copper Company,
tho largest of the Jackling companies and the one in which the Gug
genheims ace chiefly Interested, may take over the Kennecott Copper
Corporation. It has Intimated that the Hay, Chino, Nevada and other
Jackling companies would not he involved in the transaction. However,
the plan would mean that the Kennecott nnd all of its subsidiaries, tho
Bradcn Copper mine of South America, the Yukon Gold Corporation,
operating at Uaweon and Iditarod, the Bonanza and other Guggenheim
mines of Copper river. Prince Willinm Sound and elsewhere, the Alaska
properties now controlled by the Guggenheim-Morgan syndicate, would
come under the management of the Jackling, Stone and Hayden in
terests.
Result in Alaska May Be Far Reaching
The result of such a deal might be far reaching in Alaska. It
might involve transportation as well as mining. Col. Jackling haH been
interested in the Admiral Bine of steamships for some months. It is
understood that he became more heavily interested when the Pacific
Alaska Navigation Company took over the old Pacific Coast Steamship
Company and organized the Pacific Steamship company. If the deal
for the purchase of tho Kennecott Copper Corporation by the Utah
Copper Company should be consummated, the Alaska Steamship Company
would come under the control of Col. I). C. Jackling.
The Alaska-Gastlneau mining properties, the Kensington and other
Alaska properties arc owned by the Jackling interests. The Kennecott
Copper Corporation Is a large owner of Utah Copper Company stock, and
it is believed hero that the principal feature, as far as local interests
arc concerned, of the sale of the Kennecott to the Utah company would
be that the Jackling organization would control tho Alaska interests
that are now under the management of tho Guggenheim organization
as well aB those that are under the Jackling organization.
Stephen Birch, of New York, is now and for many years has been
manager of the Morgan-Guggenheim Alaska mining interests.
Alexander Can Secure Big Steamships
SEATTLE, Jan. 10.?Through Louis W. Hill, President of the
Great Northern Railway, President H. F. Alexander, of the Pacific
Steamship Company, has secured for himself or the steamship company,
[an option oh the steumships Great Northern and Northern Pacific. He
i can take the steamers over any day he elects, according to the report.
Several months ago It. W. Baxter, of the Alaska Steamship Company,
announced that he had practically completed arrangements for taking
I over the two large steamships. The Alexander deal therefore has
caused deep speculation in steamship circles hero and along the coast.
DAVID CAPLan GOES
TO PRISON FOR TERM
i SAX QUENTIN, Cal.. Jan. 10. ?
David Caplln, convicted of complicity
; in the Ix)8 Angeles Times dynamit
| ing, years ago, and recently con- ,
I vlcted after a second trial, entered '
the prison here today to commence '
i to serve his ten years' sentence.
1 This followed the announcement late '
| vestcrday that he would stop fight- 1
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T STOCK QUOTATIONS " '
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NEW YORK, Jan. 10. ? Alaska
Gold closed yesterday at 11.
Alaska-Juneau at 7%.
American Zinc at 36>4. '
Butte & Superior at 47. <
Ray at 27.
Chino at 54%.
1 Utah Copper at 105%.
I Copper metal was quoted at 26.
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SUICIDES WHILE
BRIDE IS EATING
HER MORNING MEAL
SEATTLE, Jan. 10.?Edward Tib
>ott, aged 21, recently married shot
llmself In the head this morning dy
ng instantly. Tibbets was sick
n bed at tho time. Mrs. Tibbets,
he wife, was eating breakfast In
in adjoining room when he rhusband
mlcldcd. She knows of no cause
ind Is heartbroken.
CHEMISTRY INSTRUCTOR
DIES AS THE RESULT OF
CLASS DEMONSTRATION
"SEATTLE, Jan. 10?Miss Alice A.
Bell, aged 25 years, Instructor In
chemistry .In the College of Hawaii,
died at tho home of her parents in
this city from an illness that began
with Injuries from inhaling chlorine
gas during u demonstration before
her class in Honolulu last March.
She was on leave of absenco from
tho college.