DYNAMITER GONVICTED
EXPLOSIONS FOLLOW
PLANT DESTROYED
Paoifle ffews Servloe.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16—David
Caplan was convicted here yesterday i
on the charge of murder In connec
tion with dynamiting the Times
building six years ago as an accom
pl co of the McNciinar.i*.
The Jury brought In a verdict of
guilty la the late afternoon and it was
known through the city.
Early today the Llewellyn Iron
works was destroyed by a fire which
had Its orlgen In two mysterious ex
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plosions Forty workmen In thep lant
escaped with only slight Injuries.
There were suspicious circumstan
ces surounding the explosions which
have aroused the question whethei
or not the conviction of Cuplan wus in
in any way the motive underlying the
destruction of the plant. An inves
tigation has been begun by a large
force of public and private dectetives.
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$ 2.00 per month.
SWIFTWATER BILL’S
CLEARY CREEK GROUND
NOW BEING WORKED
FAIRBANKS.—It is reported that {
Morrison & Johnson, drifting on num
ber 6 below, Cleary, struck pay on the !
claim which W. C. "Swiftwater Bill"
Gates made a fortune. They have
struck six feet of gravel that will run
in the neighborhood of $5.00 to the
square foot of bedrock.
Gates is a well known character of
the north, for he made his reputation
in the early days of Dawson where he
was one of the first to get back to
Seattle with a fortune from the Klon
dike. In the states he became fam
ous as the much married man where
he was a close rival to Nat Good
win, the actor.
Gates came to Fairbanks in the
early days after the many wives had
taken away most of his Klondike gold.
It was then that he made the strike
on Cleary. The amount that he took
out has never been certainly ascer
tained, but it was close to the million
mark according to some old timers,
and at lca3t two or three hundred
CONVICTED MURDEBES
ASX TO DIE AT
ONCE
International News Service.
HiNU SING, Dec. 18.—Two young
men named Stanley Milstein and
Charles Huron who are sentenced to
die this week have asked that they
Lc killed at once so as to decrease
the suffering of their famlles ns
much as possible on Christinas morn
ing. They say that If they are else
tiocuted at once part of the pain of
their relatives will have passed away
it. a week.
CHRISTMA3 8HOPPING.
Will hslp ths ovsr*work*d clerk*,
•nd will especially oblige ths Roof
Garden committee, if they will do
their shopping at early at poss ble,
giving everybody time to go to the
Roof Garden Saturday night.
HINT8 ON COMFORT.
To Look Woll You Must Feel Well.
Clothes help you to look wall. If
they are made to order and lit well;
repaired well, cleaned well and wall
pressed, Therefore you will feel well.
M. PASCOFF,
Ladles and Gents Tailor, does it all
well. Cor. Lane’s way and Front St.
NOTICE.
▲ few copies of thn ISIS edition
of the Nugget Mlnglng and Dredging
Ifagasine on sale at the Nugget of
fice. The most comprehensive work
on Seward peninsula published in re
oent years. Fifty cents per copy.
Lot the Nugget da your letter writ
lag by sending the Weekly Nugget t<
your friends on the outside—60c m<
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Each oapaiUe besrtihe <
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Beware of
counterfoil <
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thousand by the conservative sour
doughs.
The latest reports from the outside
bring the news that Gates is now
operating la Peru and that he has
not lost his desire for new wives.
Gates is said to own considerable
property In California.—Citizen.
ALASKA
JOTES
The residents of Nanana hare pofl
tio.ied the court to make that plac«
a recording office.
R. C. Teague of Seward recently j
caught a 76-pound halibut while fish
ing off the dock at that place.
—
Fairbanks merchants report a de
cided spurt in the sale of agricultu
ral implements in that section last
summer.
Another large dock along the lu
ncau waterfront Is contemplated by
the Alaska Stamship Company.
_
The Douglas Chapter of the East
ern Star celebrated Its seventh an- j
nivcrsary recently with a banquet.
I
The Hawk Inlet Canery, South
eastern Alaska, has put up more than
100,000 cases of salmon this year.
—
Rev. Munro a recent arrival at
Seward, Is planning the establishment
of a non-sectarian church at that
place.
John Minogue, an old-timer, was
stricken with paralysis at Ophir and
died at Anvik on his way to the hos
pital.
Let the Nugget do your letter writ
ing by sending the Weekly Nugget to
your frlpnds on the outside—Mle mo.
TEMPERATURES
Following are the lowest recorded
temperatures for this year and last
on tho days designated. The minus
sign before a number means below
zero.
U. S. Weather Bureau.
1916. 1910
Dec, 1. —11 —20
Dec. 2. —12 —30
Dec. 3. —14 —32
Dec. 4. —IS — 32
Dec. 6. —16 —Ho
Dec. 6. —14 —28
Dec. 7. —14 —26
Dec. 8. —16 - -21
Dec. 9. —18 —4
Dec. 10;. —11 2
Dec. 11. —IS 6
Dec. 12. —16 22
Dec. 13 . — 5 26
Dec. 14. —2 12
Dec. 15 . —5 6
Dec,. 16 . —6 —3
Dec. 17. —6 —1
LUTFISK
At the Board of Trade Caf®.
WE CAN DO IT.
For firm class work and prompt deliv
ery phone Main 151 and the People's
Laundry will send and get your laundry
W. J. WILLIAMSON. Prop.
The resources, industries, flora and
fauna, the Eskimo and every Inter
esting feature of Seward peninsula
detailed In the 1916 edition of the
Nugget Mining and Dredging Maga
zine. A few copies left. Price, fifty
cents.
Watch Our Display
OF
Turkeys, Geese, Ducks,
Chickens and Suckling
Pigs and
FRESH KILLED BEEF
FOR THE HOLIDAYS
EASTERN AND OLYMPIA OYSTERS
WE ADVERTISE NOTHING WE DO NOT CARRY
INDEPENDENT MEAT MARKET
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.
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advantages gained by becoming a member of the
FRATERNAL, SOCIAL, PROTECTIVE AND FINANCIAL
PRESTIGE should be sufficient inducement for you
not to lose another moment to request some Eagle
friend of yours to present your name.
One large class will be put through Tuesday
December 12th, get in the next class December 26
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