One Dollar Per Month. IDITAROD, ALASKA, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1911. Two Bits Per Copy
RED M'CARDY MISSING
Fairbanks, December 1.—From the
Hirch creek country comes news of the
non-arrival of Red M'Cadrv, the well
known promoter of that section. Ife
left Fairbanks a month ago with an
outfit for Birch creek, and his disap
pearance is causing much uneasiness.
A search has been instituted.
PARKER FOR M KINLEY
Seattle, December 1. — Professor
Herscbel Clifford Parker of Columbia
university will make another attempt
to climb Mt. M’K'nley. Merl Levoy
has left for Seward, where he will out
tit Later on he will establsh a camp at
the base of Mt. M’Kinley. The ascent
will he made in the spring.
Tripoli, December 1.—The Italian
irruy of occupation continues to lip
successful in all directions, and is now
advancing into the interior and occu
pying all the strategic points.
PRINCE RUPERT FIRE
l’rince Rupert, December 1 —The,
government buildings here have been :
totally destroyed by tire and many :
valuable documents lost.
WIRELESS BREVITIES
Upton Sinclair has been granted
n divorce.
Baron Gustave Rothschild, head
ot the Parisian bianeh ot the family,
is dead.
The Standard Oil Company has
dissolved It is split into thirty
parts.
An internal machine addressed
to Governor John Rinlev Teney oth
Pennsylvania has been discovered
by Pittsburg postal officials
Kx-Senator John F. Drydeti of
New Jersey is dead from pneumo
nia. He was 72 years old.
The weather at Nome is cold and
dry. No snow has fallen and the
trails aie in had shape. Martin ;
Moran, former commissioner in the
Kobuk, but removed for alleged,
cause, lias been succeeded by a j
brother ot Dr. Southward ot Nome.;
Thanksgiving day at Nome was
quiet. The federal authorities re
fused to allow the customary raffles
to take place.
When the tiial of Col. Aldeu J.
Bletheu commenced at Seattle,
counsel for the defense made a mo- j
lion fora directed verdict of no:1
guilty. Judge Ronald granted the
motion and the case was ended. j
The preliminary heating of the j
charge of embezzlement preferred '
against former Assistant Postruas
ter Foulkes ol Cordova has com
menced .
Clyde Morris, of Nome, has been
re-elected president of the Arctic
Chib of Seattle.
William Dikeman, joint dDcov- j
■erer with Beaton of pay in the'
Iditarod, was married at Seattle,
during the week to Miss Margaret
Rees.
ABE WALLACE IN JAIL
Abe Wallace, who formerly kept the ]
Board of Trade saloon in Iditarod, has]
been in trouble in Ruby.
It appears that Dan J. O'Brien, the I
night watchman, and one-time iceman j
in this town, went to “the row” to col-1
iect an old ice bill. When he asked
for the money, Abe Wallace, who was j
in the crib at the time, jumped on him
and blacked his eye, Wallace’s woman
(Grace) assisting in accordance with |
immemorial custom. Following this
little episode, Wallace was arrested on j
a charge of vagrancy, He was con- ]
vlcted, sent to jail for 25 days, and fined
325.
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KENNEL CLUB MEETING.
A meeting of members of the Idita
cod Kennel club will be held at the
Budweiser parlor tonight (Saturday) at
8 o’clock. Business important.
See Anderson Bros. & Nerland for
storm windows, pictures and picture
framing, novelties in wood for pyrag
raphic work.
FOR SALE—All the machinery used
by Scott & Martin on the Dakota
bench, Flat creek; whole or in part.
See J. H- Scott.
Pure Michigan apple cider for fam
ily use at Cap’s Place._
No chance to catch a cold if you use
the porcelain tub baths at the Iditarod
hospital. __
All kinds of pap ties at Analey’s.
Los Angeles, Dec. 1. —“The McNamara brothers
have confessed."
This was the staggering announcement which
greeted Los Angeles this morning. After all the pre
parations for prosecution and defense, after weeks and
months of patient work on both sides, the criminals
James it. and John J. McNamara come forward and
calmly admit that public sympathy has been wasted
and the dollars of honest folk squandered in an impos
sible attempt to prove the guilty innocent.
At first the news was discredited: it seemed so im
possible; but the statement of Clarence Darrow, leading
counsel for the defense, put an end to all doubt, and
the public realized that “the biggest criminal trial in
all history” was not to be.
James B. McNamara pleaded guilty to murder in
the first degree in connection with the death of Charles
Haggerty, a victim of the explosion at the Los Angeles
Times building.
John J. McNamara, elder brother of James, a law
yer of considerable ability and secretary-treasurer of
the International Union of Structural Ironworkers,
pleaded guilty to dynamiting the Llewellyn Ironworks.
Both will be sentenced December f>. According to
Los Angeles rumor James McNamara is to receive a
life sentence, while John will get off with about four
teen years.
Thus ends what promised to be the most expensive
criminal trial ever held.
Clarence Darrow says the confession had been un
der consideration for over a week. 11 I would never
have permitted the confession,” said he “had there
been any possible chance of getting out of it.”
The general public have not yet recovered from
the shock. On the street and in every rendezvous of
the city, the crime and the criminals form the sole
topic for discussion. Great praise is being showered
upon Detective Burns for the masterly manner in which
he weaved the chain of evidence around the men.
The dynamiting of the Times building occurred in
October of last year. About 17 persons were killed or
injured.
Fairbanks, December i.— Last Saturday the grand
jury in session here leturnsd a seciet indictment against
Ca pt. K T. Barnette. The indictment contains seven
counts, charging the captain \\i.h embezzlement from the
Washington-Alaska bank, of which institution be was
president. The bank failed last January lor one million
dollars.
On Monday a warrant was wired to Los Angeles, and
Ca pt. Barnette was arrested and is awaiting extradition.
He must furnish bonds to the amount of $317,000.
Fairbanks, December 1.—E- T, Barnette gave $317,000
bail at the S tu Francisco circuit court last Wednesday. He
will waive extradition and come straight to Fairbanks to
fight the case.
Messrs. West & De Journel, the famous San Francisco
legal firm, and Leroy Toz.ier, of Fairbanks, are Barnette’s
attorneys. They predict the captain’s acquittal.
Sevcial oilier indictments of bankers are expected
here. __
The old Fairbanks Banking Company was organized
as a partnership in 1904 by Barnette, Dick Wood anil Jim
Hill Early in the spring of 1908, at the time of the fiuan
rial panic, it was the only Fairbanks bank obliged to close
its doors. Its main difficulty was lack of Outside credit.
At that time Barnette held a bunch of Gold Bar Lumber
stock, for which he is reputed to have paid something like
$30,000.
After the banks went 011 a sciip basis the Barnette
bank was reorganized under the laws of Nevada and took
in quite a number of well-known Fairbanks business men
and miners They all took stock and the bank seemed to
be 011 a solid foundation. The board of directors was
largely composed of personal liitnds of Barnette, and he
seems to have been the boss of the situation at all times.
It was at this time that he sold the Gold Bar Lumber stock
to the new company lor something like $350,000; but at
that time he agreed to leave this money 111 the hank and
promised not to withdraw it for some time.
The hank kept losing money in its ordinary course of
business, and every fall it was short on Outside credit.
Whenever such contingency arose B irnetie would indorse
the bank's paper, and tire institution managed to pull
through for some time.
In the fall of 1910 negotiations between Parsons ot
the Washington Alaska Bank, ot the State ot Washington,
and Barnette of the Fairbanks Banking Company resulted
in the Washington Alaska Bank selling out its assets,
which consisted mainly of uucollectable debts secured by
almost woithless mortgages, its banking house at Fair
banks and the residences of Parsons and Barbour in that
city Barbour was the cashier of the Washington- Alaska
Bank. It is said the Fairbanks Banking Company paid for
this property something like $80,000.
Thereupon the Fairbanks Banking Company took over
all the deposits which had been in the Washington-Alaska
Bank, changed its name, and called itself the Washiugton
Alaska Batik ot the State ol Nevada. It was in this change
of name that most people were fooled; and the old officers
of the old Washington-Alaska (Parsons and Buboiuj, it is
alleged, did what they could to keep the public in the dark.
After this stroke Brunette went Outside, having drawn
out his money lor the Gold Brr stock. While he was irt
Seattle and while he was still president of the bank, the
shortage of credit made itself felt again, and the officers of
the bank at Fairbanks wired frantically lor assistance from
him. Barnette and the Dexter.Horton Burk, which had
1 usually extended credit to the Fairbanks institution, had
some trouble, and that hank refused to extend any further
credit until the oveidrafc, then amounting to $130,000.
had been paid atnl secured. In order to make this gocd
the Gold Bar slock, which had never been actually trans.
[ ferred to tire Fairbanks Bulking Company, was again
deposited by Bundle with the Dexter-Horton, and he also
promised to direct the Washington Alaska Bmk to send
$ito,ooo by express. This money was actually sent, but
was stopped upon the order ol Judge Overfield just before
it was to he placed on the steamer at Cordova, and returned
to Fait banks. It has since been paid out as dividends
The Dexter Horton people commenced an action lor this
money The case was heatd at Fairbanks and decided
against them. They have appealed.
After this $r 10,000 had lett the bank its vaults were
practically empty, and it was hut little time until it was
forced to close its doors—early last January. Since that
time the receiver has collected in some of the bank’s out
standing accounts and lias paid dividends amounting to 50
per cent, of the deposits.
The Gold Bar stock is still in the hands of the Dexter
Horton Bank and is said to be of little value. When B ir
nette returned to Fairbanks after the failure he promised to
makegood every cent, together with interest, and as a
token of good faith turned over all his Fail banks town
property and gave a trust deed to his Mexican ranch, lit
said he would pay every depositor in full not later than the
fall of 1914.
'1 he last grand jut y which sat at Fait batiks spent con
siderable time investigating the bank failure, but.failed to
return any indictment. During the past summer the gov
ernment inquired into the matter and it may he that the
indictment just returned is the result of this investigation
Idita rod’s first Marathon race, won by Warren
Wilson. American, from Mato Grljevic, Austrian, in 3
hours, 7 minutes and 15 seconds in a thrilling finish
last Wednesday night at A. 15. Hall, was great in every
particular except in point of attendance.
Notwithstanding the promoters had done every
thing possible to guarantee the success of the enter
prise and had advertised it thoroughly, the impression
seems to have gotten out that it would not amount to
much- The spectators were slow in arriving, and at.
most <1 id not nearly come up to the capacity of the
hall, which is small for such an event.
The starters were: Jim Chepot, Russian; Joe No
lette. Frenchman; Warren Wilson, American; Ed Mack,
American; Mato Grljevic. Austrian, and Manuel Vidal,
South American.
From the beginning, people acquainted with the
runners believed the race would be between Wilson and
Grljevic, and Wilson was probably the favorite of the
majority. The men got away close together—Chepot,
Nolette, Wilson, Mack, Grljevic, Vidal, in the order
named. There was no change of position for the first
five miles, covered in 33 minutes. Then Vidal slowed
down and quickly lost a lap.
Eight miles were reeled off in 35 minutes. At the
end of the first hour 8 miles and 24 laps had been cov
ered, and the ninth mile was passed in 1 hour 2 minutes,
the tenth in 1:9, the eleventh in 1:10:33, the fifteenth in
1:44, the seventeenth in 1:39; the eighteenth in 2:6, the
twentieth in 2:20. the twenty-first in 2-27:16, the twenty
second in 2:34:30, the twenty-third in 2:41:45, the
twenty fourth in 2:50:10, the twenty fifth in 2:59:27,
and the whole course of twenty-six miles and six laps
was covered in 3 hours, 7 minutes and 13 seconds.
Chepot, who had led for the first eight miles.;
dropped out at the seventeenth Mack followed suit
between the twentieth and twenty first and Nolette quit
after the twenty-fourth.
From start to finish Wilson and Grljevic ran al
most a tie—a single exception being at the fourteenth
mile when Wilson sprinted and quickly gained a lap,
which was soon more than recovered by Grljevic.
Afterward for lap after lap and mile after mile Wil
son hung right at the heels of Grljevic, and once
when the latter looked back over his shoulder Wilson
peered into his eyes. In the fifth lap after the twenty
sixth mile Wilson forged ahead and won, but by less
than 23 feet. Vidal, who got third money, was almost
a mile and a half behind at the finish.
Henry Weir was referee, Dan Campbell caller, .Jim
Hagan, A. A Shonbeck and Jack Ryan judges.
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IT WAS SORE A VICIOUS FIGHT
San Francisco, Dec. 1.—The great 20 round con
test which took place here yesterday (Thanksgiving)
between McFarland and Murphy, was one of the sever
est battles ever seen in the ring.
The fighters went at it hammer and tongs through
out. Murphy’s left eye was put out in the seventh
round and his face was badly swollen. McFarland’s
nose was nearly broken in the fourteenth and continu
ally bled. At the nineteenth round Packey was tired
out, but rallied in the twentieth and gained the decision.
Murphy fought like a demon up to the last minute
of the fight.
JCST LIKE OLD TIMES IN NOME CAMP
Nome, Dec. 1.—Monday last Bering sea receded 7)4
feet below mean low tide and exposed the bars. Many
miners took out big money. One pan from outside the
bar washed up §60.
WOLGAST TOO SICK TO FIGHT
Los Angeles, Dec. 1.—Ad Wolgast has just under
gone an operation for appendicitis, which prevented
his meeting Welch here yesterday. The “fans” were
startled at the suddenness of the champion’s illness.
When it was known that Wolgast was unable to
fight, Willie Ritchie, one of the trainers of Packey Mc
Farland, offered to substitute. His suggestion was en
tertained and he stayed with Welch the entire 20 rounds
— putting up a very hard fight.
ROOSEVELT INTERVIEWS PRESIDENT
New York, Dec. 1.—Theodore Roosevelt has inter
viewed President Taft, and the result of the interview
appears in the Outlook. Mr. Taft says that he is anx
ious to give Alaska such legislation as will enable its re
sources to be developed without infringing upon the
broad policy of conservation.
GEORGE BLACK FOR GOVERNOR
Ottawa, Dec. 1.—Attorney George Black, of Daw
son, lias been appointed governor of Yukon territory
by the new Conservative administration, to succeed
Arthur Wilson, Liberal
Mr. Black has been a practicing attorney in Daw
son since the early days of the Klondike, and has been
active in Conservative politics for years. He was a
member of the Yukon council a number of years, and
made for himself a splendid reputation among the la
boring class of the territory. His appointment will be
received with general approval throughout the North.
WiCKERSHAM SPEAKS AT CORDOVA
Cordova, Dec. 1.—In a great speech here Delegate
Wickersham said that he wanted Alaska to be held be
yond the reach of corporation domination. The dele
gate will visit Valdez and Seward, and attend the
Southwestern Alaskan congress soon after it meets at
Valdez.
BAD ACCIDENT TO
THOMAS WISHART
Last eight Thomas Wishart arrived
in Iditarod from Dikeman suffering
from a compound fracture of the right
leg.
The injury was caused by the explo
sion of an acetylene lighting plant.
The accident occurred at Jim Fuller
ton’s Pioneer hotel, Dikeman. While
Wishart was putting carbide in the
hopper the explosion occurred.
Wishart is now at tjje Iditarod hos
pital and Dr. Wortmann is attending
him.
Paro Parovliko is coming to town to
day from the Kuskokwim fo medical
attention.. He has frozen both hands.
RESULTS OF FOOTBALL GAMES
New York, December 1.—The fol
lowing are football results to hand:
Yale 0, Harvard 0, Navy 3, Army 0.
All kinds of candies and fruits. Ice
cream made to order at Cap’s Place.
LetSunderbruch figure on your outfit.
Buy your winter clothing. H. Boas.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The Marathon Race.
Sir.—When Wilson passed me and
took a lap and a half over me, then I
took that lap back and took a lap over
him, and always thought I was a lap
over him. The judges fort e 1 my scor
er to take a lap off ray score.
(Signed) Mato Grljevic.
Dec. 1, 1911. " _
We do not figure on selling to go out
of business; we figure on selling to re
main in business. Let us figure en
your outfit and show you good prices on
good goods. Northern Commercial Co.
BUSINESS GOOD AT GEORGETOWN
Frank Joaquin, of the Kuskokwim
Commercial Company, Georgetown,
was an arrival at Iditarod Thursday
night. He reports outfitting business
good at Georgetown, purchases being
principally by prospectors in passing
through.
Mr. Joaquin is going to Takotna, to
proceed afterward to Seward. He lias
with him his noted team of eleven
malamutes, which made two round
trips to the coast last winter.
We exchange magazines for 25c—at
Ansiey’s.
Sledcovers to order. H. Boas,clot bier.
FLAT CITY BALL
GREAT SUCCESS
The Flat City Thanksgiving ball was
a great success. The attendance w as
large and many went from Iditarod.
The music was good and the dancing
was greatly enjoyed. A delicious si:p
was served.
Select Outside Lumber, corrugated
iron and roofing paper at Ross & Nes
tor’s.
TAFT AFTER TRUSTS
Washington, December 1. Presi
dent Taft has finished his message to
congress. rFhe document contains over
6,000 words and is devoted entirely to
a summary of the administration swork
in curbing the power of the trusts, and
an outline of future action in the same
direction.__
BANKER MORSE IS ILL
Atlanta, Ga., December l.—Banker
Morse lias been taken ill, and his con
dition is so serious that it has been
deemed advisable to remove him to the
hospital at Fort McPherson.
REDUCE TRUST S FINE
Jefferson City, Mo., December 1.
The Supreme court of MissourMias re
duced the fine imposed upon the Har
vester trust to $25,000.
WATER TIES UP CLAIM
Fairbanks, December 1. A drill at
work on the Alabama claim struck
water, and the whole businees is out of
commission. Nearly half a million
dollars is tied up.
Tony McDonald and Fred Vaughn
are in town from the Aniak river and
declare there is no room for doubt as to
the existence of pay on Marble creek,
a tributary of that stream.
They also have it from the very best
kind of hearsay evidence that pay has
been found on a creek tributary to Sal
mon river.
McDonald, Vaughn, .Toe Cheney and
F>. T. Fisherconstructed a 40i)-foot bed
rock drain on Marble creek, in the
upper end of which bedrock was uncov
ered 4 feet wide for a length of 8 feet.
The work showed actual but not big
pay. The drain was made in the cen
ter of the valley and there is no way
to estimate the width of pay; neither
has anything been done to test its ex
tent up and down the creek. The
ground is shallow—probably averaging
10 feet..
Frank Moran, associated with the
party on Marble creek, recently sent
them word from where he has been
prospecting on a tributary of Salmon
river, that lie has struck 3 feet of lu
cent. dirt. He did not give particulars.
Moran had been working alone, but
later Fred La belle moved up to as-ist
him. Moran and Labelle will stay in
the region some time longer.
Met Men Going In
Messrs. McD maid and Vaughn met
five or six men going into the new dis
trict. Among them was A. B. Fergu
son, tha lone Democrat, who will push
the campaign into the region beyond
the Kuskokwim. Fergy has been hus
banding bis strength at Hoffman’s.
Billy Bevins and Dan McCarty were
mushing in with packs on their backs.
COMES OVER THE SEWARD TRAIL
A. A. Zimmerman, a late arrival from
Cook’s inlet, is at the Iditarod hotel.
He came over the Seward trail from.
Knik, a distance of 350 miles or more
and reports that in no instance does the
distance between roadhouses exceed 2".
miles. There was no snow on the other
side of the Alaska range; and some of
the roadhouses were short of supplies on
that account. He thinks it probable
enough snow has fallen for sledding by
this time, however.
Mr. Zimmerman made the journey
from Knik to Iditarod in 13 days
actual travel, but lay over at the Innoko
digginffs two or three days.
He met about too people going Out
side. The Skwentna and Happy rivers
were both open when he crossed, but the
weather turned very cold immediately
after and the streams undoubtedly
closed.
Mr. Zimmerman came light and found
conditions ideal for that mode of travel.
A musher just aarived from the old
diggings says several Innoko men were
going to Mud river, but he heard no
reports of pay having been found there.
Be Ye Thankful
There will be a special Thanksgiving
service at the commissioner's court
room,^over the M & M bank, tomorrow
at 8 o’clock. A sermon on the spirit of
lhanksgiving, with reference to the
mercies and achievements of the past
year, will be preached; and the choir
and congregation will sing songs of
praise and rejoicing.
Come to church, everybody.
S. HALL YOUNG, Pastor.
Old papers 5c pound at Ansley’s.
See Anderson Bros. & Nerland for
storm windows, pictures and picture
framing, novelties in wood for pyrag
raphic work. “
Tents and tarpaulins. Boas, clothier,
Buy your cigars by the box cheap at
Ansley’s.
Canvas, house lining, colored burlap
at Boas’ Clothing House.
Fifty Optimo cigars for $3.50 at Ans
ley’s.
Sunderbruch is out for the Family
trade. Fresh groceries, low prices,
prompt delivery.