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SECY. CONTIIUES
ALASKA CAMPAIGN
Finds That Thsrs Has Not Been a
Single Honest Coal Claim
ant in tha North.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 6.—
Judging by the annual report of
the Commissioner of the Gener
al Land Office, no coal land en
try or locator who has undertak
en to acquire title to government
coal lands in Alaska is going to
be successful in his effort, and
lucky will be those individuals
who get off with the mere can
cellation of their filings.
The report of the Commission
er tells of the speed with whic^
the Alaska coal claims are be
ing turned down, and not a sjn
gle instance is cited where patent
is issued, or where a case is al
lowed to progress toward patent,
(t is evident that every claim in
Alaska is going to be rejected,
l here being 1,129 in all. *
Jn his report, the Commission
er says that very substantial pro
gress has been made in the in
vestigation of coal claims in
Alaska. Several parties of min
eral experts wer« in the field ex
amining claims on the ground
to determine whether or not the
iefcal requirements have been
met as to opening and improv
ing a mine on the claims. Special
agents in Alaska have been con
centrated on this work, and have
been jeporting whether claims
were located with bona fide in
tent or as a result of unlawful
combinations or agreements.
As a result of this field work
454 claims were reported upon
last year, making a total of 930
claims im-aflrafifict there remains
for next year only 199 claims yet
to be examined in the field. But
of this latter number the Com
missioner says 144 already have
been canceled or held for can
cellation for failure to submit ap
plications for patent within the
time required by law, so that only
55 claims will be investigated
next summer.
During the last year adverse
proceedings were directed against
188 claims, together with those
previously proceeded against,
making a total of 300. Of the
total 1,129 claims pending, 407
have been canceled and 176 held
for cancellation. The Commis
sioner cites not a single instance
where field repo’rts have been
favorable or where patent is like
ly to be allowed.
BIEHL IS GUILTY
SAYS THE JURY
DeLarm’s Partner May Get Fif
teen Years in Penitentiary for
Robbing Thousands.
Portland, Ore., Jan. 0.—The
.jury trying Biehl, charged by the
government with fraud in con
nection with Del-arm, quickly re
turned a verdict of guilty.
The prosecutor in addressing
the jury scathingly referred to
the impossibility of the. Del-arm
Biehl scheme, and said it was
born and carried out in crooked
ness with the avowed purpose of
robbing the gullible public.
The maximum punishment is
imprisonment for fifteen years.
Since Biehls conviction the offi
cers are in hopes that the pris
oner will reveal Del-arm’s hiding
place.
It lakes a dentist to pull a
man’s tooth, but anybody can pull
his leg. . *
SECRETARY NAGEL
FjHIORS GUNNERS
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Protects Salmon at Request of the
Cannerymen and at the Cost
Of Net Fishermen.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 6.
Under orders of Secretary Nagle
there became effective on tbp ffrst
of the year a regulation prohib
iting salmon Ashing at the mouth
or in the fresh water streams
emptying into Cooks Inlet, Eyak
Lake, back of Cordova, and the
Annartmd Humpback lagoons, in
Ernest sound, and the Naha la
goons at Loring. Loring is about
30 and Ernest sound about 70
miles north of Ketchikan. It is
a victory for the traps as against
the purse and seine fishermen.
The cannerymen are in favor of
the ordar.
The order relates to all com
mercial Ashing, whether by nets
or by trolling, but in no way ef
f cts the traps just beyond the
mouth Of the streams.
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David Thompson,, miner and
prospector, who haslJeen in the
northlahd since 1881, died last,
week at Wrangell.
UNDER ARREST
Charged With Having Misapplied
Largs Sums of Bank’s Assets
to Selves and Others.
Cincinnati, O., Jan. fi.—George
Cox, president, and other offi
cers, of the Cincinnati Trust Co.,
have been indicted by the grand
jury for the misapplication of the
hank’s funds in having loaned the
Johnson Chair company a mil
lion dollars, a sum greatly in ex
cess of that justified and of hav
ing subsequently loaned large
sums to Cox and others connect
ed with the bank.
The arrests caused a sensa
tion in banking circles, wher.' the
defendants are well known.
AN ARSON TRUST
IS UNEARTHED
South Bend'. 1 ml.. Jan. tl.—The
operations of an alleged arson
trust, charged with causing many
scores of fires in the middle west
during the past few years, were
exposed today with the arrest of
Ben Kahn, a former South Bend
merchant, and Ben Franklin, of
Chicago. They were accused of
firing the Farmers and Working
men’s Friend Clothing Store, 422
South Michigan street, on April
12 last.
The two men, who were arrest
ed in Chicago, are held in de
fault of $20,000 bail each. Al
though it is alleged that the stock
was worth only $5,000, Kahn car
ried $18,000 insurance, distrib
uted among seven companies.
Some of the claims, it is said,
Kahn attempted to settle at 50
cents on the dollar. The adjust
er, who is deolared to have been
a member of the combination,
recommended this settlement.
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A house famine affects Juneau,
and Fairbanks is short on'cabins.
The Sentinel thinks that Wran
gell will have, another hotel along
about spring. ' "* ^ ’
HI 10 K
CONDEMNED II
Day of Execution Passes Now At
torneys Ask Condemned M«n
be Deolared Legally Dead.
Denver, Colo., Jan. 6.--Oscar
Cook,, under sentence of death
for murder, who was to have been
hung in November, was overlook
ed by the officials until the date
set for hanging by the court had
passed.
Now the attorneys for Cook
claim that he is legally dead and
that the authorities should turn
the body over to those entitled to
it. This new phase of the case
will uow be threshed out in the
courts, thus giving the condemn
ed man an additional lease of
life.
TELLS OF HIS
EUROPEAN TRIP
Judge Archbald And His Wife
Tells of Their Trip to Europe
Paid for by Cannon.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 6.—
Judge Archbald and Mrs. Arch
bald took the stand today and
testified to the European trip
taken by them at the expense of
Cannon and showed that Mrs.
Archbald was a favorite Cotrsiii.of
the magnate, and that his largess
had no business relations what
ever.
Deputy Marshal MacMillan,
who is now stationed at Craig,
recently picked up a Chinaman
who, it is claimed, has no legal
right to be in United States ter
ritory.
OFFICERS SHOOTS
two mm
, Snohomish, Jan. 6,—Officer
Billings,, of the local police force,
killed John Moore Benton last
night and fatally wounded the
dead man’s companion, while the
two were in the act of holding
up the inmates of a saloon. The
i officer is a hero among the
towns people.
garmItstrikers
REFUSE THE OFFER
New York, Jan. 6.—The strik
ing garment workers have refus
ed the offers of the Chamber of
Commerce to arbitrate the dif
ference between them and their
employers.
ROGUES CILLER)
IN THE HOTELS
Washington, I>. G., Jan. <).- ■
Miniature Rogues galleries are
to be placed in the hotels, on the
railroads and steamships, imme
diately preceding the inaugura
tion of Woodrow Wilson, with a
view of making the work of
c'Voo^s more difficult.
MORE TROUBLE
IN PORTUGAL
Fear of Revolution Causes Gov
ernment to Arm Fifty Thou
sand Oarbinarlos.
Lisbon, Jan. 0—Fear of the
breaking out of a revolution by
the (loyalists has caused the gov
ernment! to arm 50,000 carbinar
ios in , addition to the regular
troops, which are known to be
loyal to the constituted govern
ment.
Since the last uprising many of
the disaffected troops have been
disarmed and a number of the
disloyal general officers are un
der surveillance. Vessels of the
navy are in port cleared for ac
tion.
ZERO WEATHER
; ON THE SOUND
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Seattle is in the Grip of a Cold
Wave—Trains Are Blocked
by Avalanches.
Seattle, Jan. 0.—The weather
bureau predicts zero weather for
the entire northwest coast coun
try. The city is in the grip of a
cold. wave. A snowslide at Java
has paralyzed traffic by rail, the
avalancheHaking trees and boul
ders with it, rendering snow
plows useless.
This section is experiencing
one of the severest winters known
since the advent of white settlers, i
The railroads are having their j
hands full in their efforts to get j
trains through at spasmodic in
tervals and are employing every
available man.
SCARES CROWD
WITH A DUMMY
Seattle, Jan. ti.—Workers on
the new forty-eight story Smith
building threw a dummy, painted
red, from the top of the struc
ture, causing consternation to
reign among the crowds below,
who were led to believe that a
horrible crime had been perpe
I rat'd.
italiantenobTs
PIERCED BY PIN
New York, Jan. 0.--While em
bracing Miss Farrar in La Tosca,
Caruso, the tenor, impaled his
throat on her hat pin, causing a
painful but not dangerous wound.
CHINESE WOMM
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Ur. Yaniei Kin, a Chinese woman j
physician, has arrived here U |
loui' the country and to lecture |
on the new movement in China, j
She is dressed in the very latest j
fashion, including trousers. She
will be the envy of the advanced \
suffragettes of this country. j
IS PATRIOTISM
‘ MATTER CHOICE
Salt Lake City Sohool Board Die
agreed on Queetion of Sohol
are Saluting the Flag.
Salt Lake City, Jan. 6-Wheth
er or not children of the public
schools here shall be compelled
to salute the flag has caused a
break in the ranks of the Board
of Education, and the board ad
journed Saturday night after a
three, hours’ session without tak
ing action.
Several members of the board
insisted that the school children
should be compelled to salute the
flag and that their (willingness
and the spirit displayed in such
ceremonies should be credited to
their regular school work. Other
members lake the stand that it is
impossible to induce patriotism
in children by compulsion and
want to make the ceremony of
saluting the flag optional with
the children.
The dispute arose after Lena
Eyler, a 13-year-old girl, had
been suspended from school be
cause she refused to salute the
flag.
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PURCHASES COFFIN
FOR HIMSELF
California Millionaire is Buried in
Coffin Purchased by Him
self Years Ago.
San Raphael, Jan. t>.--William
Bradburry, a well known million
aire here, died at the age of 98
years and was buried in a' coffin
of his own purchase while liv
ing, as he feared the undertak
ers would overcharge his estate
when he was not there to protect
it.
Some years ago Bradburry had
to serve a term in San Quentin
for perjury, after a prolonged de
fense in which he expended many
thousands of dollars. This was
the only time in which he was
known to expend money with a
free hand.
A TOUGH DAGO
IS SENT HOME
Chicago. Jan. 0.—Two United
States deputy marshals, two Ital
ian carabineers, and the captain
of an Italian ship will be neces
sary to deport Domenico Mod
esto, an alleged Black Hand mur
derer, to Naples, Italy.
Modesto is charged with stab
bing Francesco Maletta to death
when the latter failed to meet his
demands for money. Italian offi
cials say that he is the most des
perate criminal they have ever
encountered in Chicago, and for
this reason unusual precautions
are being taken to guard against
his escape.
Moedsto, who is now in jail,
will be taken to New York at the
earliest moment. There he will
be met by the Italian soldiers,
who will take him aboard one of
the ships of the Italian line. The
captain, as well as the soldiers,
will be held responsible for his
safe delivery to the Italian gov
ernment. 'He ill be tried imme
diately on arrival in Naples, it is
said, and his punishment will
probably be thirty years’ solitary
confinement.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
CUTTER UNALGA
IS UNREPORTED
When Last Heard From Waa in
Turkish Waters—Arrival Is
Delayed.
The United States revenue cut
ter Unalga, destined for a sta
tion in Alaskan waters, is still
unreported. At last r spores the
Unalga was at Constantinople,
having been ordered there by the
government. The Unaiga may not
reach here until next spring.
The Unalga was buiU by the
Newport News Shipbuilding com
pany and was launched February
10, last year. She is 190 feet
long, 32.6 feet beam and 17.6 feet
deep, with a mean load displace
ment of 1,050 foils. The maxi
mum speed of the new vessel is
13 1-2 knots.
All ol the usual auxiliaries for
vessels of her class are fitted, in
cluding a powerful fire and wreck
ing pump with the necessary hose
for pumping out other vessels in
case, of necessity. Her electrical
installation includes two dynamos
electric signaling apparatus,
wireless telegraphy and power
ful searchlight. The coal capac
ity of 250 tons and water supply
of 15,000 gallons will be suffi
cient to enable the vessel to re
main at sea for a long time.
In order to be of assistance to
wrecked vessels a powerful
wrecking pump has been instal
led and furnished with sufficient
suction hose to enable the new
craft to pump out leaking ves
sels, the same pump to be utiliz
ed for fire purposes. The Unalga
is equipped with six small boats,
including a surf boat and a high
power launch, as much of her"
work in Alaskan waters must be
accomplished by means of small
boats. She has a crew of sev
enty-five men.
News from the south indicates
that the market for canned sal
mon is on the verge of going up
somewhat. Corroborative of this
is the fact that several of the
canneries which refused to sell
on the opening price are now pre
paring to ship their products
south.
The Pacific Coast Steamship
company has re-established the
former rate on freight to South
eastern Alaska.
AN ESKIMO GIRL
TO TOUR WORLD
“Columbia,” Born During Chica
go Exposition, Will Tour tha
World With Haganback.
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New York, Jan. tt—"Columbia,”
an Eskimo girl born during the
Chicago Columbian exposition,
where her parents were being
exhibited, and afterwards educat
ed by Mrs. Potter Palmer, the
Chicago-I.ondon society leader,
will exhibit for live weeks with
theHSportsman's show and will
afterwards tour Europe with
Hagenbeck’s circus.
“Columbia” is an expert in
handling dogs and the long twen
ty-four foot whip with which her
people drive the animals.
v>entle horse ana comfortable
cutter for lent by day or boor.
Hate reasonable. Apply Fred.
Fish, phone 47.
Even the egotist sometimes has
the wool pulled over his I’s..