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COMMITTED A MURDER
TO GAIN REPUTATION
CHICAGO, Nov. 13.—John Burke, who
was brought here from Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
after he had confessed that he had helped
to murder Franklin R. Voorhees, war sup
ply broker, spent the entire day today try
ing to convince the police that his story
was true, and tonight he had just about
succeeded.
The Chicago police met him skeptically,
thinking him either seeking transportation
or wanting to satisfy a craving for the
limelight.
Today he led the police over the route
he says he and three companions took the
day of Voorhees' death, and astonished the
police with the wealth of his knowledge of
localities around the scene of the crime.
Detective Sergeant Kane announced to
night he was convinced Burke’s confession
was true.
Every detail of Burke’s statement of his
shooting of the war broker was borne out,
even to the location of the board he fell
over in escaping.
Some of the police believe that some of
Burke’s familiarity with the scene of the 1
crime is due to newspaper accounts of the ,
shooting, and will demand further proof ,
before accepting him as the murderer.
Burke implicated Frank McGooerty, Will
iam Gilbert and John Maher in the murder.
None of them is known to the police. He
said McGooerty had planned the trip to
Voorhecs’ home and after the broker had
been shot asserted that he had been prom
ised $1,000 to kill him.
Burke said he has always lived in cheap
lodging houses and had never been suc
cessful even as a crook, and that his chief
purpose in associating with McGooerty had
been to get some standing with smarter
thieves. He killed the broker, he said, to
show McGooerty that he was a “game
guy.’’
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A WEEK’S TEMPERATURES
The following table of temperatures is
from readings taken at 1 a. m. at the N. C.
Co. corner by John C. Currin:
Above Below
Zero. Zero.
Jan. 1 . 32
2. 20
3 . 24
4 .'. 20
5 . 10
6.
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MUTINIES ARE REPORTED
IN BRITAIN’S INDIAN EMPIRE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-Through the
thick veil which British censorship has
thrown about events in India and Egypt
comes a statement that Nawab, sultan of
Ulmuk and nizam of Hyderabad, India, one
of the most influential of the native princes,
and a staunch supporter of Great Britain, j
has been deposed by his people This de
velopment, coming as one of the climaxes '
to successive reports of mutinies and unrest, 1
many of which have been substantiated and j
admitted by the British government, is j
said to be the leading reason for Lord i
Kitchener's recent departure from London. |
The information is reaching the United i
States through channels not subject to cen- i
sorship, and coupled with repeated rumors i
of the activities of German agents in foment
ing discontent among the native population
of India, have come reports of dissatisfac- 1
tion in Egypt, also ascribed to the same I
sources.
Since the Turks failed to take the Suez I
canal, mainly through the prompt arrival |
of colonial troops from New Zealand and |
Australia, it has been also reported that
agents from Constantinople have been con- !
ducting a persistent propaganda of revolt
among the natives of Egypt and India.
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters. $1.50
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G. Wada announces that after January 1
his terms for family washing will be $1 per
hour, and not less than three hours.
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C. R. PECK ■ FLAT CITY
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
All Dry Batteries for Flashlights Are Sold
HORSEFLY GREEK
Reports Conflicting, but Enough Is
Known to Justify Expectation
That It Will Be Producer
Horsefly creek continues to occupy a great J
ileal of attention, anil in spite of conflicting '
rumors, which may or may not be pur
posely circulated, the fact remains that there
Ik much travel between the new diggings
and this city and adjoining communities.
During the past week several well-known
miners returned from the new camp, hut so
far as this newspaper is informed, there is
nothing new to report. That there are ex
cellent prospects is established by plentiful
evidence, but so far none of the miners in
terviewed will state that there is gold in
paying quantities in sight. The statement
has been quite generally circulated that Mike
McDermott has developed a paystreuk that
runs 7 cents to the pan. Likewise a rumor
is current that Frank Dawson and Lars
Osness have pay dirt. Neither of these
rumors can he confirmed, although many
who claim to know admit that these men
“have good prospects.” Reliable informa- j
tion also is at hand that there have been
single pans that showed from 3 to 7 cents
in gold. These values, according to The
Pioneer’s informants, were not sustained.
There have been rumors in circulation also
of pending deals, but the figures mentioned
would not seem to indicate that “pay” had
been struck in the ground in negotiation, but
rather that someone was willing to expend
money on a chance that pay might develop.
At any rate, no one has yet come forward
who is willing to assume responsibility for
the statement that pay dirt has been found
on Horsefly or its tributaries.
Good reports continue to come from the
district, however, and scarcely..a day passes
that there is not certain information in cir
culation of an encouraging nature. These,
taken in connection with the fact that pros
pecting continues, and that persons having
ground there appear to be undertaking real
work, lends strength to the belief that more
has developed than is admitted.
Many well-informed persons are strongly
of the belief that the creek will prove a
producer, and confidently await develop
ments.
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FIRST PATENT GRANTED
FOR BERING COAL CLAIM
SEATTLE, Nov. 24— News of the first
decision favorable to a claimant made by
the land department in coal claim cases in
the Bering river anthracite district of Alaska
was received in Seattle yesterday, when the
Alaska Petroleum and Coal Company was
notified that a patent had been granted on
its Fremont claim. A report of government
mineralogists, who surveyed the claim, shows
it contains 4,960,000 tons of coal. The com
pany, which is a Seattle concern, will pro
ceed at once to develop the property, and
expects to repopulate the town of Kata'la,
which was once the home of almost 3,000
persons. .
The fight for patent title to the claim
began in 1903 and has been carried through
the Juneau land office, the general land
office at Washington, and to the secretary
of the interior. The Fremont claim, with
eleven other claims, was located before the
famous Cunningham claim.
The Alaska Petroleum and Coal Company
was organized with T. S. Lippy as presi
dent; Clark Davis, vice president; John
Schram, treasurer; Charles D. Davis, secre
tary; W. J. Flotchkiss of San Francisco,1
James Campbell, C. H. Cobb and John
Campbell, directors. Nearly 1,000 Seattle,
Portland and San Francisco residents are
members of the company. The company
originally intended to take up and develop
oil lands in Alaska, but afterwards filed
on twelve coal claims under the act of 190S,
which permitted consolidation of claims. The
company did the work required by law and
was ordered to make cash payment of $10
per acre, or $16,393. This payment was
made, according to Charles D. Da\is, secre
tary of the company. In an interview pub
lished in the Post-Intelligencer Mr. Davis
8 aid:
“In 1909, when the conservation wave
swept over the country, we were cited on
three charges. These charges were that the
claims were not for our own use and bene
fit; that the claims had been obtained by
fraud, and that we had not opened working
mines.
“These charges were sustained by the Ju- <
neau land office, and later by the general
land office. The case was carried to the
secretary and on November 11 our patent
was granted us to the Fremont claim. The
other claims were canceled. Former Sen
ator George Turner and Robert M. Jones
were in charge of the case from beginning
to end.”
Between 1902 and 1907 the company ex
pended $500,000 on its claims. Part of a
railway was constructed and a townsite
platted and patented. The coal on the Fre
mont claim, which was considered the best
of the twelve claims, was reported by Falcon
Joslin after a series of tests to burn with
less than 3 per cent ash and to be practi
cally smokeless. He said it could be used
for smelting ore without being put through
a coking process first.
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CHRISTY ANTHONIESON
MOVES TO FLAT CITY
During the past week Christy Anthonieson
has been the busiest man in the district,!
being engaged in the heavy task of remov
I ing his valuable stock of jewelry, silverware,
cut glass, etc., to his new location at Flat
City. Mr. Anthonieson recently purchased i
the business and location of William Taylor,
the Flat City jeweler, and took over the j
stock on the first of the year. He will here- 1
after conduct his business in the creek city,
and expects to be better able to supply his
I patrons than at the old location.
The many friends of Mr. Anthonieson in
this city regret his departure, from their
midst, but are somewhat reconciled to the
change because of the fact that he will be
a frequent visitor to the city.
William Taylor, whose business Mr. An
thonieson takes over, soon will leave for the
Outside, where he will take a course in opti
cal study, with a view to again locating in
the North.
PIONEERS’ MEETING
Iditarod Igloo No. 10, Pioneers of Alaska,
held a business meeting on Wednesday even
ing last in A. B. hall, this city, and the
principal business was with reference to the
New Year’s blow-out given by the organ
| ization.
| The next meeting of the Pioneers will be
held at Flat City on January 19.
MINING MEN FROM OPHIR
ON VISIT TO IDITAROD
T. 0. Harling and Charles Keneitzko, two
mining men who operate on Yankee creek,
in the Innoko district, arrived in the city
from Ophir on Thursday last. They will
I leave on the return trip this morning, going
by way of Moore creek and Takotna.
Messrs Harling and Keneitzko were in the
city in connection with some pending litiga
j tion. They state that Ophir. as is usual at
i this season of the year, is quiet, but that
| mining prospects were never brighter for the
I Innoko district than at nresent.
IDITAROD ENTIRELY ISOLATED
FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD
Iditarod is entirely isolated at the present
! time from the outside world, so far as tele
graphic communication is concerned. For
almost a week the government cable has
been out of commission, a happening which
has become so frequent of late ns to create
no comment. But added to this, the Do
! minion lines, which have heretofore been
used when cable service was obstructed, are
i also out of commission, probably owing to
I the violent storms which have prevailed of
I late. The only means of communicating
{with the outside world now’ open is that via
{Juneau and the Marconi Wireless system.
{ and it is probable that arrangements will
j be made to use this route for the transmis
i sicn of new’s unless the old system is soon
! opened up.
The Pioneer’s news columns are almost
| bare of telegraphic news this week because
i of the breakdown of the cable; but it is
hoped to present a more newsy sheet next
! week.
HOW FRANCE REGULATES
PRICES OF ALL PROVISIONS
PARIS, Nov. 13.—The government com
mittee began posting throughout France to
day the retail prices for every classification
of food, in order to prevent overcharging
and speculation. The public billboards in
France today bear an order signed by Pre
fect of Police Laurent prescribing exactly
what shall be charged until the next public
notice.
Fifty-four varieties of beef are specified,
with prices ranging from the equivalent of
14 cents to 44 cents per pound, the metric
pound being one-tenth more than the Amer
ican pound. The best butter is from 52
to 56 cents a pound; the best eggs are 6
cents apiece; potatoes are 4 to 6 cents a
pound.
Every retail dealer must post in his store
a list of prices, so that it can easily be read
by the public, and these prices must cor
respond, under penalty of law, to the offi
cial prices. Many storekeepers complain
bitterly because of such regulations. Butch
ers in Brest decided to keep their shops
closed yesterday as a protest.
SWEET, PRETTY MAIDENS
ARE MENACE TO SOCIETY
“Heredity and Human Progress” was the
subject of an address by Albert E. Wiggam
of the extension department of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin to an audience in the
Young Men’s Christian Association audi
torium in Seattle recently.
Illustrating his talk by lantern slides, Mr.
W7iggam claimed that eugenics are not a
science that would take from marriage all
romance, but an attempt to better the hu
man race. No quality of mind, talent, gift,
vice, deformity or perfection, he asserted,
was inherited, but the tendencies for these
things were carried in nerve cells. These
cePs he called determiners.
“Much of the danger to society,” he re
marked, “is due to the fact that men marry
sweet, pretty girls, who really are of the
feeble-minded class though this is not at
first apparent.”
ARABS ARE HELPING BRITISH
LONDON, Nov. 17.—According to reports
from German sources, forwarded from The
Hague by the Central News, 12,000 Arabs
have joined with the British army in Meso
potamia. This army is said to have ap
proached within a few miles of Bagdad.
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Messrs. ’Gene Norton, George Adams, Jack
Peterson and others were engaged Friday
last in breaking a new dog sled trail from
this city to Flat. The object is to make a
trail entirely independent of that used by
the horse sleds, and it will be a great con
venience to travelers.
Furl Byers and Charles Surriuge left for
Dikeman on Wednesday last. Earl will
bring back the caribou meat recently killed
by the hunting party of which he was a
member, and which was cached in the
hills near the down-river town.
Messrs. Horner, Kettlewell and Heit
man of the Yukon Gold Company have
Heilman of the Yukon Gold Company have
been operating the Pioneer machine shop
during the past week on repairs for the
big dredging company.
Billy Stoneman of Flat City was a visitor
in Iditsrod yesterday. lie expects to ac
company the party that is about to leave for
the hot springs in the Kuskokwim district
soon.
Jay Johnson, who has been working some
claims on Horsefly creek, returned to the
city on Wednesday last, and left for Otter
creek later. He will return to the new
diggings shortly.
Dan Hartnett has purchased a thawing
plant and a splendid outfit, and will con
tinue the work of developing his claims on
Horsefly creek.
Mrs. V. W. Jacobs of Flat City, who was
the guest of Miss Albrecht in this city for
several days, left for home on Monday last.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dawson and Lars
O.-ness passed through the city the first of
the week on their way to Horsefly creek.
C. J. Jenkins, the Democratic warhorse,
is in the city on his way to Horsefly creek,
where he is engaged in prospecting work.
Herr Bismarck of Discovery, Otter, has
been in the city during the past week.
CONVERSATIONAL ROBBER
IS SEATTLE’S LATEST FIND
The conversational highwayman has made
his appearance. He was brought to light
by a report made by E. B. Anbott, a lawyer,
who encountered him on Fourth avenue,
near Battery street, last night.
By his skill in the use of English the
latest development in the hold-up game
soothes his victim first with a terse, exact
remark, and then, with brevity, swings into
a graceful flow of English that produces
a coma of wonder at his ability, using a
nickel-plated revolver only as an assurance
that he has administered sufficient verbal
anaesthetic.
Mr, Abbott was standing in front of a
billboard locking at a picture of strife and
hard luck, brought about through the fail
ure of the subjects in the picture to start
saving cash in childhood, a poster advertis
ing a savings department of a national bank.
Another man, whb proved later to be the
conversational robber, stopped near his side,
evidently attracted by the same poster.
“Times are singularly hard these days,'
remarked Mr. Abbott to the man who had
stopped near him.
“Singularly?” he asked. “I would say
plurally, plurally hard, friend.”
“Everybody seems to have a compara
tively hard time holding their own nowa
days,” continued Mr. Abbott.
“Again I must disagree with you, my
friend. 1 would say superlatively hard, or
better yet, extremely difficult. At least I
assure you my grief is superlative, and it
is extremely difficult for me to do what I am
about to do, that is, considering the frame
of mind I have been in on account of the
grievous financial condition of the times
you have just alluded to. Kindly pas3
over your purse and extend your digits
skyward.”
With the last command Mr. Abbott’s new
acquaintance produced a nickel plated re
volver from his pocket and assumed a busi
nesslike tone. M. Abbott complied, and a
purse containing SI in change and a gold
watch were removed by the robber, who
then turned and ran west on Battery street.
A search of that part of the city by the
police was without result.—Seattle Post
Intelligencer.
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LONG-LOST SUBMARINE
FOUND IN CHICAGO RIVER
CHICAGO, Nov. 24. The submarine
Fulkiller, which has been mis-ing for twen
ty-five years, has been found at the bottom
of the Chicago river.
The Fulkiller was so called because it
first made its appearance shortly after the
great Chicago fire in 1871, when submarines
were unheard of, and drowned its original
owner when it made a trial trip.
Divers found the craft, which is cigar
shaped, about forty feet in length and five
feet wide. It was so constructed that it
sank until all that was unsubmergible was
an air pipe.
TAX ON MUNITIONS IS URGED
URGES TAX ON MUNITIONS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.- Why not tax
the profits on war munitions and kindred
manufactures ?
This is a question which will be insist
ently asked during the coming session of
congress. The taxation question must be
settled even before the military prepared
ness progranl can be logically taken up. The
failure of the income tax law is due to its
secrecy provisions, and the fact that most
of the rich men of the United States have
dodged it has made the revenue situation
more acute.
Nothing is more obvious than the logic of
the proposal to levy a tax on the huge
profits which are now accruing from the
manufacture of war materials and tho vast
increase of this industry is hinted at in a
few' figures available on exports from the
United States to European belligerents, —
Gilson Gardner, United Press.
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