NEW Bill CUTS OUT
ALL LIQUOR AOS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—The bill
of Senator Bankhead which prohibits
from the mails all liquor advertise
ments into dry states passed the sen
ide Unlay and now goes to the House.!
The debate on the measure showed
the members of the upper chambt r to
b • almost unanimously in favor of it.
The House is expected to pass it aLo
by a larjte majority.
MANY SEWARD 1
PEOPLE COMING
ALAMEDA LEAVES SEATTLE
WITH WELL KNOWN OLD
TIMERS ABOARD.
SEATTLE, Jan. 12.—The Alameda
left today for Seward with the fol
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lowing passengers:
Captain C. Magnuson, L. Busch
mann, F. McCullough, J. McPhiak,
Mrs. McPhiak and two children, J.
Lee, J. Floyd, A. Allingham, J. Gaf
fney, Mrs. Kate McCullough, Miss M.
Long. B. Howard. L. Vanderville, A.
McCheney, George Taylor. Mrs. R.,
Jacobson and baby. J. Madson, H.!
Parker, Mrs. F. Burgin. L. Lindig.
John Tome, and son. Kay Morrison,
G. Fairfield, B. Wickstrom. Will Sulli
van. G. Turney. George Mirlach, L.
Rosenthal, T. Berg and six steerage.
(Note: The name McPhiak may
be a mistake for McPhail. B. Howard1
is probably Bryce Howard.)
LEAK INVESTIGATION WILL
COME IP AGAIN
WASH INGTON. aJ n. 12.—The
taunts of the Republicans have had
the effect of causing the Democrats
to abandon the plan of quitting the
leak investigation and the investiga
tion will continue. Wood has intro
duced a resolution that the matter be
referred again to the committee on
rules. In an address to the house to
day he declared that he is not apolo
gizing to anyone as he only sought
the facts in the interests of the coun
try.
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CHARGES FILED AGAINST
M VRSH VI. AT PKTEKSBlKG
S« rational charges affecting the j
t'nileo States Marshal administration
at Petersburg are said to have been
sent to the Department of Justice.
These charges arise over the action
of Deputy U. S. Marshal Kildahl in
persecuting liquor dealers who re
fused to support the Democratic ter
itorial divisional ticket at the Novem- J
her election. Also charges will be
presented to the Senate, when it con
venes on March 4, alleging violations
of the territorial election law.
The direct charge against Kildahl
arises in activity during and after
the territorial election. It is alleged
he openly threatened prominent busi
ness men of Petersburg, followed af
ter the election by persecutions.
Also, it is alleged his father-in-law
is allowed to conduct his saloon in
open violation of the Sunday closing
law, while other rival liquor dealers
are prosecuted upon the least possible
cause.
Word comes from Petersburg that
the town is all torn up over the trou
ble arising diectly from the election,
and the political activity of Kildahl
is said to be cause of it.—Ex.
EDITOR TAKEN INTO
CTSTODY ON COMPLAINT
FAIRBANKS.—On a complaint
sworn to by N\ R. King. G. Hinton
Henry, editor of the Free Press, was
arrested and brought before Commis
sioner Reed Heilig yesterday after
noon, charged with libel. Mr. Henry
pleaded not guilty and was released on
his own recognizance to appear again
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, at
which time the date of his trial wiP
be set.
It appears that for some time tn*
tubscribers of the paper have been
missing their copies, and the libel
charge grew out of a statement which
appeared in an issue of the t ree
Press which bears the date of De
cember 20. The article in question
reads as follows: “The Free Press
was stolen from many of our sub
scribers last week. What is worth
stealing is worth buying. But if X.
R. King, or any of his kind, wants a
Free Press to take home but is too
cheap to buy one, we will give him
one. But do not put our subscribers
to inconvenience by stealing it King
arul some others will be watched from
now on.”—Citizen.
LOCATOR OF THE FIRST TIN
MINE IN ALASKA DEAD
Birg.-Gen. Holton Richardson, Col
onel of the “Iron Regiment.” the
Seventh Wisconsin Volunteers in the
Civil War, died in Seattle the day the
Alameda left according to advices re
ceived here today. Brig.-Gen. Rich
ardson is well known to oldtimors in
Alaska. He located the first tin mine
in this Territory.—Ex.
JIMMIE ROPER’S FATHER
WILL GET NEW JOB
WASHINGTON, Jan. ..—It is be
lieved that President Wilson besides
appointing Miss Ida Tarbell as a
member of the federal trail! commis
sion, that two members of the three
Democratic members will be 1* rank
W. Tussig of Harvard C Diversity and
Daniel G. Roper, formerly first as
MStunt postmaster-general.—Ex.
DECISION ON EIGHT HOUR
LAW EXPECTED NEXT MONTH
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—The ar
guments in the Adamson law test
case were concluded last night and a
decision is expected on February J<>.
W. N. Doak, vice-president of the
trainmen, testified at the senate com
mittee hearing that the Brotherhoods
are altogether opposed to compulsory
arbitration.
ANCHOR \(iE PIONEER DIES
Frank Mathison died at the govern
ment hospital today and the hotly has
been taken charge of by the Wood &
Co. undertaking parlors. Mr. Mathi
son was one of the first stationmen to
take a contract with the Alaskan En
gineering Commission and was con
nected with other branches of govern
ment railroad work. He was taken
to the hospital some six weeks ago on
account of a complication of heart
trouble and pneumonia, that was the
cause of his death. He was long a
resident of the territory and member
of the Fairbanks order of the Pio
neers of Alaska. The members of the
loeal order will have charge of the
funeral; announcement of which will
be made in tomorrow’s paper.—An
chorage Times.
CNCLK OF BRITISH LORD
DIES IN SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1.—Sam-|
uel S. Phillips, uncle of Lord North
diffe, owner of the London Times and
nephew of the late Sir Bordwell Phil
lips, former lord mayor of London,
died here at the Hebrew Home for
the Aged and Disabled.
Phillips came to this state sixty
six years ago with the intent to make
his fortune and return to England to
enjoy the station in life to which he
had been born, but which ho could not
maintain because of the lack of
money.
For years he worked at odd jobs,
mostly of a clerical nature, but at no
time did fortune smile upon him.
Four years ago he was admitted to
the charitable institution where he
died. He was 94 years old.—Ex.
NEW GAS HAS BEEN
INVENTED BY Jl NEAl MAN
A substitute air gas. that will take
the place and can be used for the
same purpose as gasoline, distillate,
cooking gas. has been invented by
Charles Warner, of Juneau and a
member of the local Elks Lodge. Mr.
Warner is a mechanic and inventor
and has been working on his inven
tion for the past two years. He has
now brought it to a point where he
is making practical tests and is de
monstrating the production to his
friends.
The gas is produced by blowing
air through tanks containing a dry
powdered chemical and is absolutely
dry when produced. Water thrown
into the tank, or even heavy oils do
not interfere with the production of
the gas. It has already been used to
run a gasoline engine under tests
made by Mr. Warner.—Juneau Em
I pire.
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BUFFALO BILL TREATED I
LIKE A NATIONAL HERO
DENVER, Jan. 11.—Buffalo Bill’s
body will lie in state in the capitol
next Sunday for four hours and the
funeral will then be conducted by the
Elks. The body will be interred tem
porarily and in Spring it will be re-1
interred n a rock tomb on Lookout
mountain. The erection of a monu-,
mont is being planned. General Miles
has spoken a glowing eulogy of Cody,
especially for his services n the Yel
lowstone Indian campaigns.
IN SUR A NTE COMPANIES
WITHDRAW FROM VALDEZ
Three well known anti substantial
insurance companies have withdrawn
from Valdez as a result of the recent
lire. The companies carried a num
ber of policies here anti have been
hard hit by the recent losses. They
are the Fire Association of Philadel
phia. The Fire Underwriters of Phil
adelphia, and the Norwich Union, an
English company. The agents hand,
ling this business here have arranged
to re-write the business in other com
panies, equally reliable and the pol
icy holders are thoroughly safeguard
I.—Va 1 dez Prospector.
COUNTERFEIT COINS
CIRCULATING ANCHORAGE
Advices receive i today from Dep
uty Marshal A. F. Hoffman, at An
chorage to United States Marshal
R. R. Brenneman announce that large
quantities of various conterfeit silver
coins are in circulation at that place.
The counterfeits have made their ap
pearance within the past two weeks,
and consist of silver dollars, halves
and quarters.—Valdez Prospector.
ALL WASHINGTON WAITS
FOR LEAK INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—(Sunday)
—The entire capital is now waiting
for the leak hearing on Monday with
the greatest interest. Lansing and
Tumulty have announced their desire
to testify. Gardner has asked that
President Wilson he requested to ap
pear but the friends of the adminis
tration and Democrats generally pro
test against it.
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C ANNOT SHIP LIQUOR
DRV TO WET STATES
Washington, Jan. 9 —The most
sweeping of all the decisions of the
supreame court was rendered today
when the court upheld the Webb-Key
on law which prohibits the shipment
of liquor from dry to wet states. The
decision also sustains the West Virg
inia law prohibiting importation for
personal use.
GOLD SHIPMENT ARRIVES
The half million dollars in gold
arrived last night in time to catch
the Mariposa. It was in charge of
Bob Griffis who had with him Harry
Whittemore, VV. C. Mitchell and S.
Wiig. They made the trip in fine
shape. Bob has been driving dogs so
long that if you find him asleep and
bark like a dog he’ll shout “Mush.”
Before driving dogs in Alaska he
drove stage coaches in the brave days
of old in the wild west. Mr. Crider
of the Wells-Fargo Company was on
hand to see the gold shipped out.
LAWSON ARRIVES TO
GIVE TESTIMONY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—T. W.
Lawson has arrived to give testimony
in the leak investigation. It is ex
pected that the managers of the
Western Union and Postal Telegraph
i will me summoned to testify also.
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HEIR BORN TO TAYLORS
A fine son tipping the scales at 0
pounds was born to Mr. and Mrs. F.
A. Taylor in Seward General Hospi
tal yesterday morning at 2 o’clock.
Dr. Sloan reports boy and mother
very well and the father very proud.
SAYS HE NEVER KNEW OF NOTE
WHICH WILSON WROTE ON
HIS OWN TYPEWRITER
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—J. P.
Tumulty, secretary to President Wil
son, took the stand today in the leak
investigation and denied any previous
knowledge of the fact that President
Wilton was about to semi a note to
the warring nations asking for a
peace discussion. A statement from
President Wilson was also introduced
to the effect that the exact fact was
that Tumulty knew nothing of the
note until its publication. In addi
tion to this Tumulty says all of the
White House attaches were comp’cte-1
ly ignorant of it. Wilson wrote the
note on his own type-writer. The,
only attempt to prove anything
against the witness was that he intro
duced Gerard, the American ambas
sador to Berlin, to the Hibbs Com
pany, Washington brokers, but Tum
ulty denied absolutely that he engag
ed in the slightest stock transactions.
Tumulty then severely chastised Con
gressman Woods for ever mentioning
his name in the matter and said sig
nificantly that he is awaiting an
apology. The witness also denied
that he had ever consulted Baruch
whom, he said, he only met informal
ly.
LOCAL POTATOES FOR
THE N. P. RAILROAD
The Land and Industrial Depart
ment is in communication with the
superintendent of the dining car ser
vice of the Northern Pacilc railroad
with reference to furnishing that
railroad with large size potatoes,
weighing a pound and a half and over,
to be made a special feature on their
dining cars. Information has been
secured indicating that the railroad
will be glad to advertise such po
tatoes on the menus as “Alaska Great
Big Baked Potato.” The matter is
now being taken up with the Mata
nuska farmers with a view of ascer
taining how many tons of such po
tatoes can be furnished.
This will provide an excellent
means of calling the attention of the
people in the States to the agricultur
al possibilities of the lands tributary
to the Government raiload, and the
Land and Industrial Department
hopes to obtain the co-operation of all
the farmers and business men in this
community in making this feature a
success.
The farmers and homesteaders, as
well as the merchants should com
municate with the Manager of the
Land and Industrial Department, An
chorage, for further details.—Alaska
R. R. Record.
USE ALASKA SPl’DS
Some ten days ago the Fairbanks
Commercial club received a letter
from the Northern Pacific railroad,
stating that the company would be
very glad to serve Alaska patotoes on
its dining cars and would advertise
the fact widely, provided it would be
possible to get large specimens—
pound potatoes if possible. At the
time of the arrival of the letter, it
was printed in the News-Miner anti
drawn to the attention of Thomas
Riggs, Jr., member of the Alaskan
Engineering commission.
In the latest mail from the lower
river town, the Commercial club re
ceived a letter from Mr. Riggs, in
which he urged the organization to
take the matter up seriously and,
if possible, furnish the Northern Pa
cific with the desired spuds.—Fair
banks News-Miner.
ON WRONG TRACK
NENANA, Dee. 23.—The attack on
Captain Mears, member of the Alas
kan Engineering commission, which
was contained in a recent issue of the
Alaska Citizen, has caused much un
favorable comment in Nenana, where
it is recognized that all the members
of the commission are doing all they
! can to hasten the completion of the
railroad.
In a statement given a representa
tive of the News, Thos. Kiggs, Jr.,
[declared emphatically that the article
published by the Citizen was abso
lately without warrant, since Captain
Mears is as eager to see the railroad
; completed as either of the other two
members of the commission. The
reputation of Captain Mears and his
| associates depend upon the success of
: fhe enterprise upon which they are
•low engaged, and if the work could
be completed by the end of another
year it would mean more to them
than the salaries they would receive
for a longer period of construct’on.
As one Nenanaite put it, the C.tizen
wou’d not have been farther from the
truth if it had accused Geo. W. Goc
tha’s of causing the slides which de
layed the completion of the Panama
canal, in order that he mig.it stick
longet on the government payroll.
Regarding the apportionment of
funds, Mr. Rigg3 says that his divi
sion has not beei allowed as much
money as he hoped to receive for
tnct year’s work. The amo»tn- is $2,
667,000 and he estimated that he
could use approximately one null ion
more than that amount. He will have
sufficient, however, to complete the
road from the coal fields to Fair
banks, and that part of the work will
be completed on schedule time, pro
viding the funds are available when
needed.—News.
RECORD FOR 100 YEARS
COMPILED BY KASHEVAROFF
JUNEAU, Jan. 5. — For the past
several weeks Father A. I\ Kashe*
varofT, working with the force in the
office of Secretary Charles E. David
son, has been translating and tran
scribing the early vital statistic
records of the Russian Church into
the English language and making the
records of the office as complete as
possible. Father aKshevarotl is act
ing as translator, and his records are
being written on the typewriter and
will be added to the permanent files
of the office when completed.
The records of the Russian Church
contain the dates of all births, mar
riages and deaths, among the people
professing that faith and are com
plete from the year 1810 to the pres
ent time, or for the past 100 years.
Many historical events are shown in
the records which consist of written
books. Before a record book is start
ed it is punched, ran through a
heavy black silk cord and sealed with
the seal of the Bishop of the church.
The pages are then counted and num
bered, the iBshop making an entry
ami signing the last page, which
makes it impossible for any one to
tamper with the records in any way.
One of the first historical events
of interest in the records is the ac
count of the marriage of Governor
Vanofsky to a half breed daughter of
Governor Bar a no If. Vanofsky was
at the time of the marriage a Lieu
tenant in the Russian fleet stationed
at Sitka. The marriage was on Jan.
7, 1818. The record gives the ac
count of the wedding as follows:
“Jan. 7, 1818, Lieutenant of the
Russian fleet, Simion Ivanovich \an
ofsky, married the daughter of • the
Government of the Russian Posses
sions in America and Governor and
Cavalier Alexander Baranoe, the girl
Irma, a creole.”
The names of the Russian gover
nors of Alaska appear in the pages
many times where they acted as
crown bearers at weddings. Among
those mentioned many times are
Baranoflf, KupreanofT, Gregory Ktelin,
Baron Ferdinand Wrangell. .
The records contain the account of
Baron Wrangell, and who was buried
in Sitka, on the plot where the old
church stood. The grave is still
preserved and can be seen at the side
of the principal street of Sitka, a
short distance from the present
church.
Among other things in the record,
Lather Kashevarolf found the record
of the marriage of his grandfather,
the birth of his father and also his
father’s marriage. He also found the
record of the marriage of his great
uncle to Catherine, a daughter of
Father John Veniaminof, Bishop of
Alaska.—rEm pi re.
WILSON PICKETTED
BUT WOMEN SILENT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—The
picket of wmoen was stationed out
side the White House today and was
first encountered by the President as
he was returning from the golf links
As he passed the women by they
were silent but he smiled.
NEWS NOTES
John Gilpatrick has returned from
his mining property in Moose Pass.
Two men are tunnelling there or. the
property of James & Ronan and Mr.
Gilpatrick thinks mere than ever of
the future of the section. Very little
snow fell out there.
C. S. Patton is now working in the
capacity of night clerk at the Hotel
Seward for his namesake.
In the latest issue of the Saturday
Evening Post to hand Mrs. van Cam
pen has a short story which those who
read it say is very good. The scene
is the Valdez trail.
VALDEZ BANK VAULT
STOOD FIRE WELL
VALDEZ, Jan. 6.—The valut of the
First Bank of Valdez was opened
yesterday afternoon, and the contents
found in first-class condition, not
withstanding the valut has been sub
jected to the most intense heat. The
combination on the vault worked per
fectly, but the heat had warped the
frame or the bolts so that they could
not be withdrawn from their sockets.
As a consequence the oxy-acetylene
apparatus of G. W. Long was brought
into requisition and the sockets melt
ed out permitting the bolts to come
out and the door was taken oir with
out injury. The interior of the vault
was found to be uninjured. During
the early hours of the lire the valu
able adding machines anti typewrit
ers in the bank bad been placed in the
valut and these were uninjured, as
wore ail the books and papers.
Major i'. \V. Davidson of the Al
aska road comm is."'ion, has tendered
tl u.-o of the commission office in the
Seattle Hotel block to the bank offi
cial.- a. temporary quarters, and busi
ness will probably be resumed there
wit I* i n a day or two.—Prospector.
Men like T. \Y. Lawson and Harry K. Thaw ought to
have monuments in their honor erected by the newspa
pers of the whole country. Yv hen the European war with
its thousands of dt ing and dead begins to pall Tom or
Harry comes along to keep us interested. Lawson is a
man who cannot la- p out of the limelight and Harry is,
or was, a man who can, or could never keep out of the
penitentiary or asylum. It is hard to understand how a
man who is shrewd cm my * to make millions could not see
that without positive evidence a charge like that which he
levelled could oniy act as a boomerang.
Apparently the Prohibition law to be applied to Al
aska by congress will make us Alaskans the most temper
ate people mi earth and almost as dry as the people of the
other two worlds. 1 he two chief places to be occupied in
the next stage oi existence arc also dry. One of them is
.my by chume and tiic utncr is dry by compulsion. Alaska
is dry by both, iiiu always n member that one year from
today it will be harder to liud a bottle of whiskey than a
rich nayslreak. And this is all the better. As it has been
decided to make the territory dry at ail let it be perfectly
dry. The worst phase oi i'rohibitiou is that it tempts
people to he law-breakers. Y\ ith so large a territory as
tiiis it might well happen that muuiishining and bootleg
ging would take the place of saloons and leave the last
state of the territory w orse than the lirst.
The death oi Bmfaio Bill is probably the cutting of
the last Bilk between tne old west and tne present. In
every civiikieu country of the world the news of his death
will bring back to millions of minds the grand old days
when sensation after sensation struck the youthful eye
between the pages ot seme book dealing with the real or
imaeinarv deeds oi tne famous scout. Bullalo Bill was as
much rcaii about in European countries as in his own, it
not more. The farther a country is from those reading
about it, Luc more roam; i.c it appeal's and lor this reason
more European kills, probably, spent their time dreaming
•jf the time when leaping into ihe saddle of their mustangs
„hey charged into the howling savages and at every ci’ack
jf ins trusty rifle a Icedskin with a wild yell threw up his
hands and jumping into the air bit the dust. That is, he
bit the dust alter coming down out of the air again, no
doubt. But every savage was shown to die with lots of
pep. It would never no to let a iCedskin die easy. If the
gallant young lieutenant in charge of the U. S. soldiers
had to be killed by the novelist because the lovely girl
threw him down after he saved her, it would be shown
that he died with a peaceful smile, but the Indian always
had to eat the dust. What a pity we could not go on
through life looking at it through the beautifully tinted
glasses of youth.
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