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\ OI.UMK XIII. NUMBER 125. ___- - - -
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NORTHWESTERN
ON WAY NORTH
SEATTLE. Oct., 4— Steamer Nor
thwestern sailed for Alaska ports at
!> o’clock this morning with 59 passen
gers. Th*v following an* aboard tor
Seward:
Mrs. Charles St. Clair.
Rev. B. E. Carter and wife.
HI!more Carter.
Albert Brill.
Miss Jane McNally.
MISS STIRLING IS CHAMP
SHAWNEE. Pa.. Oct.. 4— Miss
Alexa Stirling, of Atlanta, successful
ly defended t he American golf Chain
pionship today by defeating Mrs. Will
A. Garvin, of New \ ork, by six up,
five to play.
NEW YORK, Oct., 1— Federal in
dictments have been returned against
George E. Snyder of the Tjosovig—
Kennecott Topper Company, with min
es at McCarthy, Alaska and five Seat
tle promoters, charging them with us
ing the mails to defraud.
Fou** hundred thousand dollars were
secure by the promoters, according to
Snyder, who voluntarily came here to
tell his story and was arrested when
he appeared.
The indictments charge that the
company, through a New York brok
erage firm, sold ooO.OOO shares >t
stock, but only used a fifth of the pro
ceeds for development work at tie*
copper properties.
GOLDM \ N C YSE POSTPONED
NEW YORK. Oct.. 4— The Depart
ment of Justic has indefinitely post
poned the Goldman deploration case
according to an announcement today.
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PRESENTS FOR
WILSON WLRE
NOT VALUABLE
WASHINGTON, Oct., 4— Replying
to representative Rodenberg s lesolu
tion lor information regarding a re
port that President Wilson received
one million dollars worth o: gitt.>
while in Europe, private Secretary
Tumulty said the sifts were of very
insignificant value, the most valuable j
on£ being a gold casket contain.ug »i
certificate of citizenship from London.
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( OLD WAVE ALONG R. U.
A cool wave is sweeping out from
the interior according to the railroad
weather report this morning. The
weather drooped to 5 degrees abov*
at Talkeetna and IS above at Anchor
age. The temperature also dropped in
Seward ami there was ice found in the
gutters and puddles.
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Today’s Short Score:
Cincinnati 2 5 2
Chicago 0 S 2
CHICAGO. Oct.. 4— More striking
laborers at the various steel plants
have returned to work. Pickets are be
ing increased around the plants to pre
vent men from returning to work.
There is a surplus of laborers hut
a scarcity of skilled workers at the
Gary plant*. Several hundred former
$10 a day men have left Gary to work
as section hands at forty cents an
hour, as they state their lives would
be in danger «f they returned to work
in the steel plants.
body of MISSING M IN
IS FOIM) IN THE WATER
The body of Ed Fournier, employe j
of the Arctic Pool room at Juonau, ]
who has been missing since Septem* |
her was found last week floating i
j in the (fastineau channel. The spot |
| where the body was picked up was :
about 200 feet from where Fournie:
was last seen on the Pacific Tons*
dock. There was a large bruise on his
forehead which is supposed to hav*
been caused bv humping his head on
the piling. A gold watch was found in
his pockets which had stopped at ?
o’clock. Little was known of the mans
antecedents. He had been in Juneau
for some time but had received no
mail there and had but few acquain
tances.
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SOURDOUGH LEW
CARPENTER IS
GOING RACK
LKWIS Carpenter, sourdough min
er and prospector, is registered at th«*
Hotel Overland, from Betties, Alaska,
but just having returned tzom the
states after a six month’s visit.
“Lew” as Mr. Carpenter is known
by the oldtimcrs, came out last winter
over the Kainv Pass-lditarod Sew
ard trail, with a dog team and he ex,
pccts to return to Betties as soon as
the trail will permit, fcoing via tty
Broad Pass and Nenana trail, nearly
1200 miles to Betties.
Lew has been operating during the
past few years on the headwaters of
Wild River, about 250 miles north of
th«* Arctic Circle and the most north
erly gold camp on the globe. He has
in his possession the highest grade
placer gold, some of the clearest run,
in the world.
The Hammond river, according to
Lew, has a few more trails to break
ind a few more claims to stake.
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\ dvkrtising is
NOAV ESSENTIAL
TO BUSINESS MEN
NEW ORLEANS, Oct., 4- *
Speakers attending the World Ad
Clubs convention in this city de
* clare that business men no longer
regard advertising as a necessary
evil. They now believe it to he es
sential to permanent success, say
the ad men. #
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TAFT HELPING
OUT SENATORS
ON THE TREATY
WASHINGTON, Oct., 4— William
Howard Taft held a private confer
ence with Republican senators last
night regarding treaty reservations. It
is understood he expects also to have
a conference with the Democratic
leaders.
SEVERAL COUPLES DIVORCED
During the Cordova term of the
District court, the following divorce
j cases were disposed of:
Tillman vs. Tillman— Degree of di
vorce granted Mrs. Tillman was the
plaintiff.
Brakke vs. Brakke— Decree of di
vorce granted to Mrs. Brakke, plain
tiff. ,
Bringdale vs. Bringdale— Decree
of divorce granted to Mrs. Bringdale,
I plaintiff.
Laska vs. Laska— Decree of di
jvorce granted to Mrs. Laska, with $50
month alimony.
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* KING ALBERT IS
made n. y. citizen
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NEW YORK, Oct., 4— King Al- *
bert has been made an honorary
citizen ol New ^ork. The ovation
given him today is said to have
r outrivaled that given Gen. Per
shing. The governor and Mayor
greeted the King of Belgium to
* day at the city hall.
NEW YORK, Oct., 4— King Al*
bevt flew over the city today in a na
vv hydroplane. He said the sight was
a grand spectacle of magnificent
buildings and everything promoting
industry and commerce.
King Albert, the Queen and other
members of the Royal party leave for
Boston tonight.
BOSTON, Oct., 4— King Albert
•and the Queen of Belgium will be serv
ed baked beivis in golden pots at the
reception to be given here. The golden
•tots will be given to the royal family, i
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CONDITION
OF WILSON
IS GRAVE
son issued a Dulietin mis morning i
striting the condition of President Wil- i
son was more favorable. The Presi
dent had a good night's rest, tempera
ture and pulse being normal. The
President appears cheerful but is rest
less. His mind is alert and he is tak
ing nourishment.
Dr. Dercum and Dr. Schweinitz j
have been summoned here.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct., 4— Dr.
Dercum today stated that President
Wilson's condition was grave. The
President realizes he is very sick and
exhausted.
PARIS, Oct., 4— Newspapers are
giving special prominence to Presi- j
dent Wilson’s illness.
The Journal today said: “None can
replace Wilson, for even his greatest
collaborators, Col. House and Secre
tary Lansing, did not agree with him
in his initiative measures, unless later
they realized his farsightedness.”
The Echo de Paris says: “Wilson’s
illness meams that the U. S. Senate
will bo left alone, and will probably be
a good thing as the Senate must soon
er or later realize that the treaty must
be passed as the objectors to the trea
ty and the league’s covenants are los
ing their violence now. ”
MINING CLAIM ON
BEAR RIVER BONDED
Gus Seiffret, representing St. Louis
capitalists, has bonded the mining
claims in the Portland Canal district
owned by J. J. Connors of Juneau and
J. McNeil. The deal involves $250,000.
CHICAGO, Oct., 4— The Cincinnati
Hods today won the fourth game of
the world’s baseball series by a score
of 2 to 0. By winning today’s game
the Reds huve three games tucked un
der the Championship belt and the
White Sox only one.
Jimmy Ring’s phenomenal pitching
held the Chicago players scoreless, the
Reds profiting by Chicago’s errors
The Reds made their two scores in
the fifth frame.
King outpitched Cicotte.
Cicotte made the two errors given
Chicago.
The betting today was all in favor
of Chicago but the fans from Cincin
nati were there with money to back up
their club and several big winnings
were made.
Tomorrow the White Sox and the
Reds will play in Cincinnati.
PARIS, Oct., 4— Col. E. M. House
is urging a meeting of the League of
Nations be held in Washington, I). C.,
in November, under President Wilson’*
chairmanship. Col. House proposes to
invite the greatest number of states
men although only a small amount of
current business* will be transacted.
The meeting would be to place the
League of Nations in action as it now
exists only on paper.
Premier Clemenceau has written to
Premier Lloyd George in a similiar
manner.
JOHNSON
ON TOUR
LOS ANGELES, Oct., 4— Senator
Hiram Johnson left this morning for
Oregon and Washington. He spoke to
ieven thousand here last night but
aroused little enthusiasm.
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TO INTEREST CAPITAL
IN EXPLORATION OF
REINDEER OF ALASKA
SEATTLE, Oct., 4— Lieutenant
Storkerson, who accompanied Steffan
;on on his last explorations of the
Arctic, is here en route to Portland
and Los Angeles.
Storkerson expects to help Stefans
>on to interest New York eaptital in
developing the reindeer industry’ in
Alaska and Yukon territory.
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WASHINGTON, OcL, 4— T. J.
1 Davies, of Newcastle, Pa., a tin work
er. today told the Senate committee
investigating the steel strike, that th**
union organizers activities in the steel
districts prior to the present strike
had all the earmarks of a conspiracy.
Many of the foreign workers
were lead to believe and expect union
ism a result in a Soeiet operation of
the steel mills.
. Davies said the organizers moved
mysteriously around the many plants.
Scores of the foreigners were given to
believe the plants would be run by
workingmen committees.
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MARTIAL
LAW AT
ELAINE
ELAINE, Ark.. Oct., 4— The mil
itary authorities are now controlling
the city. Two negroes who failed to
obey a soldier’s command to halt last
night, were shot and killed.
The casualties here to date are five
whites killed, five wounded and four
teen negroes killed, many wounded. It
is repo 1-ted that many bodies of ne
groes have been found in the cum;
brakes near here.
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“LAUGHING ANNIE” HELD
Annie McCarty, nicknamed “Laugh
ing Annie,” who shot her husband l)an
McCarty at Brooks last Sunday be
cause he would not take her to the
movies, hus been taken to Fairbanks
andthere bound over to the grand jury.
McCarthy died several hours after be
' ing shot according to advices received
1 in Seward. “Laughing Annie” jntend
, ed to suicide after her husband Utah
1 but in the excitment forgot to do so,
according to what she told the offic
ers.