DEM. LOVE FEAST
IN NEW YORK
Wilson is Lauded and a Toast
Drank to President Ta,ft->
Two Noted Absentees.
Mew York, Dec. William
Corcoran Ewing, of Washington,
I>. G., has been selected as chair
man of the inaugural commis
sion dinner at a meeting tender
ed here to Mrs. Wilson.
Governor-elect William Sulzer
and William J. Bryan addressed
the meeting, the latter saying
that Woodrow Wilson was better
eqi/ipijod to fill the executive
chair than any former executive.
A 'toast was also drank : to
President Taft. The meeting was
notable by the absence of Wil
liam Randolph Hearst and "Boss"
ATurphy.
HANDSOME FLAGS
LADY PASSENGERS
San Francisco, Dee. 28.—The
Pacific liner Peru presented to
• •ach of I he lady passengers
aboard I lie boat a handsome silk
flag, the design of the Hrst slar
-pangled banner, with the thir-i
leen stars in (lie center, lliey, in
turn, being surrounded by I lie re
maining 35 stars.
The Hags are hand made ami
lhe stars are embroidered. The
entire arrangement of (he stars
is new and is said In be a great
improvement on (he old manner
• »f grouping (hem.
BIG SHIPMENT COPPER
ON LA8T MARIPOSA
On the last trip of the Mari
posa six- loaded thirty-five cars J
<»f Bonanza ore for the Taeoina
smeller. The shipment was
worth three hundred and twenty
thousand dollars, and totaled I,
290 Ions, valued al 17'Venls ai
pound.
The Fairbanks Citizen has
•tome oul for Major Strong for
governor and John llonan for
marshal <>f Ihe Fourth division, j
Congregational Church
- Sunday school 12 to 1 o'clock.!
Song" service for the people at
7:3ft p. in. Prayer meeting at
7:3ft Wednesday evening. All
nrc welcome.
Subject for tomorrow si I I lt<> j
fxtngregational church will be
"The Ilirlli of Chrisl."
1
Episcopal Church
Services at the church of the
Kpiphany Sunday are:
Morning prayer wilh sermon,
a* I 1 o'clock.
•Sunday school al 12 in.
Evening prayer at 7:30 o'clock.;
Full cliojj* in (ho evcninlg.
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Catholic Churoh.
Confession and communion at
8:30.
W/iss a I 10:30. !
'Reiwis and henedielion al 7:^0.
3imdn> school at 2:30.
ME OPPOSED TO
COURT LEAVING
Juneau Bar Are Opposed to Judge
Overfleld Adjourning Court
to Come to Valdez.
Says tin? Juneau Alaska Em
pire: The bar association of
Juneau lasl night sent a wire to
Attorney General Wickersham,
stating that the entire bar of (lie
town of Juneau concurred in Dis
trict Attorn°y Rustgard's tele
gram protesting against the sum
mons calling Judge Overfleld to
Valdez at this time.
It was pointed out that should
a recess be declared for the pur
pose of allowing the judge to go,
there were grave fears that the
present term in Juneau would
lapse, necessitating the calling of
another term of court.
Attention is called to the con
gested civil calendar as yet prac
tically untouched and to the
criminal docket including the
eases untried and alsD those to
be investigated by the grand jury.
It was shown that the govern
ment would be put to an enor
mous expense on account of the
many witnesses who were here
now by process waiting lo testify.
It was further pointed out that
the delay following a postpone
ment of the matters on hand
would work a personal hardship
on many.
Blasting With Water.
A new method of mining is be
ing practiced in CVrnian and oth
er coal shafts that is said to do
away with dangerous blasting,
while also avoiding much of the
risk of spontaneous explosion of
coal dust.
Deep holes are bored in the
coal and water is introduced in
to them by pipes under heavy
pressure. The water finds its way
through the coal fissures and op
ens them up until the mass is
loosened, when it is readily re
moved while wet without any dust
or the use of any tools other than
a light pick and shovel.
A Machine to Write Music.
A fierman musician lias in
vented a machine which, he
stall's automatically registers lhi»
noh's emitted hy I hi' piano. The
now machine has I lie same oh
ji'cl as imi' invented hy an Kal
ian ami usi'il hy Mascagui in writ
ing his operas. I mi I il is a larger
inslruinenl ami is operated hy
electricity. Into the machine is
inserted a roll of paper, and the
composer scats himself lie fore
the piano and executes the coin
position that lie desires to give
to the puhlie. The machine faith
fully registers every note pro
duced. sp that the musician does
not have to depend upon his
memory.
Falcon Joslin, the Tanana rail
road man, Major J. F. K. Strong
ami John \V. Troy are all sugges
ted for ^o\eruor.of Alaska. The
latter two are hotli newspaper
men. sii mi very great mistake
will lie made in thr selection <>f
any one of the three. As yet il
has hi>1 heen suggested that the
presi'iit i til'll in hen I he ret a ini'd.
Fx.
■nam
FOR SHEPARD
Former Purser Has Been Impris
oned for Three Days—Attor
neys Ask He be Produced
Seattle. Dec.. :28—'The attor
neys for Glen Shepard,, the pur
ser r»f the Humboldt at the time
of the theft of .$200,000 in gold,
have sued out a writ of habeas
corpus to effect his release if pos
sible.
The attorneys have been re
tained by friends of Shepard, who
declare he is guiltless and are
sure that he will bo able to prove
he had no connection with the
robbery. It is stated that the on
ly evidence against him is that
he allowed Taylor to ride for half
fare, and it is known that Taylor
got away with part of the
"swag." Shepard denied that he
had any motive other than V'o
help a friend of many years.
The company for whom Shep
ard worked have expressed their
confidence in his honesty and are
among those who are helping to
effect his release.
Al. Sullivan returned from I lit*
ales on the Mar»;?osa.
i The Green Rose.
J The general verdict upon the
green rose is that il is more.cur
ious than beautiful. To botan
ists it is particularly interesting,
since it is a proof that all parts
of a plant above the root are
modifications of the same thing,
and in the green rose every part
may be called a leaf.
This flower is a variety of the
common China rose brought to
| England in the year 1835. It al
so gives a strong support to the
view held by many botanists that
all flowers were originally green
and that the colors in flowers are
analogous to the autumn tints of
leaves. In I he green rose the
flowers generally put on a red
dish tint when they begin to fade.
TOWER WILL RI8E 917 FEET
Merlin.—The now lower <»f (ho
Oerinan Wirelass Company's
central station at Nation, which
is now being erected, will mount
to the height of 017 foot., or 250
foot1. higher than (1 ho slnictiiro
blown down a year ago.
If is expected that tho lowor
will ho ahlo to send messages 5.
O.'O miles, reaching practically
from Berlin to Chicago ami points
in tho middle wost.
Regular communication !»••
I wo on Nauru ami tho l.ong Islaml
station of tho company will ho
ono of tho first sorvicos to ho es
tablished when tho cloud-scrap
ing stool pilo is ready. This is
hardly likely to ho for several
moiit lis.
The Herman company is si ill
negotiating with Hi.' Marconi
corporation for common use or
each others patents with a view
to facilitating; wireless communi
cation to all parts of the world.
The Cordova Alaskan is boost
ing for .John V. Ostrand.T. of
that town, for I In- position now
held by .111«l|X«* Overllohl.
Subscribe for the Projector.
NEW TOWN HI
COPPER REGION,
McCarthy Will Hereafter be
Known as Blackburn--Novel
Townsite Regulations
The I own «.if Blackburn lias
been established by the residents
of I lie sell lenient heretofore
known as McCarthy or mile 192,
on I ho Copper River railroad.
Recently a mass meeting was
held, rules and regulations
adopted for governing the com
munity, and a committee of five
appointed as a governing body.
A preliminary survey was sub
milted, to be followed shorlly by
a final survey of the townsite.
An addition to the Blackburn
townsite has been slaked on the
bench above the railroad, con
sisting of a fraction between
Barrett's and Bloomquist's
homesteads. It is intended for
I he residential section. One of
the provisions is thai one block
shall be set aside fur a period of
three years, after which time I he
lots are to be given free to wo
:nen with one or more children,
v im have no one to support them.
The townsite residents purpose
Im reserve to Ihemselves all
franchises for telephones, elec
tric liglils and water works. All
moneys fur lots must be account
ed fop and are to be spent on
town improvements. St reels have
already been laid out.
Kvery claimant and e\ery
property owner within sixty days
after becoming the owner of a
lot must begin the erection of a
substantial building to be used
for business purposes in the por
tion of the town of Blackburn in
dicated "Business Section." In
vase of his failure so to do his
pi onnd or lot will revert to the
townsite. one block being set
aside iii a portion of the townsite
to be selected by the committee
for the sole use and benefit of
prospectors and miners and oth
er campers, the title to invest it
self in the townsite. Inside lots
have, been placed at *r>0 and cor
ner luts at 975.
Why The Judge Was Powerless
The jury, after long delibera
tion. seemed unable I<> .agree in a
perfectly clear rase. Tin* judge,
Ihorougbly exasperated al the de
la.v. saiil:
"I discharge Ibis jury."
One sensitive juror, indignant
al wlial lie considered a rebuke,
faced I lie judge.
"You ean'l discharge me." he
said wilb a lone of conviction.
"And why nol ?" inquired Hie
jiid^re in surprise.
"Tleeause," announced Hie jur
or. pointing lo Ihe lawyer for Ibe
defense. "I was hired by I lint man
I her.*."
Moose Dfcnce
The Order of Alaskan Mon»f
\n i 11 give their regular weekly
daucc Saturday night at their ball
to which all friends of the organ
ization arc invilcd. Dancing will
bepin al 0:MO sharp. Tickets can
be bad of members, (lood music.
Norway i* about lo lake a baud
in llu' Kalkan trouble. Men ay
lank dar be somelings doing.
JUST ARRIVED
Mr. Ben Silverman, the merchant tailor has just arrived from the out
side with a full line of up to date suitings:
The Very Latest Novelties in Woollens.
For thirty days you can take your choice from the finest stock ever
brought to Alaska.
Any Suit $35.
A few uncalled-for suits can be had at your own price.
BEN SILVERMAN, Merchant Tailor.
•*<
POU BALlB—Singer sotoinff
machine. Fine condition. Apply
Henry Snessdorf. 'Phone 7.
Dougherty & Ferguson, for the
balance of December, are selling
goods at reduced prices.
"The CliiT" is heated with
steam, real steam, and you can
fe*»l it. In fact, you can lot in
the fresh air and still have all
the warmth you want.
Dougherty & Ferguson, for the
balance of December, are selling
goods at reduced prices.
Gentle horse and comfortable
cutler for lent by day or hour.
Rate reasonable. Apply Fred.
Fish, phone 47.
For warm, quiet rooms at rea
sonable rates, go to the St. Elias.
Fresh Morgan oysters fried in
butler and cracker crumbs at «he
Valdez Cafe.
Dougherty & Ferguson, for the
balance of December, are selling
goods at reduced prices.
" I
Dougherty & Ferguson, for the
balance of December, are selling
goods at reduced prices.
Roam a ad board st tfie Orak«
Hotel 91.50 per day. Rome cock
ed meals and good beds. Mrs. 11.
Shartfe.
It is worth whilo taking a
chance on the $800 diamond ring
being raffled at Plant & Com
pany**, jewelers.
PIANO FOIl SALE—I am going
outside and will s*II ono Kohler
& Chase piano, large one-iroit
bedstead. Telephone or write to
Captain Ode C. Nichols. Fort I.is
cum, Alaska.
GRAND MASQUERADE BALL.
To bo given by tin? Sw Six
Club in Kaglc ball Saturday
owning, l)p<:ember 28th. Admis
sion $1.00; spectalors 50 cents.
Kighl. handsome prizes I«• bn
awarded.
Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Lone Star
Mining company will be held oa
December 28, at the offico of the
secretary (King's Store) at 8 p.
m. for the purpose of electing of
ficers and the transaction of such
other business as may come be
fore the meeting.
J. AV. FRAME. Seorelary.
TABLE QUEEN GROCERY
AND BAKERY Phone is6
Can Supply your Wants in Fresh Fruits, Fancy Gro
ceries and other Good Things to Eat
FAMILY SIZE HOME MADE BREAD
Three Loaves For 26 Cents
Prompt Deliveries R. SCHMIDT, Prop.
Alaska Coast Co.
The "INSIDE ROUTE"
To Juneau, Puget Sound Ports and Southwestern Alaska
S. S. YUKON Leaves Seattle January 20
Counectintr nt Stattle with steamers of the Alaska-Pacific Steamship Co. for
Southern California porta Sailings every Monday and Thursday. Through
Service and Low Rates. Right reserved to change steamers and sailing dates.
B. F. WATSON
General Agent
VALDEZ DOCK CO.
Local Agent
Seattle Sailings Just like the clock
Fine steamships Mariposa. Alameda and Northwes
tern leaving hereabout
1st, 10th and 20th
of each month all the year around.
Mail, Express, Freight and Passenger line
ALASKA STEAMSHIP GO.
VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agent
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON,
strictly first class
Fourth Avt Siward, Ala9ka
Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pump* and
Well Point*.
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Ho*e Valve*,
Irci Pip«, Fitting*.
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miner* St Prospector# Supplies
Freih GoocU-RaaaonabU Prk«i
DnuglieMy A "Ferguson, for the
Italnnrr of December, are Helling
good* of reduced prlcoR.
Launches and Lighters
Poi' Sale, K*»nt or Chart it
Weekly service to Ellamar
Landlock and Fidalgo
I'lipt IV K. MOKK1S fm
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159
flat* iI>m, window |lut, raoflnfl and
milMIni Mp*n, roofini pilch, lima. «••
■Ml, pl«>l'f Ulh, ihiailM, baildsrs'
h«rHwM«7Stif>» and |ob work of all klidt
Window*, Doors, Moulding. Finish
ing Lumber
Aftnlt for F>ld)tnlu, Mors* A Co.
VALDEZ BAKERY
Nothing bat beat materials uaed.
FRESH BREAD DAILA
All kinda of Cakes, Pies, eto.
made to order
Bread—10c the loaf—3 for 2Sc.
Doughnut# A Cakes, 15c dot.
Phen* erSara erompUy delivered.
WOOD * HENRICH, Prepe.