PLENTY MONEY
FOR ALASKA
$15,000,000 Will be Expended for
Mill Near Juneau fey Boston
Capitalists.
Seattle, Dec. I 'i.—Stone, Web
ster & Co., of Boston, hav.» an
uounccd their intention, in con
nection with Colorado interests,
of subscribing $15,000,000 addi
tional to the amount already
faised for the construction of the
largest stamp mill in southeast
ern Alaska. They now control
the old Perseverance mine in the
basin behind Juneau and have
been pushing development work
for the past two years. They ac
quired tin* property soon after
the death of Col. Sutherland, it
is on this property they contem
plate erecting tin* stamp mill.
Work is now in progress to tap
the lead from the Sheep creek
side of the mountain, which will
give them a depth «>f several
thousand feel.
The Stone iV Webster company
are large operators in iuterurban
street car lines. They have heavy
holdings in Seattle ami Taconia
and other western eilies. They
are represented on the Pacific
coast by Jacob Kurlli. I lie Seal lb:
banker.
JURY FIRED FOR
PLAYING CARDS
Playing With Pasteboards is Ta
booed by Judge Roland in
Seattle Court.
Seattle, line. 1 i.— Because Ihey
were caught playiim wilh a deck
of cards by one of the ImlilTs,
Judge llolaml discharged a jury
I his morning in Hi- superior
rourl al Seal He.
An «>l«l hand al I lie jury
Mcitini prepared against I he pos
sibility of a long siene and
brought vvilh him a package of
pasteboards, and the little game
of poker was started which re
sulted in ;i 11 the members of llicj
jury being dismissed.
TRYING 10 FORGE j
GREEKS TO SIGN
Moslem Delegates Instructed to
Delay Negotiations Until
Everybody Gets in.
i.oudou. I lee. I i.--The :\Josleiu ,
peace delegates liaxe been ill- .
.Hirneled in olislrnet nejjolialions ;
for :i Ui'lieral selllemenl of tlx'
Kasleru war problem until tin*
lireeian emissaries apree to siun.
Great Triok Ploture.
Tonight for the lasl lime the,
x real est colored trick picture.
"Awful Syiiipbon>." I'haimc to- :
morrow.
Some one asked a Kentucky
colonel if I hern was any cure for
h snak.* bile exeupl whiskey.
'"Who cares whether there is or
not?" asked I lie colonel.
I ii»11k beet y \ KerguHon. for the
halnnce of liw^mber, nre nelHn? {
irooils at reduced prices.
WHITMAN OFFICIAL
GOES FMTODY
Had Appropriated Funds of the
Knox Estate—Father is Very
Wealthy Land Owner.
Seattle, l)cr. li Former pros
ecuting officer Patterson, of
Whitman county, has been sen
teneed to ttii» reformatory for
misappropriat ing the funds of
the Knox estate. His fattier, who
is a tar fro properly owner ami
considered very wealthy, tried to
sav« Hie young man from Ili«>
penitentiary, but without avail.
Owing to the prominent posi
tion of young Patterson and his
family tlie rase tias created nnite
a commotion in the county.
RAW F00
PORT ANGELES
Straits Town Subscribes $85,000
to Aid Milwaukee to Build
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Into Olympics.
Pol'l Angeles, W ash., I)ee. I i.-I
Citizens «»r Port Angeles have!
subscribed a total r»f SMS.000 to j
aid llir Chicago, Milwaukee \ SI.
Paul railroad to liuild a line from
this rily into Hit* heavy limber
of Iho Olympir mountain dis
trict. where 0O.O(»«.Ofti».(K»O feet
of llr and cedar of llrsl-class i
lumber «111 a I i I v is standing.
ritimatcly it is expected to c\
lend the line through to dray's
llarhor.
CHARLEY GATES
BUILDS IB
Will Spend Half a Million on Mis '
Minneapolis Resldenoe
Now Building.
Minneapolis, Dec. I-i.—(Iharloy
iSales. son of tliv former Wall
*1 reel plunder, has started the
ronsi ruelion of a residence here
which will cost a half million dol
lars. (iates is niarried to ji
Minneapolis Kiel and I lie two in- j
lend making Ibis rily their home. I
. '
Yoiiim (Sales inherited a har- i
re I of money his I'alher made in I
Willi s|reel.
HIS SON-IN-LAW
PLANTS A BOMB
Seal He, I . I i.-Allorneys Kill ,
loday arrested his son-in-law for [
planti 11 k ii homh niul.'r his lied, j
and the hid j* now in jail. Kill ;
and his iliiuphler's hiishand have •
not heen on good terms for some I
lime ami Kill alleges he caught j
him planting the homh and had,
him arrested.
It costs you less lo stop at
"The nil IT" than it does to ronf
find heat a cabin, and you tiavo
ii nice warm, clean room to dreaa
in. No Arcs or cares at all to
attend to.
Subscribe foi the Pronpdctor.
THE FAIRBANKS BANK CASE
STILL WEARING ALONG
THE PROSECUTION CLOSE8 ITS TESTIMONY IN CHIEF—THE
ARE NOW PUTTING ON THEIR SIDE THE oMi-CVU
DENCE 18 SIMILAR TO THAT Of PlRSY CaSE
F. <*. Noyes: I have had years
of experience as a lumberman. I
am acquainted with stum page and
values of timber property. I vis
ited the (Sold Bar properties. I
examined mill. The (iold Bar
properties wen* worth, from an
operator's standpoint *250,000,
less liabilities of between $65,000
and $70,000. In 1010 it was worth
about same as now. There was
130,000,000 feet in 1900. In Ap
ril. 1907, they cut 22,500,000 feel.
The amount cut up to September.
I OH), was about 50,000,000 reel
mayhe several million otT. There
is now 87.000,00.0 feel. No divi
dends have been paid. Wa> on
the property two days.
A. T. Armsl ron^:: I have .been
manager of the Cold Bar cnni
pany. Never paid dividend. Think
properly now worth about the
same as two years a»ro. Kvury
thing that was taken oil' of the
priiperty was put haek in again.
Hen. B. Weseli was cashier of
the Washington-Alaska bank,
later was manager. When the
Fairbanks Banking company took
o\ef that hank in October, 1909,
transferred to the credit of tin
Fairbanks Banking eompany to
its eorrespondeiit in San Fran
eiseo $73,000; January, 10to.
there was transferred $30,000 in
Seattle: Jlilie, I 9 I o, £50.000 \v;i»i
withdrawn by Fairbanks Banking
eumpany, $t 11,000 was transfer
red to Seattle hy Mr. Barn.'lie in
credit Fairbanks Bankinu coin
pany after there was $'|0,000
credited hack to the Washiiiglnn
Alaska in Seattle. When I left
there were certiftcates of deposit
from Fairbanks Bank in Wash
ington-Alaska «»f $219,200. The
$100,000 drawn by Barnctte was
in addition to that. At thai time
IJapt. Barnctte did not have an
account in the Washington
Alaska upon which he could
chock. Gapt. liarnette <1 i<l not
draw personally, but as president
[>f (he Kairhanks Banking com
pany.
Recess until H p. m.
11. C. Wood: 1 attend.'d a meet
ing of the directors of the Wash
ington-Alaska bank at that time
and it was decided to declare a
dividend of 33 1-3 per cent, on
I In* capital stork. As *25,0(10 of
this was placed to the credit of
the stork and bond account of
llic Kairhanks Mankind company.
The halamv was placed |o the ac
count of Ihr undivided profits.
Tin* Fairbanks Banking company
also declared a dividend of 20 per
rent. I made a motion that 25
per rent, lie placed to the credit
of the slock account ami the bal
ance to ilie surplus account.
RarnHtc was present, lie should
have received £5,200. At thai
time there existed nian> doubtful
not es.
I,ate in limp i»r early in 11)10
the directors gave a power of at
|orim> to Harnctle and Hill em
powering t belli lo sell the liolil
Mar property. I llrst acquired an
interest in the First National in
January. IP to. Ai the time o! its
purchase I lie Washington-Alas
ka bank was not worth more than
$l75.00u. I do not know what its
earnings had been.
IS'oyes; | have eitfhly unpaid
note-, of i he Washington-Alaska
bank past due m September, limp.
Mr. Proctor pointed from.the
iccords of the Fairbanks Rank
ing company showing that in
IPto ('apt. Hiri»"lte withdrew
from the bank the sum of $200._
1)00 as follows: In April he drew
*10.000. by August 12, IPI0, he
had checked out $200,000. In
September, I OOP. the time of pur
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BICYCLE RACERS
IKE EAST TIME
' I
Record Passed by 12 Teams and j
Other Two Teams Only Three |
. Laps Behind Record.
Xmw York, hi'r, I i.--Tin* i*iT
• »rd for I In* r.'.ilay hiryrh' ran*
has Imm'ii hrokcn liy I - of I In* run.
I«'••*I ing li'anis and Hit* other two
I••aiiis arc only lliivr laps behind
I hr former record.
'I'll • contest I his year lias I
;i billcr tinlil, as each team lias
cmlcaxored to pass the others.
Since last Sunday night I hey have
been grinding away hour after
hour, slopping for resl a( short
intervals when relieved hv I heir
pari nor*.
The ran1 started promptly at
hi id 11 ix h I last Sunday night and
will hr completed loniuht at I.'
o'clock.
FLIRT BRINQ8
IWANV PASSENGERS |
The Flirt arrived in Valdrz last
night at- 0 n'Clook, bringing Ih«»
following passengers: M. Ilerkey,
wife and three children from Ki
flalgo hay, Kd. fMmklc, (1. l.owney,
Dirk Golvin, Jacob PaMer.«mi,
Todd Date and Alhrrt Buffo. Tin*
boat will leave for sound point
next Tnnxday.
lu^iorlbt Prospector.
SCARE OFFICERS
FROM DOTY
Officers Fail to Appear in
Court, Fearing Personal
Violence.
I.ew i.-lon, Mji., Dee. I i.—\> I lit*
result •»f alleged threats on the
lives of Frank ami ('diaries Davis,
speeial deputy > In-rill's. In roid mil
I In* ill i<-iI sale of Iic|m»i*. Hit*
"111mil |»ip-** eases against (trace
Freeman. .1. M. Ilice, A. M. Miller
and Frank Fast man lodax Miami
dismiss wl by I In* district court.
Tlii- Davis brolhers wore nn(
present in I In* court room, due,
il is believed. In I Ik* activity of
friends of the indicted parties,
who I lirealeiied I •» "gel" them,
according I heir allegalinns.
Several threatening letters re
c.cived I»> tile lirnlhef's ami Slier-,
iIV ('.lick have I made public, j
LUTHER McCARTY BARRED j
BY PASADENA CLUB
Pasadena. I'.al.. Dee. It.--Tile!
I'nln ('lull of lliis cily has issued
it challenge In the ('.auadian I'nln ■
r.luh for a match, In11 lut\e barred
i
I. ill her Mef'arly frnin playing. AI |
I he last match McC.arly and Ihe
rluh had trouble nml he hart heen
Ialmned hy them Ihem ever since J
Pub*eril»» for \h* Pro«p*etnr
FOUR MURDERERS
HUNG IN OREGON
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Failure of State to Abolish Capi- ,
tal Punishment Causes Whole- !
sale Execution.
I
Salem, On*., Dee. I i Four of
I hi' live murderers confined in the
Oregon penitentiary under re
prieve were hanged yesterday al
noon. They were. Harrison, Mor
gan, Faulder and Roberts. Tay
lor's sentence was commuted to
life imprisonment by Governor
West.
All 11n* until hail* been kept
aliv»» by reprieves from Governor
Wesi until the state voted on the
abolition of eapit.il punishment in
November, ttie governor hoping
that the constitutional amend
ment would carry. When it was
voted down he de'elined to in
terfere further.
EGG TRUST
IS RUSTED
7,000 Cases of Eggs Unloaded on
the Market at 24 Cents
Per Dozen.
1*1)lit. I»ce. I i Till*
Housekeepers' League unloaded
7,01)0 rase* of ranch eggs on I lie
inarkH today ami succeeded in
breaking I In- market for tin* egg
trust. They sold strictly fresh
ranch egg- for cents a doz
en. the lowest price in Philadel
phia sir\ce last Easier. ,■
Tile League officials state that
they will continue buying: efrprs
from the farmers and placing
them on the market until the
commission merchant s sell a I a
reasonable profit.
6IVESM0HEY
NOW III 1H0UBLE
IVIrs. Belmont's Gift Causes Col.
Roosevelt to Remonstrate
Against Useless Qlving.
New York. I>••(*. I iKx-Prcsi- I
dent ltiMise\e|| and numerous j
others 11<i\«* objected lo the gift j
by Mr>. lielnioiil of sr»uu.nun fur j
women of t lie nnderwoi'bl. It is
claimed by them thai the gift
without restrictions i* a menace
to good society.
SIDNAALLEN GETS
LONG SENTENCE!
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Wyt h\ ille. I >••!*. I i.-.Siilna Al
len. Ihe last of Hie ining which;
1111s been tried here for the mur- |
iler of Judge .Masse and others
in Ihe courl house, \Ni«« sentenced
10 serve :r» years in IIi«> peniten- j
Iiary. Allen avoided arrest for!
11 long linn', hnl was Dually lo- 1
•aled when detectives followed j
(lis sweetheart, when she join-'
<»d him in St. Louis.
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FOR KArK.—Hliaror sewing j
nachine. t ine condition. _ Apply
llenry Sues* |f. 'Phone 7. 11
OLD MAN
WANTED TIME
Engagement Ring is Returned and
His Promise to Qet a Divorce
is of No Avail.
Sacramento, I>i»c. 1 i.—J. If.
Hansom, 70 years old, deacon in
the First Baptist church, past
command**!* of I Ik; local Ci. A. It.
Post and retired employe of lli»;
Southern Pacific shops, has re
eeived back the engagement ring
he jrave Miss Minnie Bixhy, aged
28. Sunday school teacher and
former matron of a college in
Denver. Colo.
Incidentally. Hansom has :i wife
in New York.
Miss Bixhy came here from
Ilenver at Hansom's expense to
marry him. Wli. 11 she arrived lie
told her lie could not marry her
unlit lie secured a divorce and
tinned her. she declares, to In* his
housekeeper'. Sin* refused.
Miss Bixhy declares he tried to
force, his suit despite the fact
that he had a wife and that 011
numerous occasions lie sought to
force her to drink wine. Sh.i says
she grew tired of it all and sent,
hint hack his ring.
WOMAN GIVEN '
HOUR IN JAIL
Postmistress Simmons of Gettys
burg Gets Off Lightly in Em
bezzlement Case.
1 i(*HymIiiii*f», Pa., her. I i.-_Mrs.
Sjiiiiiions. former postmistress of
this city. charged wilh einbezple
menl of post office funds, pleaded
guilty today and Attorney Ritch
ie made so I ouch intra plea in her
behalf that I he judge and pros
ecutor wore moved lo tears, and
the woman was lei oil' with a sen
tence of one hour in .jail. The
evidence showed that the offense
was more lechnieal than actual.
GREEKS'RENEW
OFFENSIVE WAR
Move Large Body of Troops Into
Epirus and Occupy Visali
and Adjacent Region.
Allien.*.. I lee. I i The <i|'eeiau
force* hn\e renewed a Keneral
idTensive movement into Turkish
territory and loda> occupied Vis
11i ami tlie adjacent region In
Kpiru*. A furl her advance is nr.
lered.
Notice, A. B's.
All members of the Accl«
llt'ol Im'i IiomiI ure reiplested to
neet at Kii|r|i< hall at I I
•'clock tomorrow to attend the
runernl of Mr. .lohn*«oii.
SA.M'I. McMK.r.i:.
Arctic Chief.
There i* a ureal secret iu
(unwind what to keep out of (lie
nind a* \*e|| us what to put in.
.. Knierson.
hoimherly iV Kernuson, for the
lalancc of December, am selling
roods nl reduced prices.
rna rmtpkotor la the o«f er m
>MV.