JAMES WICKERSHAM'S LAW FIRM
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HE'LL FIND 'EM
BIGHT 1 SEATTLE
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Attorney Genera) , to Probe Those
Who Profited, hy Favoritism
of Judge Hanford
Washington, Aug. 7.—The attor
ney general plans a probe into
I he schemes of the higher ups,
who have been the cause of the
downfall of Judge 'Ilanford.
A federal grand jury will prob
ably be summoned .to meet in Se
al lb' shortly.
WILL SHIP BODY
OF A. J. DALY
Fraternal Societies Will Ship
Body to Seattle-To Investigate
Cause of Death
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Fairbanks, Aug. 7.-Daly's bod>
will be shipped to Seattle, tin
Elks, Eagles and Arctic Brother
hood defraying the expense 30 as
not to draw on the estate* until
it is known in what financial con
dilion the deceased lefl his fam
ily.
Clydo Morris, tin- Xonn> con
tractor and president of tin- Arc
tic club, has wired to Maj. Slronp
at Iditarod, and Tom Nestor al
Ruby, to investigate the death ol
Daly, as threats had been made
in Seattle to gel him before lit
b'ft that city.
Jos. Baxer i.s in from flold
creek. He reports that the wag
on road he is building was almost
completed, but that the continu
ous rains is causing a great deal
of sloughing.
Are Now the Legal Agents of Yukon Gold Company, a Gug
genheim Corporation Operating In the Iditarod—Mr.
Henry Roden, Is and Has Been Delegate Jas.
Wicker sham's Active Law Partner
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The following document, has
been taken from the public flies in
the office of the Secretary of the
Territory, W. L. Distin:.
Wicker sham & Roden
ATTOHEYS IT LAW
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Iditarod, Alaska.
I Prom- IUitnrod Pioneer.]
Know all men by these pres
ents, that the Yukon Gold Com
pany, a corporation, duly organ
ized and carrying on business un
der the laws of the State of
Maine, hereby consents to be sued
in. the courts of the District of
Alaska, upon all causes of action,
arising against it in the said dis
trict, and that service of process
may be had upon Henry Roden, a
resident of the said district, re
siding at Iditarod, therein, and
that such service, when so made
pn suoh agent, shall be valid ser
vice upon the corporation or com
pany, and that the residence of
such agent is at the prinoipal
place of business of this corpora
tion in the district. In witness
whereof the said Yukon Qold com
pany has caused these presents to
be signed in its name by its presi
dent and by its secretary, and its
corporate seal to be affixed on this
29th day of March, 1912.
SIMON QUGGENHEIM,
President or the Vukon Qold Com
pany.
C. K. SIGMAN,
Secretary of the Yukon Qold Com
pany. (Corporate Seal).
Then comes the acceptance of
Henry Roden, Esq., In the follow
ing language;
I, the undersigned, hereby con
sent to act as agent of the Yukon
Gold Company for all purposes set
forth In the foregoing certificate.
HENRY RODEN.
May 25, 1912.
TEDDY'S CONSERVATION SPEECH HITS HARD
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Fairbanks. Aug. 7.—Wicker
sham's desertion of the home rule
bill lo work for conservation at
the Roosevelt convention in Chi
cago has cost hi in many voles in
the Tanana valley. The extreme
conservation stand taken by
Roosevelt in his speech and the
fact that Wickersham is respon
sible for th»> endorsement given
the Bull Moose in the Valdez con
vention, has lost him the vote of
the valley. Voters don't want
placer and quartz claims conserv
ed by Wickersham or Roosevet.
Chicago, Aug. 7.-Roosevelt was
unanimously nominated for the
presidency and Governor Hiram
Johnson will be named as his run
ning mate later this afternoon.
Seattle, Aug. 7.—Both Wicker
sham and Hubbard voted for Col.
Roosevelt in the convention.
iNeithe» of these delegates made
rny |.p test agairw Roosevelt's
radical conservation speech an af
fectum Alaska thus lending the
impression that Alaska, through
its representatives, favored the
conservation of its natural re
WHAT'S BEING ACCOMPLISHED
IN DIFFERENT COPPER CAMPS
HIGH PRICE OF COPPER HA8 TENDENCY TO INCREA8E DEVEL
OPMENT WORK-MUCH ACTIVITY 18 BEING SHOWN
THROUGHOUT THE COPPER BELT
Stephen Birch, general manag
er of the Kennecolt Mines com
pany, has just returned to K»«n
necott from a trip through the
Ktiakalina district.
He states there is a large
amount of development work go
ing on, and that a number of the
prospects have excellent show
ings. A lot of work, however, is
held hack thi« year on account of
Ihe shortage of labor, practically
every camp he visited being short
of men.
The Great Northern Develop
ment company al Copper Moun*
tain has over 40 men employed.
At Ibis plant they are using elec
tric drills, and fhe tunnel* are
electric Ifghled. There is a good
system of fans; work is progress
ing al a rapid rate.
The same company has 20 men
working on the Kotsina, whero
I lie same kind of equipment is
used.
force of men under Engineer He*
working on the old McCarly prop
erties near the Kuskalina glacier.
They have let a contract for driv
ing ton feet of tunnel on Their
copper properly on the opposite
.side of the river.
Olc Berg is reported as having
mIruck a rich ore shoot on the
properties known by his name,
which he sold last fall to the Kus
kalina Copepr company of Boston,
lie has about 15 men, and is go.
ing in the ledge at a rapid rate.
Mr. \V. J. llolden, who organ
ized the Boston company, accom
panied by Senator Inness, of Bos
ton, and their attorney, George
Love, of Valdez, havo just made
a trip to the properly and claim
lo bo well satinfled with the show
ling and state that they have ar
ranged to furnish Mr. Berg with a
compressor and air drills. These,
The Alaska onsolidated has a
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WICKERSHAM S ABANDONMENT OF THE HOME RULE BILL TO
FLIRT WITH ROOSEVELT'S CONSERVATION C0NQRE8S IN
CHICAGO L08ES HIM VOTES IN THE TANANA
sources, including its minerals.
Seagirt, Aug. 7.-A large crowd
of prominent people and neigh
bors were present when NVoodrow
Wilson was notified of his nomi
nation. In his reply Wilson said
the high cos! of living needed im
mediate attention and to that end
the taritT should be a once revised
downward; civil and criminal laws
should be parsed to curb the
trusts: the money trust must be
throttled and corporations must
be curbed from having too many
holdings. Sane conservation 'of!
our natural resources in,list, he
considered for the future safety
of I he people.
Chicago, Aug. 7.-CoI. Roosevelt
is very njuch pleased with his re
ception at the convention yester
day. He says I hat entire state
tickets will be placed in the tield
in the states of Pennsylvania and
Colorado. His keynote speech is
being variously commented upon
by the press, lie is being severe
ly arraigned for his position on
the conservation of Alaska re
sources, the Record-Herald charg
ing him with a desire to bottle
up Alaska, and asks in whose in
terest he is working. The con
sensus of the New York press is
THE ALAMEDA
REACHES SEATTLE;
Seattle, Aug. 7.-The steamer
Alameda reached here Tuesday
forenoo'n. The prominent tour
ists nhoard say that the north is
the greatest and most beautiful
country Ihey have ever seen. The,
steamer wil sail on her return I
trip on Thursday night.
mna tafts father
IS LAID TO REST
Cincinnati, Aug. }.-Mrs. Taf(,
wife of tho president, is here at
tending the funeral of her father.
Kd. Lakin, clerk of the court,
has received a telegram from
Judge Overfield, slating that ho
would start for Valdez on August
IOth, but did not think he would
arrive here In time to open th$
adjourned term of court on 8^
tcmber 3. He would, however,
open court horo for the September
form on the 25th of that month.
The Choria slough at Fairbanks
rose thj-ee feet in two days the
first week in June. Three days
later it fell four feet.
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thai Roosevelt is bidding f«>r the
support of the discontented ele
ments. "Insincerity" is the key
note of the' administration press.
Tnpeka, Kan., Aug. 7.—The Pro
gressives have swept t.he field in
the state primaries. There will
he many contests, however, and a
number of them will lie very close.
Denver, Aug. 7.-The slate Dem
ocratic convention was held in
Pueblo, naming Alva Adams for
governor, and ex-Governor Sliaf
rolh for I lie long term in the Sen
ate.
Washington, Aug. 7.-Thc com
plaint filed in the Senate against
the continual ion of Frederick E.
Fuller, appointed to the Alaska
bench, charges him with once
having acted as attorney for both
the defendant and plaintifT. The
charges are believed here to be a
political move starred by former
National Committeeman Shackle
ford again-*! Governor ('lark, with
whom lie has fallen out. Fuller
being Clark's nominee.
Washington, Aug. 7.-President
Taft, in a special message to con
gress, urges upon that body to
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NAILED TO CROSS
Juneau, Aug. 7,-Mrs. .Jennings
has never lived in Taconia, Seat
tle, or Victoria. Has visited
friends in each place. Remained
in Seattle one winter, where her
husband was held on business.
Has kept house in Juneau ever
since they moved from Skngway.
Hasn't been out of Juneau for a
year. H. A. THSHOP, Mayor.
Col. Richardson arrived front
Fairbanks and Chitina over tho
government wagon road. He re
ports the road to be in good con
dition for travel and that with th<j
additional work being don,e this
year that thorough faro will be in
such shape as to permit of heavy
freighting at rates considerably
less than now charged.
At the suggestion of District
Attorney J. J. Crossley, Attorney
General Wickersham has appoint
ed George E. Boulter, superin
tendent of Indian schools along
the Yukon, a special peace officer
with power to moke arrests whon
necessary. This is a step taken In
combating fhe liquor traffic.
pass law> i'or tli<* government ami
operation of tlx.> Panama canal,
saying that if there was much
more delay in enacting the laws
the canal could not he opened on
the time heretofore set. by the
tfoverninent.
Montgomery City, Mo., Aug. 7.
Champ Clark was renominated
today for the ninth consecutive
lime to congress by the Democrats
of the Ninth congressional dis
trict, having no opposition.
Trenton, Aug. 7.-Rolla Wells,
former mayor of St. Louis, has
been elected treasurer of the
Democratic campaign committee,
and Charles Crane, of. Illinois,
former backer of the La Follette
forces, was elected vice-chairman
of the finance committee.
Chicago, Aug. 7.—Northern col
ored delegates are loudly object
ing to the action of Col. Roose
velt in barring them from the
I convent ion on racial lines and
threaten to lake the matter into
the courts as a violation of Ihe
fifteenth amendment to the con
stitution.
AT OLD TRICKS
Gets Drunk In Capital City and is
Ejected From a Saloon for
Disorderly Conduct
Juneau, Aug. ti.-The 11 aria is
peeling lion* on Saturday
night by William O'Connor, was a
frost. Early Sunday morning
O'Connor became drunk and dis
orderly and was thrown nut of ;i
saloon onto tli.» >idewalk. Hi* lias
no| helped iln» llarrais ran-*' li.
RICH CUE ON
MOUNTAIN KING
At a Depth of 100 Feet Rich Body
of Ore is Struck-To Estab
lish Permanent Camp
Mr. Smith, who j> down from
Mineral creek, reports that his
men are now in I to feel on the
Mountain King property, where
they have four feet of high grade
ore, much richer than it appears
on the apex. 100 feet above.
So well pleased is Mr. Smith
with the showing made on both
of his properties that he is hav
ing lumber freighted In his camp
with which to erec.t permanent
buildings, it being hi* intention
to work crews during the winter
months.
Mr. Smith hopes to have his
properties in such a condition of
development by next spring as l<*>
justify the placing of a mill on
the ground for the treatment of
the higher grade ores. The rock
shown from the Mountain King
is as rich as any ore ever taken
from the prosper Is °f lhal sec
tion.
THE U. S. S. MARYLAND
IN PORT THIS AFTERNOON
THE ARMORED CRUI8ER WILL BE OPEN TO VALDEZ CITI
ZENS-THE VESSEL'S 8TAY TO BE SHORT OWING TO
RETURN ORDERS
I.nU* yesterday afternoon t >i«»
wireless operator on (he Samp
son intercepted a wireless mes
sage from the cruiser Maryland,
stating that sin; was bound for
Valdez. About noon today the
signal ofTie«» received word that
the cruiser had left Port Wells
and was headed for Valdez, Her
9tay here will necessarily be brief,
hut an opportunity will be given
everyone to visit the powerful war
vessel, the first to ever enter the
harbor.
The Maryland is an A. C. class
armored cruiser, with a displace
ment of 13,080 tons, 28,050 horse
power, and has a >»pced of 22 knots
per hour. The ker| was laid in
toot, and tlu> vessel was built at
a cost of $5,082,801. A full rrrw
complement is composed of 81 i
men.
The commissioned officer;* of
tin* Maryland are:
Captain and commander, J. M.
Ellicott.
Lieut.-Commander anrl execu
live officer. C. .L Lang.
Liout.-Commander ami navigat
ing officer, E. F. Pope.
Lieut.-Commander and chief
engineer, Mr. Pehaplelph.
Lieutenant and gunnery officer,
Mr. Calhoun.
Paymaster. Mr. Tohey.
P. A. Surgeoni*, Messrs. Oarri
<tnn nnd Manchester.
Lieutenant (.L (J. . Mr. Lichen
stein.
Ensigns, Messrs. Kilpatrick. Mc
Cleary, Olson. Heary, Underwood,
Sherman, Parker, llagen, Hill,
Kirk, Hodson, McCord, dalch,
Scofleld, Crufchtlehl nnd Howd.Mi.
Chief Machinist, Messrs. Krnin
ed, Ingram nnd Randall.
The comniAtiding officer of the
Maryland, Captain .T. M. Ellicott.
if» well known in Alaskan waters.
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