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No. 296 NINETEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA. THURSDAY,
Seattle, Jan. 25—'From apparent
ly reliable information given out
this mornin, the Grand Jury have
defini'ely decided upon returning in
dictmen's against Mayor Hiram Gill
and Chief of Folic© Beckingham.
The indictments will either be
returned 'oday or early tomorrow.
The evidence brought out in the
Billingsley investigation has been
8a incriminating that it will be up
to those two high. city officilsa to
orcve their innocence aa accomplice
iu 'h.« wholesale bootlegging Which,
hag been going on in this city for
several mouths past.
The wholesale shipments of li
quors into Alaska, afterwards to l>e
re-shipped to Seattle is one of the
chains in the evidence which im
plicated Gill aud Buckingham.
It ia also almost certain that aj^
Indictment will be returned, against
a pclice detectivq on, the charge of
collecting graft money on his own
account.
The indictments will probably al
so include three other detectives
who are said to have rsoeiyed forty
cents per gallon, on each gallon, of
.whiskey shipped into the city by
tho Eiliingsleys, a» their phare of ;
the profits in protecting boot-1
legging ring from prosecution.
it la now intlmaUle that a num
ber of the oajes, restaurants, ho
tels and other resorts Which were
raided by the police were those
which had refused to come acroea
with money for protection, aivd that
the proprietors of these places will
t>e brought up to* testify against
those wbc will be named in the in
dictments.
TEUTONS WITHDRAW FBOM DANUBE
ABANDON MOLDAVIA FOR PRESENT
Berlin. Jau. 25—The War Office
today announced the withdrawal of
all le u'onic forces from along the
Danube- river north of Tultchea.
T •. troops operating towards
Ca'?tz 'ii the Moldavia district will
bo withdrawn and the attempt to
I>re*>s forward across the Southern
section of the Sereth riv^r will for
tne time be abandoned.
GIRL KILLED
ACIOR HELO
Los Angelas, Jan. 25—When Miss
Nellie Harvey, a resident of Exeter
failed to show herself about her
home yesterday a search of the
itemises was made and her dead
bc-dy jvas found lying on her bed.
A'I indications pointed to foul
Dl&y, au i the authorities at once
placed under arrest Harold J. Win- |
ter. a motion picture actor, as the
murderer of the yoman.
Winter is the son of former Dls-!
trict Attorney Winter of New York, i
and Miss Harvey has been living J
with him for some time p;ist.
LES Diner 10
FIGHT I
PittsbuTg, Jan. 25—Les Darcy,
the middleweight pugelist has sign
ed articles to meet A1 McCoy at
Ma-'.ison Square garden, New York,
on March 5th. In the articles of
agreement Darcy is to receive ?30,- j
000 as his share of the purse, win j
or los«». <1 MS
Washington, Jan. 25—It is ru
mored that arrests will be made in
connection with the contemplated
raid of Texans upou Mexico wlii
was frustrated yesterday when, the
meve became jiuown to United
states secret service agents.
While no direct report on the
uex' development of the raid has j
Ueea made, advices received from El
Paso tcday and also from military |
authorities along the border indi
cate that several hundreds were
in vol v*-"4 and tfcat the ringleaders'
are runuing to cover, but they are
fcep' under watch. by secret service
men.
The government authorities be
lieve here that the raid was hatch
ed a* this time ia order that the
withdrawal of Pershing's command
might be rescinded and abandoned.
Sensational developments are ex
pected wi»hin the axt few days.
EX REGULAR SOLDIER
TAKES OWN* LIFE
SeatUe. Jan. 25 — Gustav Bel
zutig, a former private in the Regu
lar U. S. Infantry, last night com
mited suicide.
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ALBERT REINERT
—Successor to H. J. Lynch—
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
ATTEMPT TO TAKE THE LIFE OF
FORMER JAPANESE MINISTER
Tokyo, Jan. 25—While address
ing a mass meeting In which he was
demanding the resignation of the
Jauauese cabinet, two men armed
with phort swords jumped upon the
plat form and made an attempt to
assassinate former Minister of
Justice Yukio Ozaki, leader of the
constitutional party.
Or.aki demanded in his speech
that Prime Minister Terauchl re
sign his position, following the dis
soldtlcn of the House of Repregenta
tives by the Emperor.
The two would-be assassins were
each armed with a short sword, and
when the crowd was close up to the
platform upon which the Hon. Ozaki
■wag standing, they sprang upon
their victim and had it not teen for
the quicJc work of otberjj who were
on the stand, they would Jiave ac
complished their dastardly deed.
The two men were quickly overpow
ered and taken into custody by of
ficers oX the la'w.
Petregrad, Jan. 25—A large de
tacnwent of Bulgarian troop# yblcH
wei a making a crossing of thg DaH- |
ube river opposite Tultchea, was |
suroriaed by Russian troops late ,
yflBtoiday and according to report^
Jssu"* by Lb# War Office, tie »Ru
jitanian forces were completely de
stroyed. i ;, .»J
LONGSHOREMAN
IS CONVICTED
Seattle, Jan. 25—Jam^a Murphy,
tae longshoreman who was charged
with arson in attempting to destroy
Pier 2 last fall was found guilty bj;
the jury which tried his case.
During the longshoremen's strike
a serious blaze was detected on Pier
2, and waa only extinguished after
a hard fight by the fire department.
T£.e damage don© by the fire was
considerable, and when the flames
had been extinguished unmlBtaJcable
signs cf incendiarism were found,
and Murphy was finally arrested
as a suspect.
Things will he doing again to
night at the Elks Lodge. This is
the regular meeting night, and
through a "newe leak" it has been
learned that there will be Initiation.
Following the lodge ceremonies Hu
go w.ill serve a luncheon, and there
will be a few games of bawls roll
ed.
JOHN 6. Hi
Settle, Jan. 25—'From a private
message received in this city short-1
ly sifter noon today, i's is learned
that John G. Heid, prominent law
yoi of Juneau, and lately elected j
representative of the Alaska Ter
HiorJal legislature, dropped dead,)
ii 'h« court room in San Francis
co yesterday aftgrnoon while argu- |
injj a case. No more details are ob
tainable.
The City of Seattle left Juneau
at 10 o'clock th's morning. At the
time of going to. press Agent
Weir had had no word of the exact
♦ime of her arrival in Skagway, al
though &he is expec'ed about 10
o'clock ton'ght.
>f??8 Marjorde Brown will' leave
on the City of Seattle tonight foT
a month's vacation, in Seattle and
other coast cities.
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P. H. GANTY
WICKERSHA
IS RE-E
Canvass Will Increase His Lead To
Probably Fifty Plurality — Alaskans
Again Endorse Tried and True Friend.
Juneau, Jan, 25—Special to the
AlagVaa from Juneau Empire—The
canvassing board have gong as far
as pissiblq until ail the precincts
from which rgturng have not yet
heeu received axe heard from, and
adjourned at noon subject to the
call of the chair wheui such returns
have beeu received,
There were many returns from
the Fourffc, Judicial division passed
ag defective, as no notices of the
or^ver promulgation of notice of
election tad been sent to the can
vassing board bz various United
£ta;ai Commissioners.
These notices have been sent for,
ami un'il their arrival it is impos
sible for the board fo proceed with
the count.
Assuming, however that these no
tices will be forthcoming, the count
as completed stands ag follows.
SULZEK
First Division — ... 2395
Second Division — .. ... 673
Xn'id Division _ _ 1683
Fourth Division « — 1445
Total - _ ;... ... _ 6196
WICiKERSKAH
Firs* Division — — «• 1906
Second Division _ ... „ ._ 886
Third Division >. ... ... ... 1972
Fourth Division — _ ... 1468
Total ... 6232
This gives James Wickersham a
plurality of 36 votes over Charles
Sulzer. , . (.j i |*foj
The returns from the First Divi
sion are complete.
T: e Second is counted without
Utica, which is passed for the pres
ent, hut this return, is in Javor of
Wickersham, , ' (I j,
The Third Division is complete
excepting for the Bristol Bay pre
dict, and this is also known to
be ia favor Wickersham by 15
votes
In the Fourth forty-eight pre
cincts have been counted, and will
increase Wickersham's lead by
oiobaMy 15 votes.
While the certificate of election
cauflot be issued by the Canvassing"
Boaid until all the returns are in*
and the nonces of proper publica
tion made bx respective United
S'atsg commissioners have been at
tested to, still the count cannot
change so as to defeat tlie present
Delegate.
New York, Jan. 25—While in the
ve?*ibule of St. Patrick's Cathedral
on her way to worship, a thug held
up and robbed a woman this moru
insr. A1 the time of tlie holdup, the
womati was all alone in the vesti
bui;*, tut her cries quickly; brought
help, but it was too late as tlie
man soon turned a corner and was
lost to view. The woman lost quite
a larg' amount of money.
I MCMGES
Seattle, Jan. 25—One hundred
and ninety two packages of liquor,
including beer and whiskey, was
today seized by the pcliee in this
city 011 the assumption that the in
dividual permits upon which the
shipments had been made were
fraudulent. The d'ry squad are
exercising more than usual vigilence
in keeping track of a!l shipments
of liqucrs and it is believed that
charges will follow this seizure im
idicatir.?: a number of pevsons who
have not heretofore been in any way
belitved to be associated with the
illegal traffic in booze.
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