WOULD FORM
NEW EMPIRE
Ferdinand, of Austria. Credited
With Dee ire to Unite Slav
Countries.
Paris, Doc. 28.—II is announ- !
eed in semi-official circles that
the Archduke, Ferdinand of Aus
tria, is endeavoring to unite the
Slav countries together. It is
stated that he has the consent of
the Bulgarians and also of the
Poles. He would himself become
emperor.
It is said that his plan will
meet with keen opposition from
the Russian government, which
would not care to see a great
Slav country formed. II is point
ed out, however, I hat the arch
duke has always been distrusted
by the Slavs and that they would
not trust him. fearing his ambi
t ions.
The reri'iil mupe by which I he
firsl slice was taken from Tur
key was the result, of his am
bition, and it is said thai nothing
hut the refusal on the part of
the German emperor t<» hold the
Russians in check has prevented
him from throwing an army of
250,000 men into Servia.
The present emperor of Aus
tria-41 ungary is said to be but a
figurehead, who is controlled by
Archduke Ferdinand, who will
succeed lo the Ihrone as sunn as
I he old emperor dies.
CHURCH OBJECTS
TO QUEEN'S VISIT
Monasteries Have Not Been En
tered by Women for 1500 Years
and High Dignitaries Oppose
Alliens. I>it. Tli.- proposed
\isil of Queen Olna lo Ha* mon
asteries. which have been taken
by the fireek forces south of Sti
loiiica, lias caused much objec
l ton to Ix- made by tin; high diK
uil.ar ie.*» of I In* (Sreek church.
Thi* <»hl church buildings ha\c
been uuvisiit'il hy women for If>(M)
years ami it is feared thai I hi'
elVed of lln* violation of (Id* old
riisliim hy I Ik* • |im*<*ii will cause
much trouble in npfrolhitimf
peuee.
CAPT, JORGESON
PUSSES AWAY
soilili>. I jh riiii>i 11 in \v.
J i»rgrn si hi, wlin was for many
years >i pilot m Alaskan waters,
clieil here yeslenlay. Tin* ilirert
rause of «!«•<«Ili was •flu*.* to a
hernorrhaK''. Al the lime of his
death I In; captain w«*iKll«'<I HOM
|M»t|l|(|s.
GOVERNMENT PARTY MINED
865 8ACK8 OF COAL
Tile goVerHllieill mill |>il 1*1 >*
have minwl Hfjfi saeks of run I
wliirli is sarknl ami crmly for
shipment on Slillwnlrr rrrek near
I In- Cunningham rlninis. II will
lir sIciIiIimI mil lo l.hr roasl ami
sent lo llii* navy for testing pur
poses.
\V. A. Dickey, llir l.amllork
rnpprr magnate, is in town. Ho*
will lie an milgoing passenger
on the Mariposa to Juneau, wh.»re
lie will appear as a wftnesfl.
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD TO SECEDE;
NO SPIRIT CITY TAIL FOR THEM
Juneau, Dec. 28—Camp Sitka
at a meeting Thursday night is
sued a request to all Arctic
Brotherhood lodges in Alaska to
send delegates to a convention to
be held at Juneau on the 12th of
March to take action to prevent
the action of the Grand Lodges
hold at Vancouver the 12th of last
month allowing a charter to an
A. B. camp in the Spirit City.
It is the intention of the con
vention to take action to control
the firand Lodge of th" order and
to k ep the organization in the
North, where it had its birth and
where its great membership lies.
It is practically certain that all
Southeastern Alaska lodges will
take part in the reorganization
of the order.
Camp Hain.'s was the first to
secede. They denounce the ae
HAINES LODGE 8TARTS FIREWORKS AND SITKA FOLLOWS
SUIT—ALL LODGES IN ALASKA EXPECTED TO TAKE SAME
COURSE, LEAVINQ SEATTLE TO HAVE ITS ONE LODGE
lion of the Garnd Lodge in al
lowing Camp Seattle a charter.
The Arctic Brotherhood was
organized in 1899 at Skagway for
fraternal purposes. It has for
its motto, "No Boundary Line
H-re," and has been one of the
great factors in the social life of
all northern camps.
The order is divided into lodges
called camps and they are es
tablished in all towns in Alaska
and in the British territory.
Tin* Arctic Brotherhood was
founded in Skagway on March
28, 1899, by WjiUiam Blackwell,
now of this city; Gus Miller and
Lon Jonsworth, who later took in
H. Thatcher and Hub Hall, form
ing the mother camp of the order,
Camp Skagway No. I. The incep
tion of the idea probably came
from an initiatory performance
on board the City of Seattle, on
a previous trip from Seattle to
Skagway. when "Chechacoes'
wen* initiated in a supposed »r
dt'i* as a pastime among those
going into-tin* Klondike.
The necessity of such an or
der appealed to the early Alas
kans, ho saw the benefits of an
order which knew-no boundary
line between Alaska and the Yu
kon, and where its members, most
of them strangers to one anoth
er, could feel at home, and as a
result lodges were quickly form
ed in all the camps and towns in
the north.
It is a purely Alaskan and Yu
kon order and the starting of a
camp in Seattle is particularly
obnoxious to the members who
live north of fifty-four. It is not
thought a single camp will re_
main under the Grand Lodge as
at present constituted. ('amp
Yaldez will, wilhout a single dis
senting voice, stay with her sis
ter camps of the north.
BARNETTE IS FINED ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
I
I
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Ilourt convened this morning
| at 10 a. in.
I Jury excused until 3 p. in.
K. T. Barnette was called for
sentence. Defendant made a
brief statement reviewing his
banking operations.
Mr. (Jrossley: I have no per
sonal feelings in the matter.
While the defendant has stated
his ease belter than any attorney
might have done, yet the fact re
mains that a jury, after hearing
the testimony, found him guilty.
In passing sentence,-your hon
or, the government, submits that
in making that false statement
the defendant brought about the
grcalcMt -financial disaster ever
witnessed in the interior of Alas
ka. Taking all the facts into
consideration the government
submits that a fine would have
110 effect on the defendant, and
that if the punishment were made
the extreme penalty he would be
getting off very lightly.
Mr. Fink: As civilization pro
gresses it makes less demands
for revenge. I believe that a
PROSECUTION A8K8 FOR MAXI MUM PENALTY—COURT SAYS
THERE IS REASONABLE DOUBTS OF QUILT -AND INTI
MATES DEFENSE NOT WHA T IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
nominal lino would subserve (lie
purposes of the law and no doubt
would deter tht* defendant ever
Koiiiw into the banking business
aRain.
The Court: The jury found
you Kuilty. 1 ain frank t«» say if
the court felt il had made no
mistakes, if the defense had made
no mistakes; if there is to Iv
any mistake, it's £oiii£ to be
mad0 in your favor. In vi«»w of
your explanation. which j«>es
uncontradicted—if the court had
known— the result miprht have
been different. I am not so sat
istied that the case was salis
faelorily tried. 1 am not so sure
the .jury would have found you
guilty. In view of that I do not
intend to impose upon you the
maximum punishment, or any
I
thing like it, for I have doubts
of your pruilt. Being in that slate
of mind I will give yon the ben
efit of tho doubt. It is the judg
ment of this court that you pay •
a fine of 81,00ft without costs. i
Defense ask for stay of exeen- j
lion unfi) Tuesday.
The trial of Mr. Parsons was;
j esumcd.
A number <»f witnesses were j
placed upon tin* stand to testify,
t.i the solvency of those having j
notes in the bank.
Friday Afternoon Session.
Mr. W'eseh denied that he had !
staled that the statement was
made to efleet a sale to the Kair
bauks hanking company. Wit
ness did not know whether the)
bank was sold on that statement (
or whether it was Inrned over I«» ]
I hi; Fairbanks Banking company, j
K. H. Mack and F. (i. Noyes, as |
receivers of the Washington- I
Alaska hank, testified as t«• «• f— i
forts In collect noil's held hylhi'j
hank.
11. K. husenbury: I was pivs
••lit at a meeting; of the hoard of;
directors of the Fairbanks Bank-j
ing company when thep nrchase j
of the Washington-Alaska bank '
was made. Mr. Parsons showed j
lis a statement of his bank's con- I
dilion. Mr. Barnette haseil his
statement lo his directors upon
the hank statement shown by
Parsons. I don't know what pro
portion of lh«' money received
from the Fairbanks Banking
company Mr. Parsons received, i
On cross-examination witness,
and Bsirnette went over the loans '
and discounts of the Washing
ton-Alaska hank. At the time we!
examined those notes we did not
consider any of I hem bad. bnl we ;
thought some of them lo he slow
and maybe doubtful. We figured'
the earned interest would exceed!
the doubtful notes. I was Ili*> j
credit man in the bank.
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PINCHOTISM
FOR CALIFORNIA
Fishe^ Withdraws 30,000 Acres
of Oil Land Near Buena Vis
ta for the Navy.
S;iii Kraiirisco, I Mm*. *„'8.--The
Iti11<I otTire has issued an orderi
willitlrawinK 110,000 acres of oil
land near Huena Visla from en
Iry. The order is made by in
struction of Secretary Fisher,
j The oil lands will he ns.'d for
j I h«" navy and will he developed to
I produce all the fuel oil needed by
; I III' tlpht illK ships.
town of Mccarty
GHANOE8 NAME
I The people of McCarty have
Jchang'>d the name of the town to
' Mlackburn. The new town is lo
j ruled nl I he motflh of McCnrty
|creek and is the junction of the
C. M. A N. W. railroad and the
INizina and White river trails.
DEPUTY COLLECTOR
WHITTIKK TO KETOHIKAN
Deputy Collector Whit tier, who
has been at Cordova for several
years, has been transferred to
Kechikan.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
PRESIDENT TAFT
TO RETURN SOON
Will Leave Panama on Last of the
Year to Resume Final Work
at the Capital.
Panama, I >er. -H.--President
Tafl will leave li#-r«» mi the Ark-!
ansas on schedule time. The bat
tleship will gel away next Thurs
day (•veiling amidst the Hnal sa- j
lilt«> from Hie forts and I In* naval
ships in I he harbor.
OAPT. NIOHOL8 WINS
"VALDEZ BLUM"
Itcfiiuse lie held number 5,
('.apt. Nichols is now I In* proud
owner • if "Yaldez Itlum," which
was presented by I he linn of S.
Hlnin & f'n. as a Christmas re
minder lo the one who held the
lucKy nuuiher. All the hoys at
the post are shiuiuK up to I hi?
captnin In hopen of winning a new
girl.
WANT TO PUROMA8E
POC OOTTAQK
New York, Den. 28.—An appeal
has-been made to the city tr» pur
chase the Kdffar Allen Poi£_cnt
»..ige und to install II in Poc
park.
PRIEST RECEIVES !
FIVE $1,000 BILLS1
I
Wore Placed in Collection Box
I
at Catholic Church by F.
C. Penfield.
New \ ork. Mit. H.—I |> |n j
lerday I Ik* largest amount of
money ever taken oul «»f I In* poor
l»'o\ liy Father Huissnn. of the
nhiiroll of Our l,ady, was #1.112,
liul yesterday he received fiv«*
#1,000 hills in I lie box, I In* gift,
il is supposed, of F. t',. Penfleld,
who had already given Hie church
one of its altars al an expense of
8-5,000.
Mr. Penfield visited" the ehureli
yesterday and after he had gone
I he money was found. Father
HuisHoit had never seen a *1.000
hill before, and tie could hardly
believe his eye* when tie saw the
bills of such large denomination.
SAILORS REMEMBER
' THEIR FRIEND
New York, Dec. 58.--Twenty
thousand men of Hie Atlantic,
fleet have decided to give a wed
ding present for the Gould nup
tials, in recognition of the mnn>
kind acts of the bride to Ameri,
can sailors.
Subscribe for th»^ Prospect or.
CITY OF SEATTLE
liY START BANK!
— !
j
City Council to Submit Proposi- ]
I
tion lo Voters—Would Use
!
Idle City Funds.
~~ i
Seallle. I lei'. •_*H. — | I■ • • Ill-11 |
• •f III*1 City of Seal III* will submit
a proposition In llir voh'i's fori
referendum I«» start a rily hank. !
in order that Iidle funds of,
Ihi» rily may he used. II is said
Mini l»y I his mulhod many llioit
snnds of dollars now withdrawn
from eireulnlion will he placed in
the hands of people who will
111 >i K ** it produce, and I li a I il will
In- used for I lie development of I
I In* rily.
TRAIL TO WHITE RIVER
WANTED BY PROSPECTORS
Tin* prospectors and miners
who opcrnle in thr Ni/ina nnd
tiliitistonr country nnd tin* store
keepers nnd others who would he
henellled hy I he opening of Mint
section, ha\e eireulaleil a p 'II
I ion asking for a road to lhe
While river country, which would
open all of the territory en si of
lhe new town of Hlnckburn. The j
road commission fa now at work ;
ronstrucl lug a hridge neross llie,
Nizina.
CASTRO COMING
STUDY AMERICA
Would Return to Venezuela if U10
People Demand It—Mow on
•oard French Liner.
Paris, Dec. 28.—Castro, the
former dictator of Venezuela, was
interviewed just beforo the La
Touraine left from Havre for New
York, and h«j said:
"I am going to America to
study the country and try and
understand the reasons for the
groat development of the coun
try. I am not headed for Vene
zuela. although if tint people
summon, me I will return and
lead Ilietn out of the bondage
Ihev have had placed on them
since I was driven from the coun
try hy the American trust which
financed I he revolution against,
me. I shall spend considerable
lime in the United Slates study
ing the country and its laws."
When asked if lie would til out
a filibuster out li 1 from America
in? denied any such intention.
New York. I>ec. 2H.—The offi
cials of the immigrant depart
ment has not as yet announced
their intention to allow Castro
to land, but il is thought possi
ble he will lie allowed to remain
in the country, hul he will be.
under a strict watch maintained
by the government to prevent his
out tiling an expedition against,
the South American republic, of
which he was formerly president.
WILSON SMS
FOR BIRTHPLACE
President-elect to Spend 56th An
niversary at Old Home in
Staunton, Va.
Philadelphia. I 8.--Presi
dent -elert Wilson passed through
here last night en nnit,* tu Staun
ton. Va., tu he at his hirthplaee
mi his r>(it 11 I• 11-t !i«|:i> .
Flags arc living from every
huihliiiK in tin* town and a re
ception will h« held :i- somi as
In* arri\es.
Tin' next pre.-ideiil will 50
year- uhl nrxt Salunlay. lie si ill
s|l«i\V> tile etv -el nf hi" recent ill
Mess. wliieh Kept 111111 in IieiI all
nf ('hristmas.
SAM LANGFORD
LICKS MI*
S\ tlin'V, A us I ralia. her,
Sam l.jniKf.M.I knocked <• iiI Sam
MrWy in Ili«* Ihirli'i'iilh rouiul
las I nighl. Tin1 Musky terror find
I ho hesl or j| all I In- way ami Ihtr
wliii<• man never looked lik«' a
possible winner.
HAVE TROUBLE LOOATINQ
NEW HOME FOR TAFT
NYnshimrlon. I». I)»m*.
II is anuoum*e«| hero Itial Hip aK
••iiI In wIimiii I In' president en
trusted I In* lank of securing for
him a home al New Haven ofter
In* leaves Washington next March
lias Ik»«*ii unable !<• locale a
house suitable for Hip usp of I hi*
"professor."
!>!*#»•«iil«'iiI Tufl will assume his
m'W duties as law professor nt
Yah* a* soon as possible oflpr ho
rompletes his lerm.
FOR RENT--Threc furnishod
honacR. apply to C. F. Bunnell.