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The Ketchikan miner., 1912-11-08

A hunting party consisting consisting of Dale Hunt. Ed. Parker, Sandy Clark and Steve Selig who had been at Thorne bay duck hunting, returned last night. They were fairly successful, as the Miner Man can testify, as he was present. ed with a nice fat mallard.
 It is reported that the Gug- genheims are about to take ov- CT the Ebner mine back of Ju- neau.
 Good accommodations for men and dogs is the claim of Scotty Watson's road house at knik.
 The railroad commission reached Fairbanks on the 23, and immediately hit the trail l for the Coast.
 Seward fishermen recently found 40 or 50 pounds of am- bergris worth S60 an ounce.
 John Cooper, found guilty at Fairbanks of the murder of William Wimbish, was senten- ced to spend the rest of his life in the federal prison at McNiels Island,
 The Nome Nugget is DOW the only weekly paper on Seward Peninsula.
 Bill Stewart, member of 1 Nome's Igloo of Pioneers, is lie oldest timer of Alaska now resident of Nome. He caG e to Alaska in 1882. Tom Ashhy is said to be about the next old- est resident.
 Fairbanks has a White Hope in the person of Alaska Tom who recently licked the "Dutch Kid"
 Patent has been granted the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions to 266 acres of land at laines held for mission pur- poses.
 The Skagway Alaskan is the second Alaska paper to claim to have influenced the post office department to reduce box rent in Alaska.
 Always reaching out for new fields to conquer, Falcon Jos llyn, president of the Alaska Wireless Telegraph Company, is casting his eyes in the direc~ ton of the Koyukuk.
 John Adelman, of Fairbanks, won a large silver cup for the best display of Alaskan cereals at the Northwestern Land eX- hibit at St Paul, Mir. Adelman's place is above Graehl and there he raised the array of cereals last year that was first eXhib~ tied in Fairbanks and then for Warded to the New York and St. Paul fairs. The engraved cup was received last month.
 Friday, September the 18th. proved an unlucky day for Jacob Kroll, the road house and saloon man of Lower Fairbanks creek, and for the William Gorbracht household, for the entire belongings of both were entirely destroyed by fire. Three guests of the rOadhouse who were sleep on the second floor had to leap through the fire on the stair case and out side landing which led to the second story SIeepinp nuarfers
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-11-08
LEAVING FOR EAST

Dr.. Beatrice Pearce Dickin- son received word this week of the serious illness of her little niece Mary Elizabeth, daughter of her brother, Dr. Wm. w. pearce of Waukegan, ill. She left on the Jefferson accomp- anied by Dr. George E. Dickin- son who will take a post grad uate course while east. They will return in about a month.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-11-08

II. F. Taylor, the Skagway thug victim has recovered suf- ficiently to be up and around.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-11-08
DOWN FROM SKAGWAY

Mrs. II. D. Kirmse and fam way on the City of Seattle last night and will spend at least part of the winter in Ketchikan. After Christmas, with Mir. Kir- mse they will go to Southern California until spring.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-11-08

Becker has been convicted i'll New York, but there's noth- ing on record to indicate what Mayor Gaynor and his police commissioner proposes to do about it. ...
 s'The New Sim is drawing record breaking houses at New York theater. Trust the New Workers to be anxious to see antyhing new in that line,
 Thirty Australian volcanoes have broken into eruption in concert. Australia now can ap- preciale the closing days of an American political campaign. an effort to secure the re-elec- ton of Mr. Taft. That's a pretty stiff price to pay for disappointment. .... Standard Oil trust had it's Genesis in Rhode Island. The consumer is more interested in learning where the Oil trust will find it's Exodus.
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 take. The population oe hdi.- ana is largen than that.
 Governor JOhnsom saNs the
 The St. Louis Globe-Demo- crat says there are 1000 poets in America. Must be some mis; has spent nearly sI,o0o,0 900 ilr
 And all this fighting over in the Balkans is over territory that would not make more than @ fair-sized suburban addition to city wher the real estate market is active.
 Reports show that the React lonary Republican committees trouble for prospectors on the Copper river tributaries.
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The Ketchikan miner., 1912-11-08

An all star show at the Dream
 AdvertisemenC
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-11-08

An all star show at the Dream
 Advertisement
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-11-08
SHOWED THE EDITOR

A hunting party consisting consisting of Dale Hunt. Ed. Parker, Sandy Clark and Steve Selig who had been at Thorne bay duck hunting, returned last night. They were fairly successful, as the Miner Man can testify, as he was present. ed With a nice fat mallard.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-15

Paris, May 15.-The career OF the
last of Frances notorious bandit gang
was dramatically ended, this morn
ing when, after eight hours battle
with police and troops. its leader, Oc-
tave GARNER, and his confederate, VAL
let were blown up by explosives in a
small villa at Nogent- sur Marine,
where they had taken refuge.
Shattered by shots of dynamite,
their house fell in ruins when melinite
was exploded under its walls The
police found GARNER dead and Wallet
dying. Five policemen were wound
ed in the battle.
The explosion left a yawning OPEN
ing in the villa through which police
dogs, with savage barks, sprang, while
the police and troops sent. volley after
volley of shots into the ruins of the
building.
Unhappily. some of the bullets rico
chetted from the bricks. while others
emerged on the opposite side, the result
of which was that two policemen We're
wounded. Then an armed force, holding
torches, rushed into the ruins and dis
covered the two bandits lying in a room.
GARNER was entirely naked save for q
few tattered rags. He appeared to be
dead. Wallet was dead or dying
The crowd of spectators. now wildly
the bandits. With great difficulty the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-15

New York, May 1.-THE refusal of
the attorneys of the United States
Steel Corporation to produce certain
papers wanted by the government and
the discovery that other documents
which the corporation was subpoaened
to produce had either been destroyed
or could not be found. furnished the
sensation of today's hearing of the
governments suit to dissolve the cor
poration under the Sherman anti
trust act.
The papers which the corporation
attorneys decided should not become
a part of the governments evidence
IL they could prevent it. consisted of
two contracts between the American
Sheet and Tin Plate Co, subsidiary
of the corporation and the American
Can Co. whereby the can company Is
alleged to have secured its supply of
tin plate at preferential prices.
D. G. Reid and Judge William III.
Moore, directors of the Steel Corpora
ton are also directors of the Can Co.
I'VE decline to produce these con-
tracts" announced r. ". Lindabury,
chief counsel for the corporation, ION
the ground that they disclose the COM
pany's private business affairs with
one of its customers. The refusal
would stand-"Mr Lindabury stated
until the right of the government to
the possession of the documents had
been ruled upon by the United States.
circuit court judges to whom the tes-
timony in the suit will be certified"
The doc uments destroyed or missing
consisted of contracts between the
American Tin Plate Co. and manufac-
turers of tin plate machinery where
by il is alleged, the use of the ma
chinery by competitors of the Steel
trusts subsidiary WAS prevented; of
an alleged hve-year contract between
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-15

tions under the Jurisdiction of this
board.
The effect of this would be to Gre
ate a perpetual obligation TO pay fares
for dividend purposes upon the earn
ing power and franchise values which
are created by The public use of trans
portation facilities.
Moreover, the bill not only reverses
the existing state policy for the future
but, acting retroactiyely takes from the
people whatever benefits may have ac-
crued from the application off this pol
ley In the past.
I'VE disapprove Of the passage OF
this aeL because in its provisions fol
capitalization and i'm other respects ii
is not only inconsistent with the as
tablished policy of the commonwealth
but in our judgment is contrary to the
public interest"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-15
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

A bill rearranging the congressional
lines for l6 districts was advanced In the
Massachusetts House, Tuesday. after a
sharp debate, by a vote of 1873 to 100. The
bill has already passed the Senate and
now awaits the engrossment stage in
the House before going to the Gov
ernor.
Deacon Clark Nj. Langley of Lowell.
Mass, one of the oldest printers in
Northern New England. was congrat-
uiated. Monday night, in the First Uni
versalist church on his S5th birthday.
Mr.. Langley has been for years an ac-
tive Prohibitionist. and has had many
nominations by that organization
Wallace S. F'rasersof New York, dep
uty state controller. Monday. announce
cd that silver medal had been award
ed by the controller to Cliarfs Snyder
of No. $50 India street. Brooklyn. Sny-
der saved the life of Walter Brown.
an employee of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Co. Aug 8. 1911. Brown had
fallen overheard and was going down
the third time when Snyder rescued
him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-15
Slowly Baked to Death
By Explosion Of Gas.

Maiden. Mass, May 14.--Pmned in
trench by dirt and stone which caved
in upon him while he and a fellow
laborer were at work, Daniel Smith, an
employee of the Maiden and Melrose
Gas Light Co. was slowly baked to
death by flaming Illuminating gas, to-
night His companion, VIM. f. Me-
Laugh1in. was blown from the trench
by an explosion and is at the Maiden
hospital so seriously burned that ply
sicians say ne may not recover.
While Smith lay in the trench with
only his face showing above the dirt,
french, policemen and citizens worked
feverishly to extricate him, but the
flames drove them back. Nine firemen
were overcome by gas flames. To keep
the imprisoned man from breathing the
poisoned air, piece of garden hose
was placed in his mouth and the other
end ran out into the clearer atmos-
phere. In this manner rescurers were
able TO keep Smith alive for more than
an hour while they beat back the
flames with water chemicals and dirt.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-15
Transfer from Jail Is Made, Tuesday Afternoon
Prisoner Pa|es at Sight Of Handouts, But Quick
" Regains Composure-Wi|l Probably Be
Executed on Next Monday or Tuesday.

entered the windowless, cold and sons
bre house of death.
Richeson was dressed in blue suit
with black derby hat, while an off
Ger carried his top coat which he did
was to clothe the prisoner in the reg-
ulation prison made suit always given
occupants of the death chamber.
He was made to take off all but his
underclothing and then given black
and white striped outing shirt. a pair
of prison socks. blue sack coat and
a pair of trousers and shoes, all of
prison make, which he Immediately
put on.
There are three cells in the cellroom
of the death house. which adjoins the
execution room. Richeson was given
the one nearest the electric chair
There is no window in the chamber,
the room being lighted entirely by elec-
tricity. Two guards were placed on
the death watch and the prisoner had
begun the daily routine of what may
be his last days on earth.
Richeson entered the death house at
$50 o'clock. After he had been clothed
he was visited by Warden Bridges. who
informed him as to what privileges he
might expect. among them being the
right to order whatever he cared to eat.
Immediately after the warden left,
Rev. Herbert w. Stebbins. the prison
chaplain. a Congregational minister, and
Attorney William A. Morse. counsel for
the prisoner. were admitted to the chem
Der They remained less than half an
hour. Mr. Morse on leaving said he
fCohtinued on Page Tweive)
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Deputy Kelley grabbed his arm and
attempted to slip on q handcuff
Richeson jumped backward as if
he had been struck, at the same time
pulling away his arm. His cheeks
grew ashen gray and the look of
pleasantly which had been in his face
was transformed until his features re-
semblea death mask.
The officer did not hesitate but again
seized the arm of the prisoner, who,
this time, made no resistance, and
quickly handcufied his wrist TO that of
Officer d. J. Mccarthy.
The two officers, joined BY Sheriff
Quinn. marched out into the yard and
entered the jail van. Police officers
had to clear way through the 200 or
more curious spectators beyond the
wallis when the gate was opened. but
there WAS no sound or disturbance as
the van rolled down Charles street.
Eight minutes later the van entered
the yard of the state prison at Charles
town, after passing through similar
crowd of the morbidly curious. Deputy
Warden N. u. Allen received the COM
mitment papers, signed a receipt for
the prisoner and the door of the van
Was opened
Richeson stepped down with officers
Mccarthy and Kelley and started
across the roadway to the iron door Of
the death house. His head was low
and he glanced neither to the right nor
to the left until almost in the shadow
of the doorway Then he gave one look
upward at the blue sky which he was
probably TO see for the last time, and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-15
sAGADAHoc PRosATE COURT.
Tuesdays Adjourned Session the
Quietest for Many Months.

Bath. Me, May IT. IspeciaD The
auietest adjourned session of Sagada-
hoe county probate court held for
many months was that. today, at
which Judge James $. Lowell presid-
ed Practically all the business before
the court was finished up week ago,
today.
At today's session the will of Abbie
w. Field, late of Bath was proved
and allowed. Frank Herbert Fields of
Auburn executor. Ann M. Bowker of
Phippsburg was appointed guardian
of Clara K. Perry of Phippsburg min
or and Walter l.. Bailey of Woolwich
was appointed guardian of Rodney w.
Bailey of Woolwich minor. Inven-
tories were filed in the estates of Wal
ter A. Madden. late of Bath by Will
liam b. Haggett, administrator.
Charles III. Dickinson of Bath n. C. m.
by Edwin w. Brigham guardian.
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When Smith was pulled out he was
barely alive and died few moments
later
When It became apparent that there
was little chance OF saving the man,
Father George p. OConnor of the Sa-
cred Heart church climbed down into
the trench at the risk Of his life ana
administered the last rites of the
church. The Two men, Mclaughlin and
Smith, we're working iii the trench
testing out new main that had Just
been laid from Maiden to Revere when
the landslide occurred.
Rocks broke smaller gas service
pipes in the trench and moment lat
er there was an explosion which blew
Mclaughlin out of the trench Flames
leaped into the air about Smith to a
height of nearly so feet. He was 80
years of age and SINGLE
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-15
Those Lights OF
Mystery Once More.

London, May 1.-THE British court
of inquiry into the Titanic disaster re-
sumed it's sittings, today, when the Of
ficers of the liner Californian, which
was IN the vicinity of the Titanic on
the night when she struck an iceberg
and sank. were examined. A belief that
]. Bruce Ismay, the general manager
of the White Star Line, would be pres
emit attracted more spectators than
usual today.
Captain Stanley Lord of the Calif0r-
man was the first witness examined.
Sir Rufus Isaac, attorney general.
indicated that there would be a mate-
rial difference between the captain and
his officers in regard to the steamer
from the deck OF the Californian dur
ing the night of the catastrophe.
Lord Mersey, the president, during
the examination. remarked that the
impression was on his mind that the
steamer was the Titanic. Captain Lord.
however, said that he was sure the
steamer was not the Titanic, but d
vessel Of about the size of the Califor-
MAN.
Asked whether the third officer of the
Californian had not seen two masthead
Lights during the night, Captain Lord
| said the third officer told him so, the
next day, but both he 1.-THE eaptain)
| and the second officer saw only one
masthead light.
| Sir Rufus explained that according I'd
| his Information the Titanic was the only
| vessel in the vicinity on that night show
| ing two masthead lights. Captain Lord
/ continued that he had not been told that
| the deck lights of the vessel had disap-
| peared What the second officer of the
| Californian reported in the morning was
| that the vessel whose masthead lights
| had been seen had stopped during the
| night, but had started again at about
| o'clock and went off to the southwest
ward. her stern light being seen at .
| o'clock.
Continued ON Page Twelve
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Boston, May 14--Clarence V. r.
Richeson. slayer OF Avis Linnell, slept,
tonight, within a dozen PAGES of the
electric chair in the death house at
the Charlestown state prison Late,
this afternoon. he was called from his
cell in the Charles Street Jail. hand
cuffed to an officer and hurried away
in the jail van to the prison. Some
time. next week, probably on either.
Monday or Tuesday morning, shortly
after midnight. he will die in the cleo
trio chair If the orders of the court
are carried out.
Contrary to expectations, Richeson
did not collapse or break down when
he learned the time had come to go to
the death cell. As he has submitted
for days to an exhaustive and trying
examination by expert alienists some
officials predicted that he would not
have the physical or mental strength,
being of a highly nervous nature. to
face the final step in his career calmly
Shortly after 3 o'clock, this after
noon. Deputy Sheriff Edmund Kelley
approached Riehesons cell i'll the Jail
and called out to the inmate:
Doctor, come out and take a little
walk"
Receiving the greeting as he had
several times before as an invitation
to exercise in the yard. the prisoner
stepped forward eagerly and followed
the officer.
Reaching the rotunda Richeson saw
two or three officers standing tageth-
er and advanced toward them. As
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BROOKLYN BRIDGE.
Fears Fell for Safety Of
Old Structure.
Heavy Teams Are Prohibited
From Using The Roadway.
Continual Repairs, However, Will
Preserve Bridge for Many Years.

New York, May I4.--That some fears
arc felt for the safety of the old Brook
lyn bridge. which still carries con-
siderable share of the traffic between
Manhattan and Brooklyn, is indicat-
ed by orders issued by the city bridge
department prohibiting heavy teams
from using the roadway and directing
the Elevated Railroad to eurtaii its
traffic during the rush hours. Extern
sive repairs are being made to the
structure.
statement given out by the seere-
tary of the Public Service Board says;
.The bridge is rather old. and its
construction is not the most modern
by any means. but with the repairs
that are continually being made, it is
safe to believe that 1t viii be many
years before it Will be necessary to
condemn it. Preventative measures are
always best.
1.-THE strain on the bridge. when
heavily laden with cars. trains and
trucks is naturally very great, and for
this reason it has been deemed wise
to restrict traffic thereon
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u. s. STEEL HEARING
HAS A SENSATION.
Corporations Attorneys Refuse to Pro
duce Certain Papers Wanted by the
Covernment---OtheT Documents
WantedATe Lost oTDestr0yed.

the tin plate company and the Sharon
Steel CO., for the taking of the lat
ter's output and of similar contracts
alleged to have been made by the
American Sheet Steel CO., all impor-
tant to the governments case. Carlo
v Wheeler. secretary and treasurer of
the American Sheet ana Tin Plate Co,
the consolidation of the two companies
In question WAS the witness subpoenaed
to produce the contracts He testified,
today, that he had himself destroyed
the machinery contracts About 1901 $
Judge Jacob NJ, Dickinson, chief
counsel for the government, asked:
BY whose authority did you destroy
them my own"
You exercised your own Judgment
without authority from the Board OF
Direetors2' In this case, yes There
were q number of obsolete papers
which J destroyed and I presume these
contracts were among them. as l have
not seen them SINCE
The other contracts, Wheeler said, he
had been unable to find.
Did you make a thorough search?''
well. 1 had a search made They tell
me. that they can't find them any
where
well, / instruct you to make a
thorough search and If you cannot find
them we will have those subpoenaed
who had them in ordinarily IN their
custody, declared Judge Dickinson. APP
parently exasperated
Testimony which brought the famous
Gary dinners into prominence proved an
lat
Davis of Philadelphia, now an indepen-
dent tin plate manufacturer. testified
that III 1907 he represented the American
Sheet a. Tin Plate Co. at meetings of
manufacturers in Pittsburg at which he
said UNDERSTANDINGS were. reached as
CONTINUED on Page Seven)
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oyer, today, and their paths crossed
several times.
. The former President renewed his at
tack upon his successor. He asserted
at the outset that he would not reply
to the things which Mr.. Taft said
about him, so far as they were person
al, but would confine himself to the po-
litic:l principles involved.
A new point which Col Roosevelt de-
veloped was his denial of the. right OF
President Taft to criticize acts Of the
Roosevelt administration. He toolSths
ground that as a member of the Roose
vel cabinet. MIR. Taft was part of tlis
administration and as candidate 70,
President, he made his campaign will
the record OF the Roosevelt admins,
tration as his platform.
Continued on Page Three.)
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LAST OF FRENCH BANDITS 7
SLAIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
Octave GARNER, Leader OF Gang, and His
Confederate Wallet, Blown to Pieces
After Eight Hours Desperate Bat
tie with Soldiers and Police.

police drove them back. Automobiles
Were backed up and the bandits placed in
them and the crowd again attempted to
tear them from the troops. Hundreds
also surrounded the project of police
and with cries of ''Viye Lepine' tried to
carry him off in triumph.
Paris May 14.-Undaunted and prob
ably unframed by bullet and dynamite,
Octave GARNER, the real leader and
last of the notorious bandit gang,
which has terrorized Paris, was still
fighting desperately for life at mid
night, with his confederate Wallet in
small villa at Nogent, on the banks
Of the Marine, where they had taken
refuge.
All the forces for the protection of
society had failed to dislodge them.
Police came from Paris, four miles
away. Several thousand police, gen
darmes and Zouaves tried for hours To
shoot The bandits or destroy the build
ing with explosives. Three policemen
had fallen from the desperadoes' bull
let's, but though the villa was badly
damaged by dynamite the bandits held
their own and showed no signs of sur
rendering.
Unlike Bonnet, whose refuge was dy-
namited at Choisy-Le-R oi, GARNER
made his last stand in house hidden
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