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The daily Alaskan., 1912-08-15

Fletcher T. Hamshaw, accompani. ed by Mrs. Hamshaw and daughter, came up from the south yesterday O the Princess May. and have gone to spend the balance Of the summer at the Hamshsw mining properties on Mckee creek at Atlin. Mir. Hamshaw is one Of the prominent mining men Of this district and has extensive holdings ot mining property in the north.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-08-15
ENERIyNN NICE TNNSUL
 kWIlsp IN SO. AMERICA

Washington. Aug. lS--Advices h7vo bcr1 rCceivea ir Washington tbaN vf,, Consul NeNaSte-s at Car. taEaua. UclusHia. wse dead as the result or shooting. It is mol known whether he killed hiu1selt or vss ths victim or a murderer or an EpriSiUE
 James r. UuRo1s. tre American minister at RarOta has been wired Co for information concerning the rcatn of the Aue-iosn vice consul
 CartaEsua is a seaport town. and tbc capital of tho province Ot Boit- var. Columbia. end has @ pnpals- ton or abort l4.ooR. The rovern- weut has had no advice oj trouble 1here and believes that the shooting p.ss zrri6ertal.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-08-15
WIIIS ADDING MACHINE
 UNtSHR> TRE g'tTJEE

yhtcaco. Aug. l5-Charles Hjl)es. uattoual chairman oE the Tat Re puh'fysn party. Is aoinE some cNtem pCraueouS claiming. His latest CT forts Co rad the future brings ont tho startling information that his thrre-hunarod pound leader Is going Go carry ths election precincts in thirty four states. NU Hilles not only uses a typewriter iu arriving as his prophecies but cliUches his snovleace Cf The ruture with an ad- GiuE machine.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-08-15
JACK COULDN'T REFORM
 IF HIS WANTED TO

Chicago. Aug. l5-ChsmpioR Jack Johnson has not only reSonsidered his determination to quit fighting but has pre,ludcd the possibility of any further promises Of reform by signing up for another scrap.
 This time he will take on Joe Jea pette for a ten round go to be pulle off in the city Of New York on Sep tember 25th. Thus it is that an other good resolution has gone ghm mprinE.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-08-15
THE ELECTION.

ConGratulatory telegrams from Wickersham committees throughou Alaska have been received by the Daily Alaskan, which assures his el- ection by a splendid plurality. but no additional precincts have furnish. ed results of the vote count, which enables a correction of the figures published yesterday.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-08-15
MIKE M MULLEN
 DIES SUDDENLY

Mike McNullen. a man about thirty years old and former real dent of Skagway died at the home of Dr. J. P. Brawaud yesterday af- ternoon at o'clock
 McMuIlen came to skag~ay last Sunday on the City of Seattle and spent few days here renewing se- quaintenees of the early days. short shortly after midnight Tuesday night he was found unconscious on the street and partly undressed The town marshal was notified and took him to the city jail and Dr. Brawsnd was sent for. who took the sick man to his home for treatment as he was suffering from exposure and the ef- fects of dissipation. Nothing could be done to restore him to health and the unfortunate man died in the af- ternoon.
 Mrs. MeMullen, mother Of the dead man, conducted restaurant in skagway and died here in the year of 1899, and Mike was living with her at that time. She was buried in the old cemetery, and her son ex- pressed wish before he died that he be buried beside her He has sister in Kent, Washington. and one in Prescott, Arizona They have been informed of the death Of their brother. and the burial will he post poned awaiting their wishes.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-08-15

Dr. J. K. Couuoy, dentist. Mrs. Conroy. E. N. Irwin, N. n. Mrs. Irwin and daughter. all or Belle vile, m. cane up on the Princess Nav yesterday and took the trip over the White Pass for a sight seeing trip to Bennett. They are taking an outing which includes Al- aska and a part or the Pacific coast
The daily Alaskan., 1912-08-15

Estchikau. AuE I5-Tha Pacific Coast Steamship comPany's steamc, City og Seattle went on the rocks a. an carly hour this morning, about two miles below the civ. She was steamiuE south inNa fog and in rounding the lower end ot TinnGrk Island. ran on the rocks which pro feet a considerable distance From ca
The daily Alaskan., 1912-08-15

Captain Thomas Johnson says tha; the steamboat is but slightly dam. aged and he has hopes Of floating her at high tide this afternoon. If it proves that she Is damaged or leaking she will be brought to this city and beached oh the ball ground
 where her freight consisting mostly of canned salmon will be transferre,
The daily Alaskan., 1912-08-15

Vim. Britt Is again in skagway. having returned yesterday from several weeks business and pleasure trip to the south.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-08-15

island and which gre covered with water at high tide
 The passengers have an been re- moved and brought to Ketcbiksn, and every precaution taken to pro teCt the boat from destruction The tug vigilaut Of the Kctchikan Tow CT company has zone to her relief as have several orthe cannery boa g.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-20
Toilette stands for the same rerne-

Toilette stands for the same rerne-
dy. LaFollette and Bryan have
both given the same diagnosis of
this disease. Each are generals
In two great armies of progress
marching to the same destination
and standing for the principle
that a man shall get the full value
of what he produces and that no
one shall have the privilege of
robbing him when he buys what
he needs of the iron maker, the
miller. the shoemaker etc. Rob-
berry will cease. In four years
from now George w Perkins will
not be running a presidential
campaign for Roosevelt if Wood
row Wilson is elected he will be
pounding rock in a government
penitentiary where he belongs
Wake up, men-voters, use your
heads, Don't be laughing stock
of these interests any longer.
You owe it to yourself and your
children to vote yourself free.
You are not free now. When a
dozen men and economic writer's
say there are only seven can say
what you shall pay for your coal
to keep you warm; your coat to
keep you from freezing and your
food to keep you from starving
YOU are not free. You are slaves
now to a money power, more sav
age, more cruel. more insatiate
with greed for power than any
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-20

Asiatic d4spot that ever sat on
any throne. Tie seven men, who
now with their allies control all
the fundamental resources in the
United States are John ID. Rock
afeDler, William Rockefeller, }.
p. Morpa |, James }. Hill, James
Stillman. Jacob Fl. Schlff and
George r.. Baker. Wake up vot.
ers. rfhe Republican party has
perm ittetI this small group OF
men to seize all the coal, all the
IRON. all the railroads, etc. In the
United States, and we now have
seven king s outside and one ha'
of straw in. lde the White House
The love OF power never dies
BEFORE ton ears. unless this /!
throttlad the, q will be one great
gUrged human monster VINO VIII
own all and ru la all. wake UP
vote right and ston II.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-20

Iroquois Chief: If Roosevelt
dad not draw any more democrats
else where than he did IN South
Dakota il will not be- much Of "A
lob to count them. We have vet
to hear of "a democrat in this state
who will join the bull moosers.
Sioux Falls Angus Leader A
K kimbaIl dispatch tells rs al the
organiz alton Of a Wilson Johnson
club there which secured 81 sig
natures in half an hour. This IL
not SO wonderful. but il will AS
tonish Chairman Sherwood to
learn that 33 Of The signatures
or half the number haye always
heretofore voted the republican
ticket. It this sort Of thing keeps
Iun the Rweet little Sherwood fic.
tlon that the bull moose party II
the real republican party is riding
TO a fall
Pierre Capital-J J)urnal: Scna-
tor Crawford is ont with lerg-
thy interview declaring that he
cannot be read oft Of the repIb~
/ Iican party He j. supporting a
third party candidate for prc2l-
I dent and II he is entitled to be
/ called republican other rer1bIl
cans who propose to vote for the
democratic ticket are also entitled
to still call themselves fepubli-
cans. hat being the case. We sup
pose there will le a unanimous
vote ~ his state for the repubIi-
can party this fall. OF course,
pat of il will be for Wilson. part
! for Roosevelt and part for Taft.
andcverybody yelling themselves
hoarse claiming tn he regular re-
publIeans This NAV be all right
for the emergenct point oi view.
and in that case the pot should
! not call the kettle black.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-20
Penal Atrocities in
Michigan.

Voters of Michigan who cherish the
good name of their state should take
advantage of the opportunity the COM
ing election affords to disclajm In her
behalf all respo nsihility for the afro
cious prison management at Jackson
The reported circumstances OF the re
cent revolt of convicts there, indicate
that the fault lies with prison officials.
Be that as il may, however, and re-
gardless of what the conduct of the
prisoners really was, it is shame to
any American State at the present
stage of human progress to have that
truly said of its prison discipline which
appears in the following excerpts from
Oscar +. Hewitt's report to the Chicago
Tribune of the 9th, Quoting militia.
man, corroborated by prison guard,
Mr.. Hewitt says;
''The aoggings today were admin
| istered To inmates of the east wing oi
the prison. Six were strapped this
morning and three this afternoon,
| and / was told that as many more
| will follow tomorrow A barrel was
placed upon a ladder which lay f'at
| upon the floor Each victim was
made to strip his back and lie witt
his face down across the barrel
| About his wrists were placed hand
cuffs and his arms were stretched on
in front and fastened to round il
the ladder. Leg irons were placed
on his ankles and his feet wer'
stretched out behind. A gag wa
placed in the mouth of every on
except big husky fellow who,
was told, works in the engine room
as stoker. Oyer those who hat
thin white skins sheet was placed
while those with the thick yellow
hides had to take 1t bare, VIII
these preliminaries over, a bulk
guard who lives here In jackson
started in to whale the victim. Go,
| can make III hS iaII1plS dc you wan
to and you won't be exaggerating /
much. Some convicts brought II
were white with fright and coul,
hardly talk, One fellows lips quiv
cred and his eyes bulged out lik
walnuts A small fellow succeeded
In wriggling the gay out of his mout]
and begged piteously for mercy, II
promised anything that was aske'
of him If the man that was dong III
. whipping would only let him M
II But he had to take the full dos
prescribed for him. Two fellow
tainted and another fellow was lin
when he was taken of the barrel
Do the voters of Michigan stand TO
such infamous barbarity?
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-20
Extravagance at Pierre

There has been of late years no
reason for taxpayers IN this state
to doubt that taxation was higher
and that although there has been
very material increase in the
taxable property OF the state. as
we'll as IN the assessed valuation
for like property. the actual levy
is greater, and there is still a ella
NOR to increase the tsxlevying
powers. Yet there has been no
material increase in the number
of our state institutions, the new
consumptive hospital being the
most notable exception. 1t might
be OF interest, therefore TO call
attention to a few comparative
figures showing where AT least a
portion of the increaeod cost iothe
taxpayers has been going. the
figures being comparison of the
years 1899 and 1900 with those of
1909 and 1910. during this inter
val the increase IN expenditures
amounting to 81, 600. 600. or dou-
bic. Following are some of the
items:
Attorney generals s Office. III
crease SlS, 800.
Auditor S office. So, GOO increase.
Governors Office. S5. 200 in
crease.
| Insurance commissioner, s., $50
increase.
Department of history. $ll ,720
increase.
Bank examiners. $4,000 in
crease
Treasurer's Office, 81 400 in
crease.
During the year 1909 the state
board of health spent St23. "a
while the live stock sanitary
board spent Si2, W0.
1t will be seen that in practic.
a ly every department Of the state
administration there has been q
steady stiffenIng up Of the cost o'
doing the business of the people
while in many of the department.
there is no material difference IL
the amount of work done or du
ties of office than ten years prior
When the taxpayers see suci
figures they may be pardoncd fo
insisting that these offices shoul'
be conducted on "A strictcr bust
ness basis, and with the view o
serxing the best interests of th
! people for whom they are Great
ed. and are presumed to serve
and not exploited for the bonefl
y Of the individual.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-20
Poverty and k,ches

A Washington dispatch dun ms
t h g Lawrence. Massachueset,
Strike related the following:
While 80, 600 inen, women and
children mill W orkers a t Law
renee, Mass. were out of work
because Of a strike to prevent
cut in their Y6. t)O, 81. 90 and IS. 90
q week wages. Mrs. Evelyn
Walsh Mclean. mother Of q baby
that is heir to <tM, 600, 900, gave
q $3A toO dinner to fifty guests
lcostiassl ~ Iast Ksas,l
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-20

Salem, Ore, Sept. Il. The recent
revolt of the prisoners in the Michi.
gan state penitentiary AT Jackson and
the consequent uncovering ofdisgrace-
iul conditions there should serve To
call the attention of the public to the
situation in the Oregon state peniten-
tiary
1t was not more than year or two
ago that conditions in the state pen.
tentuary at Salem paralleled those
Ut the Michigan state prison today.
The prisoners were discontented and
rebellious, and the Oregon prison Gre.
ated deficit of $4,000 yearly.
Eight months ago Governor Oswald
West lnaugurated new system,
known as the honor system. and il
has worked with remarkable success.
Under the Oregon plan convicts are
gwen an incentive to do good work.
| They are sent away from the peniten
| tiarS without guards to other institn
,ions to work, They arc employed or
the roads A gang has been sent from
Salem To Mcdford. distance OF 2o'
miles, without guard T it, ~,
pitched their tents and began roat
building, on which they are still work
ing.
Each man before leaving gave his wor.
of honor that he would not attempt {,
escape and that he would prevent 9th
ers from escaping.
The men employed In the road max
ing receive pay from the towns an
counties asking for their services, TIL
lconvicts employed around the insan
industrial schools earn 8 a day, {
which each worker gets % cents. II
men placed on the ho nor roll are Il
men of good department who hay
earned good treatment
Under this system the deficit whic
was alway burden to the taSpayei
has been turned into a surplus La!
year the honor system made g., ot
above all expenses and in additio
furnishes $4,000 worth of brick
various other Institutions,
The plan has worked so we'll TIL
Governor West has placed gr' at COZ
tidence in q number of individual
One of these wAs serving a lie Sc
>cnce for murder His aged father
law and motbsr~ln-law mortgagenthe
home to get him a lawyer. The GO
crnor heaed that the mortgage W;
about to become due and that the ag'
and intirm couple would probably 10
their home He called in the cows
and told bLln that he might have b
liberty long enough to lift the mot
cage
AZ the end Of six months the 90
Wet returned The mortgage hi
been paid of, and Governor West
cor tidenci in the man had been vino
Gated.
That Is how the honor system wor
IN Oregon.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-20

Scotland Citizen Republican:
The Huron convention diSfrap-
chised every republican and all
they can do is to make a choice
tween other parties The demo,
d. & are seeking 10 defeat the
era. ,ican party, while the bull
fepnL ,xre seeking TO utterly de-
mooser. nd hence for self pre-
s'roy ~. is probable that in''st
sfrvatioh y biieans will throw
OF tne fepo othe democrats AS
their support ! simple defeat
Il choice between
and annih ilatiof'.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-20
Kindness Soitens:: Brutality hddens

tale of the management of two penitenares under
the of kind hearted democrat the other under
administration of nhuman republican politician What do
know about pententary at Sioux Falls Turn old
out and give look into what is going charitable
penal institutions Elect Ed Johnson governor practical
kind hearted man will look after things.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-20
Ed. 5. johnson Making
Winning Campaign

it was there that he with other
Epioneers of the early eighties
showed his faith by works. and
laid the foundation for what may
be termed a successful life. And
when we say successful life"
we do not mean merely in this
worlds goods, but in the larger
sense, the development of char
acter, of individual force that
has won for him an abiding place
in the hearts and confidence of
his former ncighbors.
Republicans and democrats
alike on the occasion of his re
cent visit there rivalled each other
in paying tribute to an old friend
and neighbor. all the country
roundabout joining in demon
stration such as must have made
| Mr.. Johnson feel that after all a
real friend honestly won must
Indeed be numbered among one +.
greatest possessions. Politicians
, of experience in that section, and
they are not limited to any one
party either, declared on every
hand that not less than seventy
| five per cent of the voters of that
, section would be found voting
for Ed. Johnson for governor on
November 5th,
And there is deeper cause for
= looking for the success of the
9 democratic state ticket headed by
d Mr.. Johnson than indivual char
# acter alone. The opinion appears
&c to be universal throughout The
y state that there should be 1
new deal at Pierre that intoler
h able conditions must be correct
IS ed. that business men and no
II mere politicians are needed Il
" get the affairs of the state bach
O on a reasonable, conservative
economical basis, and bring re
!. lief to an unnecessarily tax burd
; cned people.
m Under these circumstances ]
II is certainly good fortune that ;
* man of Mr.. Johnson S know
d thorough business methods, sterl
ct ing honesty and patriotic motive
is should be chosen AS the lnstru
ment with which to correct thcs
u grievances, for it added material
* Ily to the possibility Of waRing
Il successful political warfare a.
Ks ainst the present state hous
gang.
- And that it is possible to WI
m out, under present political cor
10 ditions througout the state, WI
I'll be realizsd from "A casual stud
le Of the following figures: /
X. round numbers there will prof
J. ably be total of one hundre
rs thousand votes cast. Oi thes
I'd about 40, 600 are IN the habit
IT voting the democratic ticket. {
as the remaining 60, 600 a fair div
of sion places about 20, 600 IN II
he bull moose column with 25,W
he in the regular republican orgal
We lzation. which lacks represent
AZ ton in this state IN the nation
Sc election.
.. Surely, the election of the den
- ocratic state and national tlcke
III is not mere possibility this yei
in South Dakota. All the fepor
from over the state Indicate tn
it will be an absolute. accompIls
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-20

1900 $50 per ton. This is but one
example of monopoly. This ex-
tortion has been felt much more
keenly in this new section of the
state than in older sections, for
the reason that homesteader
was forced to start at the foun-
dation. In older sections the
building and fencing had largely
been done before these combi-
nations were formed. The Nor
gan interests who have had such
a hold on Roosevelt, finding that
their monopoly was about to be
shattered by Andrew Carnegie.
in 1901 organized The United
States Steel Corporation and took
over the Carnegie interests,
which practically completed their
monopoly. In 1907 they brought
on a bankers panic in Wall Street
to force the holders of Tennessee
Coal & Iron stock to their knees
and they then absorbed their
cnly existing rival, and this as
stated above. in the face of the
law, with Roosevelt's consent.
This completed their monopoly
They own now all the available
iron ore mines in the United
States worth owning. The home
builder, the farmer, in fact all
labor must pay them tribute.
We have no one to censure for
this Infamous monopoly conduct
ed by as dastardly a lot of nigh
binders and pirates as the world
has ever seen, but Theodore
Roosevelt, and now the nerve of
this combination and this same
Roosevelt. His campaign mana
ger and supplier of the sinews of
war is none other than the chief
of this bunch of highway rob-
bers, George w. Perkins; erst-
while partner and dirty work
doer for J. P. Morgan & Co.
This bunch of Apaches absolute
| ly believe the American people
are simple minded, for their gall
can be explained in no other way.
The writer is reminded of some
thing that happened in Lennon
a few months ago. Word was
given out by the Depot Agent
at Lennon that a party of great
lfinanciers from New York were
going to pass through the town
on their way east from a Pacific
Coast tour. The party consisted
|of E. H. Carey. Chairman of the
Executive Committee of the
limited States Steel Corporation,
a m onumental confidence man,
and the one principal character
who with Perkins, has perfected
the Iron Monopoly; Percy A,
Rockefeller. son of William Rock
|efeller, who owns the Milwaukee
road, and others. The citizens o1
the town were requested to bt
on hand to show themselves
when their majesties passed by
1t is even stated that Carey ant
young Rockefeller condescendet
to come out on the platform ant
take a look at the congregation
but what must have been thei
thoughts and their contempt
, Men OF their stamp nave onl.
, contempt for those upon whom
they are imposing. Even tn
crooked card shark has nothing
but disgust for weakllngs VIII
hand over their money through
, ignorance. There are not thre
millionaire fortunes in the Unlte'
States but what are the resul
, of fraud and crookedness OF tn
worst kind. Life is too short TO
, a man to accumulate an homes
, million dollar fortune. Those VIII
, possess same are knaves am
thieves and those who fawn ate
them for campaign contribution
and favors are Of the same clas
morally.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-24

that the regular proceedings, and the
only legal CONTRACT entered into, was
annulled by two members of the
county court and an illegal contract
substituted therefor. have made
sufficient investigation of this matter
to warrant me in making these posi-
tive statements that the bridge built
at Umatilla was constructed without
authority of law at cost of $13,070,
that this bridge could have been con-
tracted for at that time, or at any
time since, for not to exceed $500.
That this bridge was built under a
contract Notwithstanding statements
to the contrary by members of the
old county court. That the bridge
built is far inferior to the one orig
inally contracted for, and which
would have been built If the original
contract had been carried out for sew
eral thousand dollars less.
Just how many parties shared in
this profit, / am unable to state. In
vestigation fails to disclose any of this
irregular work as having been done
at regular, an adjourned or special
session OF the county court. The
county court Journal has no record
of any meeting at which such bust
ness was transacted. The record of
the Umatilla bridge transaction is now
before the public and they may draw
their own conclusions.
j. w. MALONEY.
County Judge.