The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1912-12-31

Under Legislative Power Limita-
\ tions," the bill creating an Alaska
legislature says: "No divorce shall
be granted by the legislature nor
shall any divorce be granted by the
courts of the territory, unless the ap-
plicant shall have resided in the terri
tory for two years next preceding the
application, which residence and all
cases for divorce shall be determined
by the court, ON evidence adduced in
open court
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 31-The
federal court room was crowded yes
terday afternoon when the labor lead
ers convicted of dynamiting buildings
in various parts of the country came
up for senetnce. Judge Anderson
in passing sentence said: 1.-THE evil
dence shows that some of the defend
ants were guilty of murder, and the
evidence in this case would convince
any impartial judge that govern
ment by injunction is Intimately pre-
ferred to a government by dynamite. /"
The court gave Ryan a seven year
term in the penitentiary; Clancy,
Butler, Young, Hockin and Munsey,
six years each; p. j. Smith, Cleve-
land and Barry, four years; Bern
hardt, Ray, Shoupe, Phillips and
Wachmeister, one year and one day;
Higgins, Painter, Spireman, Houli-
han, two years; Beaum Kennel,
Smythe, LegIietner, Anderson, Busey,
Morrin, Redden, Harmon, Mccain
and Brown, three years. Sentence
was suspended in the cases of Far
rell, Cody, CoughIrn, Murphy, Kline
and Clark.
JUNEAU, Dec. 2S-Since the meet
ing of the grand lodge of the Arctic
Brotherhood at Vancouver last
month, there has been much dissatis-
faction upon the part of the mem
bers in Southeastern Alaska. After
a contest it was decided to establish a
camp at Seattle and to hold the next
annual meeting at that city When
the news of this decision was flashed
throughout the northern territory
there were murmurs of protest that
have since found an outlet in various
ways. The camp at Haines took the
initiative in movement to secede
from the mother organization. On
Thursday evening the camp at Sitka
decided to call upon all northern
camps to remain loyal to the original
intentions of the order, and to con-
fine membership to Alaskans. After
consultation with other towns it was
decided to hold convention at
Juneau on March 18th next, during
the session of the Legislature, and to
then take action as will secure con-
troll of the next grand lodge and to
confine it's mem bership to northern
ers, or if that move is not thought
advisable to form a new organization.
Word is now being sent to all the
camps asking them to participate in
this convention. 1t is believed that
practically all the Southeastern camps
will join in the movement and it is
expected that the camps in other divi-
sions will largely endorse the move
ment
VALDEZ, Dec. 2S-The prosecu-
ton against banker E. T. Barnette,
after months of preparation and the
expenditure OFF vast sums of money
have to their credit the filming of the
defendant for misdemeanOr. Capt.
Barnette was before Judge Lyons to-
day for sentence on the misdemeanor
charge of having published an in
correct statement of the affairs of
the Alaska Wa shington bank. This
was the only Indictment on which a
jury found him guilty. Judge Lyons
imposed fine of $1,000 against
Capt. Barnette, after the latter had
made statement to the court. The
Judge then took occasion to say that
"if the facts as you relate them to
me had been brou ght out in the trial
you would not have been convicted"
Trial of Hawkins and others indicted
will proceed, but most of those in
terested in the defense of Capt. Bar
nette will leave. on the Mariposa to-
morrow. 1 Il