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Douglas Island news., 1912-05-15

Since the discovery of gold, Alaska has been mainly responsible for the gigantic strides made by Seattle, and, in return, Seattle has done little or nothing towards helping Alaska. Se- attle's monopoly of the Alaska business is not as firm as some people believe. Vancouver and Prince Rupert are awake to the great possibilities In Alaska, and are reaching out. The Canadian cities are closer to Alaska than Seattle, and their activities in bidding for trade are bearing fruit.-Prince Rupert Em- pire.
 Secretary of the Interior Fisher ls making one more effort to induce con- gress to take some action at the pres- ent session looking to the development of Alaska. He has given congress ah enthusiastic endorsement of the Sulzer bill which provides that the govern ment shall take over and continue north the line of tracks already laid from Seward, on Resurrection bay, to point of about seventy miles, already penetrating the Matanuska river coal fields. This road, now called the Alas ka Northern, was formerly known as the Alaska Central. It is d failure, go- ing to ruin in disuse and will have to be considerably reconstructed. A mll- lion or more of dollars have been ex pended on it by parties who have failed, and it is now said to be in the hands of the Sovereign Bank of Can ada-bought in at receivers sale, with bonded issue of S4,600,0O0.
 Seward, May 7.-The mail steamer Dora, bringing twenty-five survivors of the wrecked codfishing schooner Joseph Russ, including Mrs. Charles Foss, wife of the master of the lost schooner, arrived late today from Chi rikof island, where the Russ went ashore at o'clock on the morning of April 21. The Russ struck at high tide during a terrific gale. Immense waves swept the decks and the crew and the lone woman lashed themselves to the rigging, where they remained six hours when the tide went out, leaving the ship high and dry on the rocks. First Mate John Jorgenson, the only one to lose his life, was swept off the deck soon after the schooner struck and was dashed to death against the rocks. When the tide went out and those aboard found it safe to descend from their places of refuge in the rigging, baggage, provisions and other articles that would enable them to live on the uninhabited island until rescuers came were taken off the boat. As soon as all had been made snug on shore, Sec- oud Mate A. B. Reeves set out in com mand of two small dories to row to Chignik, hundred miles distant, for aid. Fortune smiled on the sturdy oarsmen, and they pulled into Chignik three hours before the steamer Dora, on her monthly voyage from Unalaska to Seward, entered the harbor. The Dora put about at once and steamed to Chirikof, reaching there on May 4, thirteen days after the wreck. All day and all night the sailors worked transferring the survivors from the barren island and unloading the bag gage that had been saved. The body of First Mate Jorgenson was taken aboard the Dora and was buried at sea. The survivors will be taken to Seattle on the steamship Bertha.
Douglas Island news., 1912-05-15
The NOrthIand The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed.
Information for Everybody,

A ten-stamp mill is being built at Dolomi.
 skagway school children have an epidemic of sore eyes.
 Kirmse, the Skagway jeweler, will open store in Ketchikau.
 A Ketchikan fisherman hooked a rainbow trout with fly, says the Miner.
 Three pounds of gold from three tons of ore is the latest boast from Seward.
 The Canadian-Klondike Company's mammoth dredge, Canadian, started up the first of May.
 The Fairbanks Times reports that customs mills are to be established on Skoogey, Cleary and Fairbanks creeks.
 It is believed that the federal grand jury assem bled at Seattle will investi' gate the fraudulent entries of Alaska coal lands.
 Louie Lane and his boat Polar Bear passed Ketchikan few days ago, en route to the far North on trading and hunting expedition. The Alaska road commission will have at it's disposal this year S275,o0O, the largest fund ever expended in road and trail work in Alaska.
 James Hogan, the Juneau stonecutter, has been given the contract for the masonry work on the federal mansion to be erected in the Capital City.
 Robert w. Baxter, superintendent of the Illinois Central railroad, has been elected to succeed J. H. Young as pres ident of the Alaska Steamship Go. Mir. Young will assume the presidency of the North Bank railroad.
 On May 7th, the senate passed the Alaska compulsory education bill and the bill providing increased allowances out of the Alaska fund for intersection of public schools in Alaska. The com pulsory education bill applies both to white and native children.
 George Edward Adams, who was con- victed of stealing large amount of gold from Alaska miners while em- ployed in the government assay office at Seattle some years ago, has been paroled from McNeils, where he was serving ten-year sentence. Adams health is the excuse.
 That Atlin is not all worked out yet and that she has not seen her best days was shown by the cleanup made by Messrs. Foley and McCloskey, when all records of previous cleanups were broken. Seven men worked clever shifts, and the cleanup showed 1O1 ounces of the precious metal.-Atlir notes in Skagway Alaskan.
Douglas Island news., 1912-05-15

[
 In a decision handed down by the circuit court of appeals, the decision of the lower court was sustained whereby John Phillips was awarded SlO000 dam ages against the Copper River railroad and Edward Hasey as an outcome of the Keystone canyon riots.
 Postal inspectors have discovered that Alaska is attracting university graduates. If education be backed by the sterling pioneer spirit, nothing can stop it. Just as soon as Alaska can re cover from an overdose of conservation the whole country will go ahead at a rapid pace.-Seattle Times.
 That he Guggenheim interests have either already, for consideration said to be between S4,OOOOOO and S5,00O,OO0 purchased the bulk of the rich claims along Flat creek, in the Iditarod min ing district, or that the negotiations are about to be closed, is the informa- tion which has just come down from the North.
 A splendid specimen ofScroggie gold is being displayed by Charles Jean neret, the Second avenue jeweler. The gold is from No. l below discovery, where the owner got S240 from 2lO buckets of gravel The gold is all coarse, the average size of the pieces being about that of the ordinary pump. kin seed.-Dawson News.
 Skagway Indians have little grounds for citizenship on the claim that they have abandoned tribal rites if the fol- lowing story from the Alaskan is true : "There was a general exodus from In- dian town this morning when the entire population, with the exception of four, left in canoes at six o'clock for Haines, where they went as an escort for the body of Mrs. Jack Lee, who died yes terdaY. It is claimed by the Indian re, porter of this paper that the woman was bewitched, and her body will be taken to Klukwan, where certain an cient rites will be held over it in order that it may be freed from the mastery of the witch, and her soul enter into the happy hunting grounds"
 The new Alaska mining law measure drawn up and introduced by Delegate Wickersham has to do chiefly with the evil which has grown up in the North through the use of power of attorney. Section two, which seeks effectively to curb this evil, reads in part as follows: "No person shall hereafter locate any placer mining claim in Alaska as att torney for another unless he Is duly authorized thereby by power of attor- ney in writing, duly acknowledged and recorded in any recorders office in the judicial division where the location is made. Any person so authorized may locate placer mining claims for not more than two individuals or one asso. 1 citation under such power of attorney, but no such agent or attorney shall be authorized or permitted to locate more than two placer mining claims for any one principal or association during any calendar month" The measure provides that no association placer mining claim shall hereafter be located in Alaska in excess of forty acres, and that no claim shall be patented which is longer than three times it's greatest width.
Douglas Island news., 1912-05-15

In decision handed down by the circuit court of appeals, the decision of the lower court was sustained whereby John Phillips was awarded SlO,OO0 dam ages against the Copper River railroad and Edward Hasey as an outcome of the Keystone canyon riots.
Douglas Island news., 1912-05-15

Postal inspectors have discovered that Alaska is attracting university graduates. If education be backed by the sterling pioneer spirit, nothing can stop it. Just as soon as Alaska can re cover from an overdose of conservation the whole country will go ahead at a rapiI pace.-Seattle Times.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1912-01-06
A BIG BEAR SCARES
CHICAGO POLICEMEN
Bruin in the Lock-Up Breaks His
Chain and Runs
Amuck.

Chicago,-A trained bear and it's
owner were arrested one evening re-
Gently and taken to police station.
The man was locked up, while the bear
was tied to the cell door. About, three
o'clock James Moriarty, lookup keeper,
was doing in his chair when he felt
something cold against his cheek.
Turning his head, his sleepy eyes
looked into those Of Jimmy, the bear,
who, tiEed Of his confinement, had
snapped the chain end gone in quest
Of freedom.
With whoop and YEN that
aroused every one in the station,
Moriarty cleared the outer office and
naH in about three jumps with jim
my q close second. Desk Sergeant
The Donaldsonville chief., 1912-01-06

same, the amount OF Incense snereon,
and the date of the collection or pay
ment thereof. Prior to the annual meet
ing OF tke police jury, said collector
shall make out and forward to the
parish treasurer full and complete
transcript of the said license register, a
certified copy of which transcript the
treasurer shall lay before the police iury
at its regular session of each wear,
and file same in his office for futura
use.
Section 10. Be it further ordained
etc., That if the tax collector shall
through incompetency, negligence or
fault on his part, fail to enforce ths
procuring and rectifying Of licenses by
persons required by law to have them,
he shall be responsible on his bond for
all damages to the parish arising there.
from.
Section IL. Be it further ordained.
etc, That the tax collector shall collecE
said licenses in the manner provided by
existing laws, and shall be allowed five
per cent. commission on all licenses col.
lected and paid into the parish treasury.
Section -. That all ordinances or
parts thereof in conflict herewith and
all other ordinances en the same subject
matter are hereby repealed.
On motion of Mr.. Armitage, seconded
by Mr.. Aucoin, the ordinance was adopt.
ed roll call resulting as follows: Yeas
We'll, Armitage, Meter, Aucoin, Con.
zales. Nays-None. Absent-Reuss.
Klos, Webb.
The jury adjourned.
G. G. WEBER, Clerk.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1912-01-06
Bear In a Police Station.

John J. o'Connor fell off his stool, but
quickly recovered his composure and
reached for gunny sack lying near.
He knew that Jimmy had terrible
punch and strongly suspected that he
could bite, but as he had never heard
Of bear kicking, he approached bruin
from the rear with sack in hand.
Just as two Of Chicago's Finest"
braver then the rest, cautiously grab
bed the end Of the chain, the sergeant
slipped the bag over Jimmy's head.
Then with pulling on the chain, prod
ding with clubs and kicks, Jimmy
was induced to be led blindfolded into
q cell where he remained until morn
ing.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1912-01-06
VOL YES CHASE DEER IN CITY
Quarry Escapes, but Its Body Is Later
Found Partially Devoured in Ono
of the Suburbs.

Anaconda, Mont.-A band Of timber
wolves chased a large deer into Ana
conda early the other morning. The
deer escaped after a desperate resist
ance, repeatedly turning his ant1ers
upon the pursuing pack. Persons
aroused by the disturbance took sew
eral shots at the wolves without ef-
feet.
Later the partially devoured car
cass of the deer was found in one Of
the suburbs Of the city. The wolves
had cornered their quarry in clump
Of brush. This is the first time that
The Donaldsonville chief., 1912-01-06
Wolves Pursue Deer Into City.

any game animal has been killed with
in the city limits by wolf or other
wild beast.
Wolves. have been unusually nu-
merous in this section of the state
since the cold weather set in. 1t is
believed that they are drifting in from
the foothills and plains in search OF
sheep, with which the mountain val
ley ranches are filed.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1912-01-06
i
!

The local field is yo,na. All
you need do IS 10 avail yonr-
sslf Of the opportunities offered.
An advertisement in this paper
will cany your message into
hundreds Of homes in this con-
muni.y. Itis the surest medium
Of killing your greatest COM
petitor. A space this size
won't cost much. Come in
and zee US about i.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1912-01-06
Man Cuts Tooth at Seventy.


Alton, Ill.-Charles Holden, former
postmaster of Alton, is cutting a tooth
at seventy For many weeks Mr..
Holden has been bothered with sore
jaw, but did not consult q dentist, be-
lieving the soreness would go away.
The other day he placed his finger on
the gum and to his great surprise
found a tooth peeping through in the
place where one uf his molars came
out thirty years ago.
Snake in Temperance Sermon.
Vineland, N. J.-Rey. Frank 3. Lane
used a real snake il the First Baptist
church to illustrate his sermon on the
horror OF liquor license in YineIand.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1912-01-06
Therefore I

Mr.. Merchant and Business
Man. meet your competitors
with their own weapons
advertising.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-09
FORGER CAUGHT;
CONFESSED GUILT

LaMoure, N. D., Aug Estates
Atty. Geo. P. Jones and Sheriff Crist
went to Verona on the case of one
Albert H. Olson who had been arrested
by Constable Fred Smith on the charge
Of forgery. Olson had been working
for John Maier and is charged with
issuing three bogus checks-one to the
Verona Drug Co., for $3.50, one to the
Peoples Store for 1880 and another
one to Sorenson Bros. at Independence.
He made small purchases on each one
Of these checks and received the bal
ance in change. These checks were
all bogus with John Maiers name
forged as the signature. After an ex-
citing chase the defendant was round
ed up in grain field and taken before
Justice II. 3. Wentz. He there waived
examination and was bound over to
the district court under $1,000 bonds.
Failing to give bonds he became the
guest of Sheriff Crist at the county
fail At a special term before Judge
Coffey, who came down from James
town, Olson entered a plea OF guilty.
AS the defendant is only a youth OF
about is the judge was disposed to be
Ienient and has deferred sentence for
the present in order TO take time to
determine what should be the most
fitting punishment
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-09
THE HOUSE
MAY PASS IT
OVER VETO
President Says It Would Bring
Disaster
Framed With Disregard to
Findings Of Tariff Board
Win AlSs Veto the Steel and
Cotton Bills

Washington, Aug. s.--For the sec
ond time within a year, Taft today
vetoed the bill to revise tariff sched-
ule K of the Payne-Aldrtch law.
The president holds that the low
rates would bring disaster to home
industries. He appealed to congress.
however, not to adjourn until 1t had
enacted a measure to substantially
reduce unnecessary existing duties
without destroying the protection for
the wool industry In the United States.
The presidents disapproval of the
wool bill is to be followed by similar
Vetoes of the steel and cotton bills.
The sugar bill is likely to be vetoed
as is the excise tax bill, the latter
probably on the ground that the pres
tdent believesit unconstitutional.
Il shall stand by the pledges to
maintain q degree OF protection neces.
sary to offset the difference in the
cost Of production here ami abroad
and viii heartily approve OF any bill
reducing the. duties to this level"
wrote Taft.
1t was predicted today the wool bin
would be passed by the house over
Tafts veto but there is some doubts
as to it's fate in the senate
Tafts reason for vetoing the bills.
as his message sets forth, is that IL
was framed with disregard for the
findings OF the tarff board.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-09
HUSBAND
Shot wife
Claims He thought She Was
a Burglar
WOMAN SAYS HE KNEW Her
YOUNG WIFE OF MAN AGED so
CLAIMS HER HUSBAND WAS
DRUNK AND THAT SHOOTING
WAS DELIBERATE ATTEMPT
TO MURDER HER.

New York, Aug. s.-Matthew o'Cal-
laghan, a cotton merchant, living In
a fashionable section of Brooklyn,
was taken into custody early today on
a charge Of shooting his wife, LII
lian, whom he declared, he mistook
for a burglar. Mrs. O'Callaghan said
her husband was intoxicated and that
the shooting was deliberate.
She was taken to a hospital where
1t was found she was suffering from
three bullet wounds. Her condition
is critical.
Mrs, O'Callagfan Is 81 years old
She told the police she arose early
this morning and that as she was
leaving the room her husband threat
ened to shoot her. She said she saw
he was drunk and decided to hurry
to her son-in-law's apartments on the
top floor.
Mrs. O'Callaghan said her husband
fired three times through a glass panel
at her. She said they had been mar
ried six years and that she had never
had any trouble with her husband.
O'Callaghan told the police he
thought his wife was a burglar. He
is so years of age.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-09
A Plan TO
BOLT HANNA
DISCUSSED
Evidene of Fraud IN Western
Co sss Not Feund
Not as Oh ided as Trail,
Carried Buchanan
Trumping Up \ Sc to Bolt
Hanna's Nonllnatioa

Dickinson, N. D.. Aug. s.--Discour-
aged at the inability to find any evil
sdence of fraud in the western counties,
it is said that some of the opponents
of l.. B, Hanna for governor are still
planning a move to oppose Hanna.
Soon after the primaries muckraker
was sent to Stark, Billings and Morton
counties, where Hanna maiorities were
large. He sought to discover evidences
of fraud to fix the basis of a contest,
With the exception Of some slight ir-
regularities of precinct judges, result
ing from the workings of a new reg
istration measure with which all were
not familiar, nothing was found. No
evidence of Intentional fraud was dis
closed.
This proved a serious blow to some
of the anti Hanna men in this and the
eastern part of the state, as they
wanted to discover some excuse for
supporting another candidate for gov
ernors or for placing a third guberna-
torial candidate in the field.
1t is reported that at the recent Sc
cret insurgent meeting at Valley City
friends of Buchanan strongly urged
that he make the independent race for
governor and 1t is claimed that he is
not unwilling.
Other insurgents strongly opposed
the idea. They contended that the
primary law was an insurgent meas
ure and IL the participants would not
stand by its results, political anarchy
would be created. They held that
Hanna was nominated fairly through
methods favored by the insurgents,
and that it was now up to the insurg-
ents to enthusiastically support the
ticket, just as they would have expect
ed the stalwarts to have done had
Buchanan won.
They also pointed out that there was
no more reason to suspect fraud in
Stark, Billings and Morton counties,
where Hanna ran strong, than to inn
agine the insurgents were guilty OF
fraudulent work In counties like Traill,
where Buchanan ran as one-sided as
Hanna did on the slope.
1t IS understood that one of the In
surgent nominees took the position
that the insurgents must stand by the
result of the primaries IL they ever
hoped to perpetuate themselves, as
they were now IN control OF majority
of the Offices and 1t would be cutting
of their own heads to cry fraud now
and support an opposition candidate to
Hanna for governor.
The attitue of Mr.. Buchanan Is a
matter Of considerable interest and
many people are disinclined to believe
he would sanction bolt from the reg
ular nominee, despite the reports to
the contrary.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-09
BOYS PLAY Wild
WEST---ONE SHOT
RIFLE BALL FIRED At IMAeIN.
AIRY INDIAN WOUNDS REAL
WHITE LAD.

Racine, Wis, Aug. 9.--sitting around
a campfire in true western fashion,
a dozen boys ranging in age from 8
to IL years, yesterday afternoon fried
weiners, baked potatoes and INDUCED
In pasttmes such as are supposed to
entertain residents of the wild and
woody"
But even this palled on their appe-
tites. and one of the boys went home
and procured small caliber rife. En-
deavoring to explode ii at an imagin-
ary Indian, Reinhold Stirling snapped
the trigger and accidentally shot Ar
thur Barthelson in the thigh. The
camp Immediately disbanded.
At the hospital today young Bar
thelson is reported as not dangerous
ly injured.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-09
For Second Time in Year
Taft Vetoes Wool Bill
NEGRO EMBRACES
THE JEWISH FAITH.

New York, Aug. 9.--Rufus L.
Perry, a negro lawyer of Brooklyn,
became Jew this afternoon when
he went through various ceremon-
les at the hands of Rabbi
Scheiner OF 70 East Seventh
street. 1t is said that Perry is the
first negro to have accepted this
rite since the Biblical instance OF
Ham, son OF Noah, the supposed
original progenitor Of the African
race.
Perry Is 38 years of age and sim
gle, is a graduate of the New York
university law school. AS Grim
inal lawyer he has attained some
fame. Perry made the following
declarations:
II, Rufus Lewis Perry, do hereby
decide to accept the Jewish re-
ligious faith, and do hereby con-
sent to and request the perform
ance OF the ceremony"
Perry was informed that "in-
stead of Rufus. you are named Ra-
phael."
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-09
ADMITS He HAD
CRIMINAL CAREER

Kansas City, Mo, Aug. 9.--After
having maintained silence for more
than week M. ]. Renk. arrested on
a forgery charge under the name of
Arthur HI. Frank, and whose people, he
says, reside In Oshkosh, Wis, has
made a sworn statement to the police
authorities IN which he gave the his
tory Of his career.
He was arrested after it had been
ascertained that he had obtained from
the printers blank cashier checks to-
falling s55.275. In his statement today
Renk said he was born in Chicago,
and that his father, Nicholas Renk.
now resides in Oshkosh and that he
has a wife living In Waukesha, Wis,
from whom he had been divorced.
He said he had served nine months
in the house Of correction at Chicago,
having been convicted on a charge Of
embezzling 5000 from a life insurance
company. Since then, he said he had
been In many cities Of the country. In
washington, d. C.s last July, he said,
he married Miss Mary T. Judge, as
Arthur III. Frank.