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The Prescott daily news., 1913-10-16
Wholesale Defraudirg of Commission Houses Charged Against Four
 Missourians in True Bill.

Springfield, Mo, Oct. 16.-The wholesale defrauding of commission houses in Missouri and nearby states is charged in four indictments re- turned here by the federal grand jury against John R. Thomas. president of the Bank of Willow Springs. Mo-; r. B. Warner, Marion w. Rose and Claude Daniels.
 The men are charged with forging bills of lading of the Frisco railway system and with irregularities in car. load shipments of produce through the Daniels & Rose Commission com pany and the Daniels Commission company, both operating in Willow Springs. It is charged they also did business through an imaginary con cern called the Mountain View Pro duce company.
 In November, 1912. the firm of Dan iels & Rose was forced into bank ruptcy Men from all parts of the country were witnesses before the present grand jury.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-10-16
HAS NO LOVE FOR HUSBAND
Mrs. Mackay, Defendant in Million Dollar Suit, Denies AIienating
 Surgeons Affections.

New York, Oct 16.-Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay, suffrage leader and wife of the head of the Postal Telegraph Cable company, broke her silence re- garding the S1,000,000 suit filed against her by Catherine K. Blake for alleged alienation of the affections of her husband Dr. Joseph A. Blake, Q noted surgeon.
 Through her personal counsel. Ar thur C, Train, Mrs Mackay denies all Mrs Blake's allegations in a formal answer filed in the supreme court and characterizes Mrs. Blake as one who has a jealous disposition, an uneoyernable tempe and mo affec- tion or love for her husband" who, at one time, it is alleged, she threatened to kill
 Since 1895, Mrs. Mackay ayers. Mrs. Blake has had no affection for the doctor.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-10-16
Son of Famous Novelist Goes to Nev York After Serving SlxMonth
 Term In Federal Prison,

Atlanta, Ga, Oct. 16.-After morl than six months Imprisonment in tn| federal penitentiary here for vlOla' ing the postal laws, Julian HawthornI and Dr. w. J. Morton of Boston ar| free. They returned to New YorK a once.
 Hawthorne and Morton were se1 fenced March 21 last to terms or on| year and one day. but it was ofaefe| that their sentences date from m time of their arrest, four. mohlns pi1 vious. Good behavior prousI about a further shortening ol 'n'1 sentence. .,l
 Since he entered the doors oi 'u' Atlanta prison, Hawthorne's recol1 according to officials, has been su.) as to prove particularly helpiul his fellow prisoners. He mas inaa| noteworthy contributions to 'ie p''1 on paper, it was said, and was 'Sa s; sidered a valuable counselor p' T fellow prisoners.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-10-16
SLIT SKIRTS SOON TO END
Comfortable and More Modest Clothes Coming Back in Favor De-
 sgners Say.

Chicago, Oct 16.-Slit skirts and clinging modes Of present fashions in women's clothes are destined to go. say designers who are exhibiting at style shows here of the Woman's As sociation of Commerce. Comfortable and modest clothes are surely com ing back in fashions favor, they as sert
 Models at the shows display roomy skirts and easier fitting sack suits. An exhibition coat was a little more than three-quarters in length and one designer said possibly that might mean return to the former full. length cloaks.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-10-16

of retail lumber dealers throughout Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Con. necticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and the Dis trict of Columbia.
 The associations are appealing from the southern district court of New York, which held the retailers to be violators of the antitrust law and enjoined the further distribution of blacklists against boycotted whole salers who sell directly to consumers.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-10-16
QUESTION OF SENDING ARTICLE BACK FOR AMENDMENT
 SPLITS PROSECUTION.
CAUSES A DELAY IN VOTING
Assembly Leaders Are on Ground Waiting-Change of Complaint Will Permit Governor 20 Days
 to Amend His Defense.

Albany, N. Y., Oct. 16-When the Sulzer impeachment court resumed it's session behind closed doors the peculiar developments of the last few days had resulted in serious tension. The anti-Sulzer forces are divided. The Sulzer advocates are making supreme effort to mend their fences and to secure at least 20 votes to pre- vent the removal of the governor from office.
 When court reconvened a motion was under consideration to refer back to the assembly article 4, which the Impeachment managers asked the court to amend. The court decided that it has not the power. It is not yet certain that the court has the power to send the articles back to the assembly.
 Meanwhile the assembly leaders are on the ground waiting If the articles go back a frantic effort will be made to get an immediate attend ance of the membership. Seventy-six votes will be necessary to amend the articles of impeachment. Whether it will be possible to secure them, not even Speaker Smith or Majority Leader Aaron J. Levy will hazard a guess.
 Even though the articles are amended immediately, there may be delay of from 20 to 30 days before the case can go on. Under the con- stitution the governor Is entitled to 20 days notice of the amended arti- cles. His lawyers will not say wheth- CT they would take advantage of this.
 There will be no further evidence from the impeachment managers. Their proof is in But the governor will be entitled, if the articles are
The Prescott daily news., 1913-10-16
LUMBER TRUST BRIEF FILED
Another Stage Reached in Action Against Retailers Who Circu.
 lated Alleged Checklists.

Washington, Oct. 16.-Government attorneys filed their brief in the lum. Der trust case in the supreme court. The brief was prepared by c. Carroll Todd, assistant to the attorney-gen- eral, and marks another stage in the action under the sherman antitrust law against a number of associations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-20
John Johnson s Prize Winners.

the heads of his they plod their way the
Alaskan Never does he strike his dog for they
are of stubborn nature and fourhfths savage and
wild. The necessity for whips when one team
passes another the trail. Then it is the natural
disposition OF the dogs to battle In such instances the
whip is the best of separating them.
The drivers in guiding their teams the trails
employ native terms Mush means go Gee
turn to the right and " Haw :" turn to the left. The
Siberians the word Put" which Go tc ths
right A cultural sound, similar to the employed
in endeayoring attract ones attention, stands foI
"Turn to the left.
When the sky is clear aud the thermometer registers
the ideal racing day is assured The dogs fond
of such conditions and it is such days that they dc
their best averaging the remarkable speed of fifteen miles
an They have done seyentywo miles in five and
a half hours. The speed at which driver urges his
beasts is optional. lie may drive them TO the limit
OF he may permit them fast trot which they
can maintain hour after hour. Because of their speed
and Amundsen has announced he conempatcs
picking Siberian dogs and malamutes instead of the
Greenland breed for his next trip to the far north when he
passes through Nome next August.
Seottyn Allan, king of the arctic tra has three
times first place out of five races second pos
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-20

~ HE inauguration of president, the coronation of
monarch, the rise and fall of empires the winning
of the worlds baseball, championship-none of
ssSse these epoch making deeply concerns the
citizens of far off Nome, in Alaska. They trivial a
fairs compared to the greatest of all happengsthe
nua All-Alaska sweepstakes
When late in October the of the draws
in its gangplank and shu1es of Nome for Seattle
from eight twelve picked dog teams groomed
trained for the April Isolated from the of the
world Nome and her sister Alaskan settlements prepare
for the gala show of the universe. From Fairbanks
1000 miles north of the entrants starts for the field
of conquest Other teams face the perls of
arctic bzzars and journey Nome from 1ditarod Top
cock, Solomon and Candle and from other parts of the
Yukon valley.
Some of the dogs entered in these pack mail for
1000 miles the ice fields of Alaska They do not
know what fatigue is and they look forward speed
tests eagerly do the who drive them. For in
these they demonstrate their superiority their
fellow CANNES not only in their ability do " fifteen
miles hour but in the battle of teeth and agility
inevitably accompanies this yearly orgy.
The feetest dogs bring their masters purses ranging
from $1,000 $4,000. Each is composed of from
twelve twenty dogs. For thirty days before the
sweepstakes they trained with the care and per
devoted to human athletes They fed with
the best foods procurab Each dog receives about one
pound of ground beef and four eggs day. In Alaska this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-20

following April race. While there the na~thern winds
drove the arctic ice pack down against the Siberian
coast and johnson marooned in Siberia all winter,
unable to get back to Nome until the following june
In another race johnson, who seems to be the hard
luck driver of Alaska snowbound In the spring
the sun is powerful and cannot drive over the blind
ing trails without smoked glasses. Johnson broke his
glasses and was totally blind His dogs unable to follow
the trail wandered to the foothills johnson TIED
his sweater over his head shield his eyes from the
glare of the sun the white surface but still he re-
mained blind.
The man at Topcock telephoned to Solomon station
that johnson lad left Topcock. He did not put in an
appearance at Solomon relief expedition followed
his trail in the snow and found him stranded few
miles from Topcock. He given pair OF smoked
glasses and sent upon his way rejoicing
The teams start from Nome fifteen minutes part The
trail leads to Solomon, thirty miles dsant the next
important station is Topcock, fortysx miles out Timber
Is the next, hty-eght miles from Nome. stretch OF
twelve miles brings the driver Council and II be has
not wandered from the trail he will come upon Candle
thrtyfour miles farther on This covers the first half
OF his journey, 204 miles, and then the return tp The
route Of the is what called the Nomecandle
trail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-20

Sled When dog shows signs of fatgue he is replaced
by one of the fresh dogs and permitted ITO rest until his
exhaustion disappears. Kolma, Siberian dog named
after the river of that name has Travelled the entire 4O8
mile course without being taken out of the harness.
The principal dogs entered in these events Siberian,
called outputs Siberian rats. They are small but
fast and wonderful endurance qualities. Then
there are the Alaskan malamue dogs Blue bird dogs
also have in these They noted for their
courage The maamute and Siberian dogs will follow the
lead of other dog In of these driver
into raging blizzard on Topcock hill between Topcock
and Solomon. In vain did he his malamutes and
Siberians to forge ahead They stood still in their har
ness and refused to The driver took two blue bird
dogs from the ranks and put them in leading har
Without moments hesitation they plunged into
the blind BLIZZARD the other dogs trailing.
Bad Luck Of Noted Driver.
John johnson, one Of the noted dog drivers went to
Siberia carly in the winter procure dogs for the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-20
Business Suspended During Race.


Business Suspended During Race.
When dog is too old to participate in race he q
pensoned given home and plenty of food for the
remainder of his days. In Alaska dogs die natural
death they never killed by their masters.
Many big business firms Of the country contribute to
the purses hung up at these annual sweepstakes. All
winter entertainments given in the represented
by dog team in the races. the proceeds of which
help swell the rewards. While the are being
driven business in the participating practicaly
suspended Most of the establishments closed and
attempt is made to transact business Everybody haa
something wagered the outcome-men women and
children Even the young clerks and telephone
operators open their purses and make bets.
Every holiday throughout the year brings perpetrators
short From the first week Ia
April, when the sweepstakes until the foE
lowing April everybody looks forward anxouslv II the
biggest event in the annals of history. Thus Nome,
Solomon Topcock and the other representative Alaskan
towns forget their isolation Hunting the walrus, the
polar bear and the whale sports. They
every day indulgence. But the A-Aaska sweepstakes
marks the rejuvenation Of the universe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-20

Telephone stations found along the course one in
every fifteen miles, The driver must report at each of
these stations from which his is relayed back
to Nome Then station ahead is informed that driver
and is his way that station. In the event
he does show up reasonable time searching parties
go out and find him.
In the spring the trails inclined to be hard and
fnty. The becomes almost like sand paper. To
the dogs feet and them from being frozen
cut they shod with boots called mukluks
by the natives ihe Russian wolf hound and the mala
mute have exceedingly strong feet and unless the ice
packs between their they have little difficulty the
course, providing they not equipped with mukluks
Drivers quite frequently stop their teams and inspect
the feet of their dogs digging from between the
any substances that might have accumulated there.
Dogs Are Savage and Wild.
Every fifty yards along the stake Haunting
red flag is driven into the TRAIL In places this is
the only guide by which the driver his team The
word trail usually any recognized mode of
passage by which direct his team through the
icebound hills and forests In the spring the trail is
best suited for driving Without trail the is
packed hard.
Every driver carries long whip. This he cracks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-20

Dogs Humanely 1reatcd
year so ago the New York Humane society en-
deavored to put stop the AAlaska sweepstakes on
the that the through which the dogs put
cruelty to dumb animals They not however,
successful it shown that the canine participants
In the received perfect and the most humane
treatment The people in Nome including the church
workers, unit in declaring that the possibility of
harming the dogs is far remote.
Naturally, the big is an endurance contest pure
and simple. One of the rules of the contest provides
that each driver bring back with him. dead alive
the dogs with which he There is record of
the death of dog result of participating in these
In fact according those who have followed the
since their inception five the dogs
in the homestretch with all the vgor and freshness of
noncombatants. Their recuperatve powers wonder
fdl and half hours rest will condition them for
miles Of hard travel.
Each team carries driver, sleeping bag thermos
bottle and sled weighing from hirtytwo to thirtyfve
pounds Two three extra dogs sometimes ride the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-20
A Malamute Chorus.

preparatory training is costly Second grade eggs
approximately so dozen ground beef 75 cents
pound This means that, in order to put his dogs in
fettle for the 40S mile grind from Nome to Candle and
return, the who enters twenty dog team spends
something like $500 in the month preceding the contest
an average of 81 day for each dog Added to this
is his entry fee of 500.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-20

This Big Race Every
April Is the Event of
Prime Importance in Our
Far North Possessions.
From Eight to TlDelue
Picked Dog Teams Take
Part. They Are Carefully
Trained for the 4O8
Mile Grind from, Nome to
Candle and Return.
They Don't KnolD What
Fatigue Is and They
Haze as Much Fun Out
of the Race as Their
OlDners Do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-20
Bad Luck Of Noted Driver.

John Johnson, of the noted dog drivers, went to
Siberia carly in the winter to procure dogs for the
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-30
WOULD BE CANDY
K|SSER DIVORCED.
Nc Cay Denies That He Got
Fresh, but Might Have
Tried Oscillation

Indignant denial by George McCay,
who buys and sells candy stores, that
he ''got fresh" with the pretty candy
girls in his employ failed to save him
from having Judge Trabucco grant an
interlocutory decree of divorce yester-
day to Mrs. Anna McCay-
The court ordered McCay to pay his
wife $40 a month alimony for the sup
port OF their minor child.
The amount might have been larger.
according to the court, but for the
testimony OF McCay that he had given
his wife candy store at 211 Church
street.
McCay was questioned regarding his
alleged familiarities with young
women in his employ. He admitted
that he might have been in the habit
of letting his hands wander, but he
denied the testimony Of Mrs. Eva De-
bois Of AGA Haight street that he had
attempted to attack her.
Regarding the testimony OF Miss
Edna Goff, manager of an Oakland
store, McCay said
II may have put my hand on her.
but IL was a matter Of habit"
McCay said also that he might have
attempted to kiss Miss Emily Clark
OF 242 Divisadero street.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-30
MARQUIS WILL MARRY
WHEN He MAKES GOOD
Nobleman, Here, Says He's
Working to Win Pretty
American Nurse

Marquis Juan B. .Ruffo. doctor of
medicine. soldier OF fortune and
signing lover. arrived here from
Honolulu yesterday on the liner
Sierra. When he has made good in the
sense of having a job that will yield
enough for the maintenance of two
he hopes to marry Miss Bessie L. Tap
pan, trained nurse, whose home Is
In New York. where he first met her.
He wanted to marry her then. but she
told him to make good first.
He went to Mexico and served with
Madero and Orozco The assassina-
tfon of Madero made it unsafe for him
TO remain In Mexico, so he moved to
honolulu. where he has been engaged
from time to time as assistant to the
territorial health authorities When
Doctor Spaulding Of the Tenyo Maru
sprained his ankle Doctor Ruffo
made trip on the liner as surgeon.
A few months ago Miss Tappan Wis
fted Honolulu with patient and
could have been a marchioness right
there. but after taking stock of her
lovers accomplishments decided that
he would better hustle little longer.
He is now on his way to Italy to
straighten out the affairs of the es-
tate left recently by his father. and
he hopes, when everything is settled
that he will find himself sufficiently
insured against the wolf to ask Miss
Tappan to share his title.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-30
S. ?. FERRY BOAT
WORLDS LARGEST
Railway Is Building Craft
Which Will Garry SO
Cars and . Engines
Vessel Is 433 Feet Long
and Is Being Construct
ed Of Wood

on1cials Of the Southern Pacific
company yesterday took representa-
tives of the press across the bay in
the hre tug Ajax to inspect the
largest ferry boat In the world. now
in progress OF construction In the
company's shipyard in Oakland. The
boat, to be named the Contra Costa,
is to carry main line trains across
Carquinez straits, between Port Costa
and Benicia. Her cost will be about
$3.50, coo.
There will be four tracks 420 feet
long, running the length of the ves-
sci, which will have capacity of SO
freight cars and engines. or "a pas
senger cars and engines.
General dimensions are 43s feet 4
inches. length over guards; 420 feet,
length over transom: 66 feet inches.
beam nodded; 10 feet inches, depth
nodded; 19 feet 9 inches, depth amid
ships.
A safety feature consists in IA
bulkheads.
Two million board feet of lumber
will be used In the construction. 80
tons of spikes, rs tons Of round iron.
$1,000 treenails.
The hull and superstructure will be
entirely of wood.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-30
PURPLE COUPE IS !
AGAIN IN DEMAND
Millionaire Hensley's Fine
Car Wanted This Time to
Pay Designers Bill

The purple coupe" which Miss
Claire Apgar, secretary of George A.
Hensley, wealthy realty operator and
member of the Union League club. or
dered to be repaired. and which re-
suited In litigation over the repair
bill. has mysteriously vanished. ac-
cording to Attorney Ferno J. Schulz
Yesterday. Attorney Schulz Is seek
ing to attach the little coupe on a suit
against Hensley, filed in the justices
court. The attachment writ issued as
the result of the attempt of Paul
Schoschnig, a designer. to collect $3.50
which. he alleges, Mr.. Hensley and
Others. named in the complaint az
John Doe owe him for designing az
life preserver.
The preserver was patterned by Mr.
Schoschnig on August OF this year.
He claims he was promised $3.50. but
that Hensley failed to reward him for
his services.
Recently Mr.. Hensley's $4,000 lInf-
CUISINE was attached on suit py
Charles Hoffman. automobile man, for
1891, alleged to be due for repairs 20
the purple coupe. AT the time OF the
suit. ii was stated that Miss Apgar, a
beautiful brunette and fellow student
OF Mr.. Hensley's at the Paul Gerson
dramatic school. was the most fire.
ouent user of the purple car. Miss
Apgar lives at 1914 Pine street and.
although Attorney Schuhl had had
deputies at that place. and at the
Union League club for several days,
the purple coupe, with It's golden
monogram &c. A. H." has not aD-
peared. -
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-30
SECRET TARY LANE
DUE TOMORROW
Host of Friends Will Wei
come Cabinet Official
at Homecoming

Secretary of the Interior Lane will
arrive In San Francisco at $3.50 o'clock
tomorrow morning. He viii be met
at the Oakland pier by the reception
committee appointed by Mayor Rolph
Among those at the ferry building
to greet the secretary will be the
general committee. supervisors. city.
county and state federal officials and
members OF the IroQuois club. A re-
ception will be held in the nave OF
the ferry building
Arrangements for the banquet to
Secretary Lane on Wednesday even
ing, September 3, In. the palm court of
the Palace hotel are now complete.
Although no invitations to participate
have gone out. close to 400 applica-
tions for seats are already in There
will be room at the banquet tables
for 700 guests. all OF these seats being
in proximity to the speakers table,
owing to the compact arrangement
OF the palm court in which the ban
Quet will be held.
From present indications women
will be much in evidence at the Lane
banquet Nearly all OF those who
have made application for seats have
given notice that it is their intention
to have their wives accompany them
The following committee has been
appointed by the democratic county
committee to meet Secretary Lane
when he arrives: Louis H. Mooser,
Thomas w. Hickey. william II. Nc
Carthy, Lawrence J. Dolsn and TIM
othy A. Reardons ,.,.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-30
EX-C0NV|CT TRIES
To KILL IN FIGHT.
Pistol Held to Opponents S
Head Fails to Explode;
Battle Over Woman

A defective cartridge saved the life
OF Arthur Cohen, a tailor. in a fight
with Samuel r. Hull. paroled pris-
oner from San Quentin, when Hull
held revolver against Cohen's head
and snapped 1t repeatedly In the
Westbank building yesterday after
noon. In a hand to hand encounter,
Hull first fired at Cohen, who grabbed
his assailant's hand just in time to
divert the bullet. Then Hull put the
gun to Cohen's head, but the cart
ridge refused to explode.
Cohen, his father, Mrs Marie Budd
and Miss Violet Rowell, who, Hull
asserts, formerly was his wife, all
work In tailor shop. Mrs. Budd and
Miss Rowell are sisters. Hull, who
had been out of San Quentin a month,
had been friendly with Mrs. Budd
and yesterday afternoon he called to
see her.
Cohen resented Hulrs talking TO
the woman during working hours and
the fight followed. Hull was severely
beaten by several men and women
who went to Cohen's rescue after the
shot was fired. Cohen was cut by
being showed against a glass The
shooting and the scuffie In the hall
way caused great confusion in the
building, and 1t was more than an
hour before some of the clerks and
stenographers and employees OF theat-
rical agencies went back to their
work.
Hull served eight years in San
Quentin, having been sentenced from
Sacramento on white slavery
charge.
Ing shot at Cohen as the police led
him away. Cohen said he didn't care
to prosecute