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Weekly journal-miner., 1915-08-18
RICHENBAR BEGINS
 BIG DEVELOPMENT
(From Sundays Oaily)

Captain E. A. Seeley, who recent ly entered this field and took over the Richenbar gold holdings, ar rived from the camp Friday night in Black canyon, and reported prelimin- ary work as inaugurated. The old wagon road from Cordes siding has been repaired and mine work has started. w. E. Carter is in charge as superintendent, and his reputa- tion as practical miner, is a fore cast of a successful outcome of this undertaking.
 This will be the first time in many years where this property has re- ceived earnest consideration in be- ing handled by operators who are conversant with mines and mining.
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-08-18

Worth Rybon was recalled to the stand and asked if he had not said the night of the arrest that he had let one of the other fellows use his gun, and he replied that he could not remember making such a state ment. Campbell, while on the stand, said that he had made a statement of that kind.
 Robert Birch and Rybon were re- called to the stand by the county at torney in rebuttal. Birch declared that he had never said to Alto that he paid no attention to the laws in this county. Rybon declared that he had never said to Alto that he was going to fix him and the sheriff's office
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-08-18
TRIAL HALTS FOR
 DECISION ON LAW POINT
CFrom Saturdays Dailv.l

Every word and line of testimony in the first trial Benito Alto was compared and gone over thoroughly with that given yesterday at his sec ond trial for bribe-soliciting, most of it being the same, with a few ex- Captions, which were hotly contested by the defense and the prosecution.
 After the State had rested and AL
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-08-18

 the room, followed later by Sidney Birch. When Robert and Alto ar rived, the former asked the spot ter" what his proposition was, and Alto said that for $40O he would take his two assistants and go to New York, all three failing to appear when the cases against Larry Duff and Sidney Birch came up for trial They all said that Sidney was then called and the same proposition was put up to him. He, after hearing it, said that he was not in the bribe- giving business, and turned Alto over to Night Policeman Worth Ky bon, who had been stationed at the door. These four men were: ]. Van Reichard, F. M Anderson, Charles Scholey and Lyle Sharpnack. All of the witnesses said that nobody pulled a gun on Alto either before his arrest or after it.
 Scholey, when cross-examined, said that he had helped the county attor- ney select the present jury. He also said that after what he had heard and saw he had good reason to say that Alto should be convicted. He also said that he hoped his word had some standing against an Indians.
 Van Reichard, when asked as to why he was prejudiced against Alto, said that he had double-crossed the county and the people who were pay ing him, and also because he saw one of Altos assistants on the street with a big dirk sticking out of his pocket.
 Worth Rybon was another witness for the State. He told of being re- quested by Birch to make the arrest, Birch at the time charging Alto with bribc-soliciting. He took a revolver, some cash and memorandum book lway from Alto at that time, and his badge at his request.
 Scholey, when recalled to the stand, said that after Alto was ar rested he had been taken downstairs and some one called to them to take good look at him. One of the jurors asked why they should take l good look at Alto, and Scholcy ex- plained that they could only see the 'spotters" profile, his head and the upper part of the body when he was n the room.
 Robert Birch, recalled to the stand, said that he was prejudiced against Alto because he is a traitor, played he stool pigeon against the people md then against the sheriff's office.
 Larry Duff, who was examined the lay before, was again called to the stand and asked if anyone accom- panied Robert Birch on Tuesday, the night of the bribe-soliciting, when he went upstairs by the front way. Duff replied that Robert Birch, who went ID first, was alone and also that his brother, Sidney Birch, went upstairs lTone that night This testimony evi- Iently was introduced to contradict
 he statement which Alto made at lis first trial, when he said that the night he was arrested he went up stairs with Robert Birch in the front part of the building. Birch asserts the "spottcr" came up the back stairs.
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-08-18
JUDGE SMITH TO CLOSE
 COURT FOR VACATION
(From Sundays Dailyj

So far this summer the Superior court, Judge Smith, the court re- porter and the clerks office, have been kept unusually busy with irreg- ular jury sessions and the jurist an nounccd yesterday that with the com pletion of the Benito Alto case court closes up and he is going to flee to the hills for a vacation The first business in the Superior court, after the Alto trial, will be on September l3, when the calendar for next month will be called. The jurors for the next regular jury session will be on hand on the 14th when a number of criminal cases are to be tried
 Sues for Divorce.
 J. L. McNeely filed suit in the Stu perior court yesterday asking that he be granted a divorce from Ora McNccly, his wife, who. is at pres ent a resident of Long Beach, Cali fornia The cause given is desertion. The couple were married in Prescott in 1901. and have a 12-year-old boy who the father asks be left in the custody of the mother he paying for the sons support. McNeely alleges his wife deserted him in July, 1910. [ F. Russell represents the plain tiff
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-08-18
SECOND PAYMENT

WASHINGTON, August 14.-The second payment on the American owned cotton on the steamship Dacia was made today at the state depart ment by the French ambassador The amount was not made public
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-08-18
JURY PREFERRED
 ARGUMENT TO RETIRING
(From Sundays Daily,j

Deciding that they would rather tight out what Benito Altos fate should be than retire for the night, the jurors in the second trial of the 'spotter" were still delibcrating on the question after midnight with but little hope of reaching verdict, af- ter having been given their instruc tions by Judge Smith at 10:45 o'clock
 The confidence of both County At torney O'Sullivan, for the State, and Attorney E. s. Clark, for the defense, hat verdict in their favor would be returned, held out to the last in the closing arguments at a late session n the Superior court last night, while the prevailing opinion among the crowd in the court room, who had heard most of the entire trial, was that it would again be a hung" jury.
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-08-18

With the conclusion of the testi- mony and the arguments of County Attorney O'Sullivan and Attorney E. s. Clark, the fate of Alto was placed in the hands of jury for the sec ond time. The State and the defense are confident that a verdict will be returned in their favor.
 Featuring the closing day of the trial was the county attorneys work in twisting up the witnesses for the defense, including Benito Alto, in re gard to their testimony in this trial and the first. oBth Alto and Under sheriff Marks were caught in the net of O'Sullivan's cross-examination The defendant, who was on the stand the day before as the first witness for the defense, resusned his story with Tuesday night the 18th of May. Alto declared that on that night he came in the saloon by the front way, and meeting Robert Birch, accom- panied him up the front stairs and to the rear of the building into the room in which he is charged with having made his bribe-soliciting proposition. "When l got in there," said Alto. "he asked me to tell him what the sheriff had said about him and he also said that if l would tell him and then leave the country he would give me some money. l asked him if he had the money and he replied that he
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-08-18

to was placed on the stand in his own behalf, and had given small portion of his testimony, County At torney O'Sullivan raised point in objection to one of Clark's questions that caused the dismissal of the jury in charge of the bailiff for the night. Argument followed on the legal point, which was not brought up in the first trial.
 The point raised is whether Alto shall be allowed to testify as to what UnderS Sheriff Marks instructed him to do after he had informed him that the Birch Brothers had approached him. Judge Smith, after hearing ar guments, said he would render his decision this morning at 9 o'clock, when the trial will proceed. After making his objection to the ques- ton on the grounds that it would be hearsay, O'Sulliyan declared that to show Altos intent had nothing to do with it and that even if Alto was directed to solicit a bribe by counsel or a magistrate he is guilty neverthe- less Clark held that it was Altos intention to get more evidence and that he had no criminal intent when he went to see the Birch Brothers. Judge Smith declared from the bench that the fact that Alto was instruct ed by the sheriff's office to go and get money would be no defense, if it is proved that he said to the Birch Brothers that he would take the money, leave the country and fail to appear as a witness. According to authorities cited by the county attor- ney, Alto is guilty even if he was in structed by the nder-sheriff
 The fate of Alto was again placed at stake through Judge Smith deny ing a motion by Clark, asking that the jury be directed to return yer dict of not guilty, after the State had rested. His reasons were because he claimed Alto was not material witness in the cases against Larry Duff and Sid Birch, and because no criminal intent had been shown. The last statement was well prepared for by O'Sullivan, who had the table in front of him stacked with law books to prove that he was right in his statement that it would not be neces- sary to show the intent nor that ii would make any difference. Clark's statement probably caused the rais- ing of the question which Judge Smith has taken under considera- ton.
 A request of the county attorney that the jurors be taken to view the premises, the roof and the room from which Altos story was heard and in which he made the bribery proposition to the two Birch Broth CTS, was refused by Judge Smith be- cause no dispute had arisen over the places which were mentioned ill the testimony.
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-08-18
Alto Has Wife and Child.

Alto, who was the first witness for the defense, testified that he was "A years of age, was born i'll Mohave county, and was raised at an Indian school near Riverside, California. He said that at present he has wife and 7-year-old daughter in Riverside. He came to Prescott last February looking for work, and finding none went on up to Williams, finally re turning to Prescott about the first of April, when he was employed by Sheriff Young to run down bootleg ging in Yavapai county. For this he was paid $4 per day and expenses. His work was to go out and get the evidence and then report to the sheriff's office. While he was do ing this he played pool at the Birch Brothers place and also occasionally bought beer and whiskey from Larry Duff and Art Cook, he said. One udy, WlllC HC Was III lllC GSldDllSll
 ment, Robert Birch, he claims came up to him and told him not to be afraid, that no one would hurt him.
 This was on Friday, May IA, and Al to claims that Robert Birch also told him that day that if he wanted any thing to eat or smoke to speak up and they would give it to him. Alto says he told Marks of this and what Marks told him to do is what will not be admitted if Judge Smith rules in favor of the State in the ques- ton which arose yesterday afternoon
 Four of the men who were on the mattress outside the window when Alto made his proposition to the Birch Brothers were placed on the stand. and all told the story of how Alto and Robert Birch first came into
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-08-18
New Testimony.

Another new feature of the Alto case was the testimony of Thomas Adair, which was entered by O'Sulli- van to prove a collateral offense. Adair, who works in Jerome, and is a miner, testified that he first be- came acquainted with the "spotter" on April 2, at the Scopel hotel and that on May IS, he met Alto on the plaza and at that time the latter asked him if he would do him favor. Adair said: ''He then asked me if would tell Susana Cota and Joe Alp bolt that he would leave the country if they would give him $20O." Cota and Abbott, at that time, were each charged with having violated the Ii quor law Adair also said that. four or five days before Alto was arrest ed the "spotter" had told him that he was going to get money from the Birches and many others around town"
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25
IN
 OTHER PLACES

Juneau, May 25-Im the election held here yesterday to decide the question of license or no license to saloons the vets cast 974 ballots and the drys 934. There were S7C votes sworn in of which it is estimated 300 were wet; in addition the vets have 19S letters from ab- sent voters giving the writers con sent to have their ballots cast by proxy in favor of the granting of licenses. The total registered votes not cast were 621. The es- timated total wet majority is 600 out of a total entitled to vote of 2,2EO.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25
AT ELES HALL
 ON WEDNESDAY

The IIurd-Hibbard attractions, Q first-class vaudeville troupe, will open In Elks' hall, Skagway, on Wednesday, for one nights per formance. There are ten clever people connected with this company who will appear in six big acts. Of them the Ketchikan Miner says:
 "Ketchikan theater goers were thoroughly satisfied with the show put on at the Grand last night by the Hurd-Hibbard Thea trical company. The show was ex- cellent in every respect, the mem bers of the company all being ar t!sts in their own particular lines.
 For further particulars see adver- tisement in today's Daily Alaskan.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25

The above is the ending of a story that has been agitating the good people of Skagway for several weeks as to whether the four sa- looms that are now operating here should be given a renewal of their licenses for the coming year or closed out without recourse on the 1sl of July next. The commencement of the final chapter was begun on Friday, May 14th, with the con vening here of the First Territor- ial Convention of the Alaska w. C.. T. U. under the leadership ot Mrs. Cornelia TempletOn Hatcher, pres iFent of the organization, and with an assemblage of 16 dele gates gathered from all points in Southeastern and Southwestern Alas ka to assist in the work. The movement was started with a street parade and nightly meetings were held, during the session oi the convention, at which the gospel of temperance was preached to large assembIage of listeners. Consid- erable enthusiasm WAS aroused, al- though it was never seriously thought by any one well posted that the people advocating dry town would win at the election that came off yesterady.
 In the meantime the liquor men had not been idle and started in on an organized campaign to re tain the ground they felt might very easily be caused to crumple
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25
IN THE EASTERN
 WORLD IF SPORT

Greenwich, Conn.,, May 22-Yale's golf team meets the Princeton men today at the local links of the Greenwich County club.
 New Haven, Conn.,, May 22-The annual interschOlastic meet will be held here today.
 Chicago, i'll, May 22-The track meet between University of Illin- ois and Chicago is scheduled for today at the local college athletic grounds.
 Princeton, \. T. May 22-Har- wards tennis team is due to meet tbs Princeton's across the net play CTS here today.
 New York, May 22-FOurth an nuaI match of the Bulldog Breed- CTS Association of America will be held in this city. A number of val uable trophies are up as prizes.
 Pdssaic, Y. J., May 22-The Glen Ridge tennis club meets the Passaic Club today in the Jersey Tennis League tournament.
 Toronto, Can, May 22-The rae Ing meet of the Ontario Jockey club is scheduled to begin here today. IL VIII last until May 29.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25
SHORT LOCAL PARAGRAPHS
 AND OCCURRENCES OF INTEREST

The City of Seattle is due In Skagway at nine o'clock tonight.
 The Women's Auxiliary will meet tomorrow afternoon at 2:So in the Annex.
 A big crowd of young people
 ent up to lower Lake Dewey to- day on an outing.
 There were three full coachloads :f reople left on the train for tha interior this morning.
 The Mariposa left Seattle last night for Skagway with 73 first class passengers, mostly for inter TOT points.
 Willard, little son of MT. and M:$. w. R. Hillery, went over to Whitehorse this morning in charge of friends to visit his grandparents.
 The Dolphin Is due in Skagway from Seattle at 4 o'clock tomorrow morning. She has several passen- gers and 40 tons of freight for this port.
 The Princess MacqutRna will be in tomorr6w morning at o'clock with 36 passengers and 435 tons of cargo, included in which are 40 head of cattle.
 We understand there Is 8 move ment on foot to get up baseball .yame shortly between a team from the w. P. A. c. and one from a. mong the boys at the shops.
 The seven reel dramatization of Jack London's great story, "The Sea Wolff, at the Nugget movies last night, was greeted with a crowded house and proved one of the best plays ever produced In Skagway. Tonight will be repeated Sunday night, the headline of the same program that was shown which was the tenth installment of 'The Million Dollar Mystery"
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25
NOTES IF THE
 PUBLIC SCHOOL

Last Friday a half afternoon was given to manual trining.
 The Eighth grade are getting ready for their graduation exer- cises. They received the announce meLts today
 The pupils of the school will have a picnic either Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon of next week.
 Last Friday morning at ass ambly 6 program was given on "Cledn Up Week" consisting of The AutObi- ography of a Fly, by Lester Mover, the Ten Commandments of Good Citizenship, by Lela Malan, Neigh DOT Mine, by Etta Sundeen, Vocal duet, Happy Little Sunbeam by Irene Adams and Ruth Pedersen.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25

On a boat that leaves Seattle for Skagway tonight there will be many people on board who are bound for the inside. Among them will be Money King" Keelar and wife and a party of friends from California, who will visit in Skag- way for several weeks.
 Joseph Guyot, old time prospec-
 r iu the lofty mountain ranges surrounding Skagway, and who probably knows their secrets as well as any man living. has re- turned here again after several months spent in the towns along Gastineau Channel and taken up his residence on Eighth street, rear State.
 The case of Mrs. Dortero vs The Home Power Co.,, in which the trial jury year ago rendered verdict in favor of the former for S7,0O0, was today settled out of court by compromise, the defend- ant paying the plaintiff S3500 and also agreeing to settle the costs Of suit amounting to $500. The ac- cident, of which the damage suit was the outcome, occurred Nov. 20. 1912, and was caused by the charg- ing with electricity of the socket of an electric light .'lobe, from contact with which Mrs. Dor tsro received painful and disfigur- Ing burns.
 On account of the vaudeville show l at Elks' hall tomorrow night, Mana ger Geo. Mowl of the Popular Pic ture Palace has advanced the date for the sixth inatallment of Lucille Love, the Girl of Mystery" from Wednesday to Tuesday night for this week only. Unexpected happen ing is the keynote to the Lucille Love" series. Loubeque, disguised as q Chinese mandarin, plots to re cover the valuable papers. Here follows attentions of the captain and (C0ptfnucd m IaSf Dape)
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25
THE VETS WIN THE ELECTION
 BY A HANDSOME MAJORITY

beneath their feet by the tidal wave of temperance that is sweeping over the entire country. In this they were assisted by many of the business people of the town, who, while not addicted to the liq- our habit themselves, felt that it might possibly be a little too early in the history of a frontier town 10 insist that the rigid meas ures for the uplift of humanity that obtain in older communities should be adopted and put in force here at a time when the mu- uicipality, and the school district need a great deal more money for their proper upkeep than can be iegitimately raised by direct taxa tion of the property owners within the corporate limits. Before the end of the presnt year there will have been expended several thous- and dollars in putting in new side walks and upon other municipal improvements that have been much needed, and without the $4,000 rev enuc derived from the issuance of rccuse it was thought that the contemplated work would have to he curtailed and the revenue for the upkeep of the school be di- unfinished to such an extent as to seriously impair the usefulness of that institution. On these grounds principally they have stood with the liquor interests, as they had q perfect right to do, and it was this conservative element that de- .ided the way in which the major ivy of the ballots were cast.
 We believe in tLe rule of the majority, and now that the majority las decided in favor of license let us all get in and bury the hatchet on this issue for another year at tleast and work only for the best
 interests of the towI. in other di- rectioEs.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25

Haines, May 25-At the munich Ial election here yesterday on the wet and dry liquor question there were S7 ballots cast in favor of granting saloon licenses and 32 against. Twelve of those who were nr the enumerators' list did not vote. Many wet votes were chal- !enged and not counted.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25

At the municipal election yester- day to decide whether or not saloon licenses shall be issued for the com ing year, commencing July 1st, 1915 the vote was as follows: Wet 2a3; Dry" 13S; challenged, plac- cd in envelope and not counted, g.; not on censrs returns, votes placeI in envelopes, 3S.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25
DAYS
 BEFORE REPLY

Berlin, May 25-The German re- ply to the American note, accord tug to official information given out today, will not be ready for trans mission for several days owing to tie entrance of Italy into the war.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25
THE MOVEMENT
 SPENT ITSELF

Londcn, May 25-official adviees have reached here that the offen- sive movement in Galicia of the Ger mans and Austrians has spent It. self, and the Germans are now being heavily reinforced.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25
Prank of an EartnquaNe.

There was one curious effect Of a seismic shock in 1888. The cables con meeting Australia with the outer world were suddenly broken by a distant earthquake. and the government un. Ger the impression that m enemy had cut the lines. mohiizod the naval and military forces in readiness to repel at t9c1, -Van Mall Ca2nttp
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25
FLEETS MEET
 IN ADR|ATIC

Paris, May 25-The Italian and Austrian fleets met yesterday in the hdriatic Sea, and the former. under the command of the Duke of Abruz- 2, chased the latter to Pola. Three small Austrian ships were sunk and two surrendered to the Italians.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25
ALL MUST AGREE
 BEFORE PEACE

Rome, May 25-The Italian gov e'nment has given assurance that 1t will not conclude peace with any of the nations at war with the allies without the consent of the English, French and Russian governments.
 The Italian court is to be remoY- eG from this city to Florence.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25
CONSULS ARE
 TRANSFERRED

Seattle, May 25-German Consul Mueller, located in this city, has been transferred to Atlanta, Ga, and pr. Zopfell, German Consul at tha+ place will be Mueller's success CT.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25
ARE FIGHTING
 EAST OF YPRES

London, May 25-Fierce fighting is now reported to be in progress to the east Of Ypres, where the Ger mans with gas bombs are said to have penetrated the English lines.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25
INTERESTS BE
 LOOKED AFTER

London, May 25-German in terests at the Vatican have been c2ufided 10 the Spanish minister to 1rrfv
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25

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