Grand Jury Reports One Secret Indictment In Alaska
The grand jury handed in findings with one secret indictment and true bills against John Williams Al Lundgren Tony Kelly Dick Manson and Jimmie James for selling liquor to Indians. Several arraignments set for tomorrow include Williams Lundgren Manson Kelly and James with others pleading guilty or not guilty. Court adjourned to receive further grand jury reports as legal notes cover Anderson Royden and transfer motions in Caro vs Boughton.
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John Williams
Jake
al Lundgren
Tony Kelly
Juneau
Dick Manson
Jimmie James
N. L. Burton
R. W. Jennings
Anthony Kelly
Heid
Chas, Swain
Fox
Charles Philipps
Lewis Henderson
W. S. Bayless
Paul Bohn
Cheney
Anderson Vs. Royden
Anderson & Royden
Caro Vs
Juneau Gains From New Alaska Steamship Route
Alaska Steamship Company shifts Seattle to Southwestern Alaska service via Juneau with the Mariposa and Alameda mainly as passenger ships between Juneau and Seattle and the Jefferson and Dolphin handling freight. The plan promises faster three day trips when weather permits, fixes schedules, and boosts Juneau and nearby Douglas and Treadwell.
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Juneau
Alaska Steamship Company
Seattle
Alaska
Sound
Point
Mariposa
Alameda
Ketchikan
Jefferson
Dolphin
Northwestern
Seward
Douglas
Treadwell
Front Street
Puget Sound
W. E. Nowell
Mr. Nowell
Sitka to Have Storage Plant
W. P. Mills, a Sitka business leader, plans winter trip to California after awaiting the Mariposa. He says Sitka is prosperous and faces greater latent resource development. He notes mining grows quietly while fishing thrives and a large cold storage plant is likely next year to support halibut trade and keep Sitka connected to steamship lines.
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W. P. Mills
Sitka
Mariposa
Juneau
Mills
Masonic Meeting Set for Mt Juneau Lodge No 147
Mt Juneau Lodge No 147 FL and A M will hold its regular communication next Monday night with third degree work to be performed by all past masters. J R Willis will serve as Worshipful Master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Juneau Lodge
No. 147
J. R. Willis
Old Timer Returns to the Same Store in Juneau
Joseph F. Diggs, formerly of Cordova, has joined H. J. Raymond Co. in Juneau. He began his career 16 years ago under Ed and Jay Decker at a general merchandise store and now brings broad Alaskan connections to the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. Diggs
Cordova
H. J. Raymond Co
Diggs
Juneau
Jay Decker
Alaskan
Itoes
H. J. Raymond
Personal Mention: Local Names and Travel Plans
Win Peterson of Berner's Bay is in town and registered at the Occidental Mrs Sidney Smith. Dinning will sail on the Mariposa for a six week visit with Mrs Smith's brother Allan Dinning of San Francisco. Henry Olson, in charge of carpentry at Salmon Creek, was in town today. Henry Phillips, native printer, will go to Petersburg on the first boat touching there. Harry J Somers, manager of the Goldstein's department store dry goods, is confined at home by influenza. Steve Ragan of Haines is in Juneau attending court. Tom McCaul, laid up with la grippe, is able to be about again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Olson
Salmon Creek
Henry Phillips
Petersburg
Harry J. Somers
Goldstein
Bio Department
Ilineus
Steve Ragan
Haines
Juneau
Tom McCaul
la Grippe
Woman Smuggler Arrested In Major Conspiracy
New York December 12 government agents indicted Mrs. George Haldern wife of a New York Paris London lawyer in a vast smuggling plot. The scheme involved leading dressmaking houses nationwide and elaborate plans to smuggle foreign dress goods into the United States with further arrests expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Haldern
Paris
London
United States
Fisher Seeks 300000 for Alaska Mineral Study
Secretary of the Interior Walter L. Fisher has asked Congress for 300000 dollars to continue the investigation of Alaska mineral resources. The effort will involve the Kenai of Alaska and supporters in and out of Congress to secure the funds for this important work.
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Washington
Alaska
Secretary of the Interior
Walter L. Fisher
Congress
Kenda
Judge Landis Rebukes Government In Oleo Margarine Case
Chicago December 12 Judge Kenne sow M Landis of the United States district court rebuked federal officials over oleomargarine tax suits against Chicago manufacturers. He accused treasury officers of negotiating a compromise seven cents on the dollar and warned against softening penalties in the case.
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Chicago
Kennenesaw M. Landis
United States District Court
United States
Landis
United States Treasury
Nobility of exile arrives as fourteen Nicaraguan generals land
In San Francisco a diverse asylum grows as fourteen Nicaraguan generals banished by their government for anti rebel activity disembark from the steamer Peru. None resemble traditional officers, yet they bear the title General as they seek hotel accommodations.
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San Francisco
Central America
Pacific Mail Company
Peru
Valentine Umbrellas Available in Count Leno Styles
Christ ian receives a line of Valentine umbrellas featuring count leno inspired styles. The items offer protective shelter and tasteful design for gift buyers.
Recognition of the Chinese Republic Likely Next January
Secretary Knox says the United States will probably recognize the Chinese republic after January elections. In Portland to the Chamber of Commerce, officials note the move aligns with the ongoing Chinese political process.
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Portland
Ore
Portland Chamber of Commerce
United States
Knox
For Sale Kohler and Chase Plano Item
For sale notice lists Kohler and Chase property offered by Empire office with inquiry contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kohler & Chase Plano
Servia Insists On Adriatic Port At Peace Conference
In Paris Former Premier Novakovitch states Servia will demand a port on the Adriatic Sea during the London peace conference. In London the plenipotentiaries are expected to arrive today for talks at St James Palace. Bulgarian General Sayoff is highlighted among delegates.
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Paris
Novakovitch
Servia
London
Paris la Liberte
Adriatic Sea
St. James' Palace
Sayoff
Servian ambassador recalled as peace talks near London
Vienna dispatch reports the Servian ambassador to Austria ordered back to Belgrade under urgent instruction amid rising speculation about the London peace conference opening tomorrow. Athens notes Greece resumes hostilities with Turkey around Janina.
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Vienna
Austria
Belgrade
London
Taft to Hear Startling Mexican Outrage Claims
President Taft listened to disclosures about outrages against Mexican women and the seizure and ransom of Americans by Mexican rebels. Four American businessmen of Mexico presented the story, and an immediate investigation of the charges will be conducted.
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Washington
Taft
Mexico
Not Guilty in Bank Cages Perjury Trial
In Valdez on December 12 the jury found not guilty in the second Washington Alaska Bank cages case from Fairbanks. BE T Barnette president and Lewis Wing secretary were accused of perjury by allegedly filing false affidavits about the bank’s condition after it closed January 5, 1911.
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Valdez
Washington-Alaska
Fairbanks
T. Barnette
Lewis Wing
Barnette
Wing
Progressives select New York as permanent HQ for four years
In Chicago on December 12 the meeting of Progressive leaders concluded with choosing New York as the organization's permanent headquarters. An active four year propaganda program was announced for execution.
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Chicago
New York
Alien Gangsters Are Sentenced in Hillaville Shootout
Wytheville reports Floyd Allen and Bert Edwards of the Allen gang were sentenced today for the courthouse shooting at Hillaville last winter. Allen received thirty five years and Edwards twenty seven years in the state penitentiary.
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Wytheville
N. Ci
Floyd Allen
Bert Edwards
Allen
Hillaville
Edwards
State Penitentiary
One Hundred Years For Murder In Butte
In Butte Montana Judge Donlan imposed a 100 year sentence on Albert Halk for the murder of Thomas Slonski last summer. Halk smiled as the term was named. Also a second item notes Hilary McKanna Transfer offering coal hauling freight baggage and prompt service to Juneau patrons.
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Butte
Mont
Donlan
State Court
Albert Halk
Thomas Slonski
Halk
Juneau
Hilary McKanna
Johnsons Negro counsel ask to be stricken from Johnson case
Chicago December 12 Jack Johnson's Negro attorneys W G Anderson and JH Wright asked today that their names be stricken from the federal records as counsel for Johnson. The reason given was that Johnson had married the Cameron girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jack Johnson
W. G. Anderson
JH. Wright
Johnson
Cameron
Congress Recess Set Between 1910 and 1913
Washington December 12 Congress agreed to adjourn on December 19 and return January 2 1913 for a standard two week holiday recess President Taft named Judge Fenton W Booth of Illinois chief justice of the court of claims succeeding Judge Stanton J Peele of Indiana Henry S Boutell to succeed Booth as chief justice Boutell formerly a Chicago area representative who later became minister to Switzerland The House passed a bill for compensation to Southern state residents whose property was seized after June 1 1865 Hearings on tariffs to begin in January will include many manufacturers and industry representatives Robert S Lovett and Maxwell Evarts met Taft regarding the Supreme Court ruling dissolving the Union Pacific Southern Pacific merger.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Taft
Fenton W. Booth
Oflinois
Court of Claims
Booth
Stanton J. Peele
Indiana
Henry 5. Boutell
Switzerland
Boutell
Chicago
Robert S. Lovett
Harriman Railroad Systems
Maxwell Evarts
United States Supreme Court
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Railroad Strikers Fire On Boat With Strikebreakers
Hackensack New Jersey December 12 A party of Erie railroad strikers ambushed a boat carrying strike breakers along the Jersey shore of the Hudson river firing on it. Two Erie detectives were killed and twelve strikebreakers wounded. No arrests have been made.
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Hackensack
N. J
Erie Railroad
Palisades
Jersey Shore
Hudson River
Erle
San Domingo Boil Again as New Hampshire Heads South
Norfolk dispatch reports the cruiser New Hampshire sailing at midnight under rush orders for San Domingo amid a reported serious uprising in the city. The move comes as tensions heighten in the Caribbean crisis.
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Norfolk
New Hampshire
San Domingo
Bodies Recovered After Copper Mountain Snow Slide
Cordova Alaska December 12 The bodies of Fred Wahls and Bud Gallagher killed in the snow slide at the Great Northern Development Company's Copper Mountain camp were recovered. Five others remain buried in the snow.
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Cordova
Alaska
Fred Wahls
Bud Gallagher
Great Northern Development Company
Copper Mountain
Suffragettes to Have a Chance In Reform Bill
London December 12 Sir Edward Grey British foreign secretary writes to suffragettes that woman suffrage would have a chance in the government reform bill to be introduced after the holidays.
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London
Sir Edward Grey
Taft Re-elected President of American Red Cross Society
Dent W. H. Taft has been re elected president of the American Red Cross Society.
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Taft
Washington
W. H. Taft
American Red Cross Society
Girl in Minnesota Shares Helen Keller Like Tale
Vera Mabel Gammon a 15 year old from St Paul at the Minnesota School for the Deaf and Dumb is praised as the "Helen Keller of St Paul" for rapid progress after losing sight and hearing to illness. Blanche Hansen a deaf graduate from Gallaudet assists as teacher. She now speaks writes reads and sums daily lectures in sign language and raised print.
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Faribault
Minn
State School For Deaf and Dumb
Vera Mabel Gammon
St. Paul
Hiclon Keller
Blanche Hansen
Gallaudet College
Washington, D. C
Vern
Hyde Sentenced to Years in Sing Sing
Charles H. Hyde a former New York city chamberlain was sentenced to three years and six months in Sing Sing after a recent bribery conviction. The case marks a swift finish to the bribery charge and reflects a high level of municipal corruption exposure. Hyde faced the penalty as part of a broader push for accountability in city government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles H. Hyde
Sing Sing
Hyde
Election voids seat as Bowman unseated by corruption
Washington December 12 The election of C. Bowman Republican member of Congress from the Eleventh Pennsylvania district has been declared void for corrupt practices and Democrat C. B. McLean has been seated in his place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bowman
Congress
Pennsylvania
C. B. McLean
Former world tennis champion marries national doubles champ
Los Angeles reported the wedding of May Sutton, a former world tennis champion, to Thomas Clarke Bundy, a national doubles champion, held in the city yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
May Sutton
Thomas Clarke Bundy
W. H. Case Offers Christmas Fur Sets for Winter Warmth
Winter demands warm furs drive shoppers to W. H. Case which features fur sets suited for Christmas gifting. The display highlights broad selections for men and women and emphasizes durable craftsmanship and seasonal availability.
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W. H. Case
Pioneer Killed in Automobile Accident in Dayton
Louis Sharpstein, member of a prominent Walla Walla pioneer family, died Saturday near Dayton in an automobile crash. Diamonds, a wise investment, are unusually valuable now, and J J Sharrick promotes superior values under favorable auspices.
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Pioneer
Dayton
Wash
Louis Sharpstein
Walla Walla
Oon
J. J. Sharrick
Moccasins for Christmas at W. H. Case shop
A local shop, W. H. Case, advertises moccasins of all kinds as ideal Christmas gifts. The note highlights variety and seasonal shopping appeal to customers seeking footwear as presents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Case
Democratic leaders confer on party strategy in Washington
W F Mc Combs, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, met today in Washington with Speaker Champ Clark and Oscar W Underwood to discuss party strategy and upcoming congressional business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
Champ Clark
Oscar W. Underwood
Banker weds actress Willitte Kershaw in New York
The engagement of Richard Schuster of Speyer & Co to actress Willitte Kershaw was announced in New York. Valentine’s Store advertises a Christmas offer promising pleasure and economy in purchases that insure a merry season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard Schuster
Speyer & Co
Willitte Kershaw
Valentine's Store
Taylor's Sentence Commuted To Life In Oregon
Salem Oregon December 12 John W Taylor one of five men condemned to death for the murder of A H Perry of Harney County has his sentence commuted to life imprisonment The notice includes unrelated ad lines about hot chili beans and local printing services at Mayflower and The Empire Office
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Salem
Ore
John W. Taylor
A. H. Perry
Harney County
Seattle Gets Customs House in Puget Sound District
Washington December 12 Seattle will become the port of entry for the Puget Sound collection district replacing Port Townsend which held the position since the territory’s early days President Taft informed Congressman William E Humphrey of Seattle that he would sign the order moving the customs headquarters to Seattle.
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Washington
Seattle
Puget Sound
Port Townsend
Washington Territory
Taft
William E. Humphrey
Alaska Fish Agent Named by Taft in Dec 12 News
President Taft appoints Carl P. Henkel of Missouri as assistant agent of Alaska fisheries in a December announce. Henkel joins the Alaska fish service amid ongoing efforts to regulate processing and shipping in the region.
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Washington
Taft
Carl P. Henkel
Missouri
Alaska
Japanese Cabinet Crisis Deepens as Elder Statesmen Balk
In Tokyo on December 11 the cabinet trials drag on as elder statesmen refuse the premiership. A former premier, Marquis Matsukata, is the latest to decline the top post, prolonging the political impasse and delaying a final cabinet formation.
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Tokio
Japan
Marquis Matsukata
Liberian Soldiers Threaten Europeans in Cologne Report
Dispatch from Monrovia says Liberian soldiers along the Sestos River threaten European lives and are described as uncontrol lable. The report frames Liberia as a negro republic with limited progress and inferior civilization.
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Cologne
Germany
Monrovia
Liberia
Sestos
Souvenir Spoons and Bracelets at W H Case
Souvenir spoons bracelets ivory brooches and novelties are available at W H Case offering a varied selection for collectors and gift buyers. The shop hawks a range of keepsakes appealing to travelers and local buyers alike.
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W. H. Case
Fleet sailing and statuses from The Empire list
A historical shipping bulletin records vessels with sailing or ar status dates. Entries include Rolfe sailed December 11, Kennebec left banks December 8, Olga and several others noted as sailed or out with many ships dated December 9 through December 12 and some ready to sail. The list ends with a subscription prompt for The Empire.
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Rolfe
Kennebec
Banks
Dora H
Pacific
Mildred
Olga
Belle
Highland Queen
Louise
Valkyrie
Xhanthue
Wall
White Star
Lister
Olympic
Dolphin
Halley’s
Alameda
Annie
Uranue
Pollux
Cedric
Thelma
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Overfield
E. Valentine
Win. Peterson
Berner’s Bay
The
Occidental
Sidney Smith
Son Dinning
Fisher
Christian
Valentine
Royal Typewriter
Inquire Empire Office
Athens
Greece
Janina
Bull Moose Headquarters
Minnesota
Helen Keller
Taylor
Lockie MccKinnon
Empire Office
Norman Lunde
Vesta
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