Governor Clark Report on Alaska for 1912 Highlights Copper Growth
The annual report to the Interior Secretary notes a small rise in habitually settled residents but a population decline overall in Alaska. It cites reduced interior placer mining and weak land laws, while praising rail link prospects, a local legislature, fisheries development, and copper and gold activity in Prince William Sound and Fairbanks. It covers commerce, taxes, school law extensions, native policy, and requests for building funding and new laws.
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Clark
Secretary of the Interior
Alaska
United States
Yukon River
St. Michael
Bering Sea
Arctic Ocean
Yakutat
Unalaska
Oman
Prince William Sound
Fairbanks
Juneau
Alaska Governor Reports Prosperity With Needs
Governor Walter E. Clark informs Secretary of the Interior that Alaska has prospered in many respects but lacks railroads and cheap fuel. He urges proper development through adequate transportation and the opening of coal mines to spur growth.
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Washington
Walter E. Clark
Alaska
the Interior
Fisher
Passing of Hero of San Juan Hill
Harry Andrews known as Bunk, a colored veteran of the Spanish American War who led the San Juan Hill charge, died after three weeks with tuberculosis at St. Ann's hospital. He lived in Juneau after service, was beloved by miners, with a sister in Philadelphia and no other known relatives. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Harry Andrews
Philadelphia
Juneau Girl Captures Fairbanks Union
John Krugbaum reports from Fairbanks that Annie Ahlimo formerly of Juneau and Fred Bowman of Fairbanks were married on December 3. Bowman is proprietor of the Golden Gate hotel in the Tanana metropolis. Juneau friends join Mr. Krugbaum in wishing the couple happiness and prosperity. Watch FR P Nelson's place for Xmas gifts.
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John Krugbaum
Fairbanks
Annie Ahlimo
Juneau
Fred Bowman
Bowman
Krugbaum
Golden Gate
Tanana
Charles Goldstein Boosting Dinner in Juneau
Charles Goldstein urges Juneau business leaders to unite at the Commercial Club dinner on Tuesday evening January 14. He says city progress depends on coordinated effort and timely replies for final seating.
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Charles Goldstein
Commercial Club
Steamer Operator F C Bunce Aboard Seattle Flight
F C Bunce who operated a steamer on Kenal take last season was a passenger for Seattle on the Northwestern.
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F.C. Bunce
Kenal Take
Seattle
Nothwestern
Man proposes then commits suicide with dynamite in Oregon home
In Klamath Falls Oregon on December 27 George Cowan proposed to Miss Adeline Beck who rejected him. He then used dynamite to blow up the kitchen, killing himself and causing extensive damage but injuring no one seriously. The house occupants escaped unharmed.
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Klamath Falls
Orc
George Cowan
Adeline Beck
Cowan
McDonald Arrested in Mexico on Murder Indictment
Seattle dispatch reports Joseph Mac Donald, indicted for murder in Juneau Alaska, arrested at Guanajuato Mexico. District Attorney Rustgard notes no new details since a Monday cipher message. extradition papers should be in Washington now. Judge Malony says a wire from McDonald indicated he would depart for Juneau on December 29 unless advised otherwise.
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Seattle
Joseph MacDonald
Juneau
Alaska
Guanajuta
Mexico
Rustgard
Jos. McDonald
Washington
J. F. Malony
Jos
McDonald
Junean
Taft Sails For Home From Colon Panama
President Taft and party sailed today on the battleship Arkansas for Key West Florida. He said he would appoint Colonel Goethals governor of Panama as soon as he reached Washington.
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Colon
Panama
Taft
Arkansas
Key West
Florida
Colonel Goethals
Washington
Juneau Climate Quip From Macy Letter Claim
A letter to Mrs. John F. Soderstrom in Juneau offers $5.37 refund from R. H. Macy & Co citing navigation closure to May 1. Meanwhile a U S Weather Bureau report compares December temperatures across Alaska and the Eastern States noting notably milder Alaska readings, with Sitka and Valdez near freezing and Winnipeg much colder.
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Juneau
Alaska
East
United States Weather Bureau
New York
Boston
Valdez
Sitka
Winnipeg
Tanana
Georgia's Incoming Passenger List
The Georgia arrived from Sitka at 9 30 this morning and was scheduled to leave at two this afternoon for Skagway. Passengers arriving included Dr F L Goddard Chas Helsing from Sitka H W Zall W G Bruce Mrs Murphy Geo Kern Chas Murphy Gus Fiske Jas Cannon Wm Dunder A Deheroix M Davis Mrs Ed Snyder T Dockery Miss Bell from Baranoff Jas Nell from Gypsum Robert Raines Samuel Glover from Hoonab Alfred Warden and wife J H March
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Georgia
Sitka
Skagway
F. L. Goddard
Chas. Helsing
Tenakee
H. W. Zall
W. G. Bruce
Murphy
Geo
Kern
Chas
Gus Fiske
Jas. Cannon
Dunder
A. Deheroix
M. Davis
Ed Snyder
T. Dockery
Miss Bell
Baranoff
Jas. Nell
Gypsum
Robert Raines
Samuel Glover
Hoonab
Alfred Warden
J. H. March
A Task Set for the Next Congress
The Ways and Means Committee estimates tariff legislation must raise 360 million dollars by the next Congress. Attorney General Wickersham investigates alleged improper methods by agents of the Department of Justice. Enforcement of the neutrality laws on the Mexican border is noted.
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Ways and Means Committee
House
Department of Justice
Bulgaria to Resume War Against Turkey War
A dispatch from Rucétiťchuk reports Bulgaria readies war operations against Turkey with the minister of war summoning all Bulgarians up to age sixty capable of bearing arms. London reports little hope for peace envoy agreement as each side denounces the other’s demands as preposterous.
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Berlin
Rucétchuk
Bulgaria
Turkey
London
Wilson Talks Currency Reform in Bed Talk
President-elect Woodrow Wilson, ill with a severe cold, discussed currency reform with Glass, chairman of the House Banking and Currency Committee, and financial writer H P Wills in Princeton New Jersey. He then traveled through Philadelphia en route to Stanton Virginia.
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Princeton
N. Jiy
Woodrow Wilson
Glass
House Committee On Banking and Currency
H.P. Wills
Philadelphia
Stanton, Va
Dynamite Cases in Jury's Hands
The Indianapolis jury in the dynamite conspiracy cases retired at five o'clock after a trial lasting nearly three months. Forty-one men faced a general indictment as deliberations began.
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Indianapolis
Mexican National railway shopmen strike for higher wages
Mexico City dispatch reports seven thousand shopmen on the Mexican National railway have walked out, demanding wage increases and shorter hours. Workdays are said to average twelve hours. Paris notes Premier Poincare agreed to run for French president to succeed Fallery, with term ending in January.
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Mexico City
Mexican National Railway
Paris
Poincaire
France
Falleries
Masonic Ball Grand Success
The Mt Juneau Lodge No. 147 F and A M held its first annual ball at Ellis' hall last night. The venue featured evergreen decorations and Masonic emblems with punch and luncheon. The Treadwell orchestra played as about 125 couples danced under bright lighting, with many attendees from Douglas island.
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Mt Juneau
Ellis
Treadwell
Douglas Island
Judge Overfield Seeks Definitive Valdez Summons Fate
Today Judge Overfield said he has no definite information on his summons to the Westward. He cannot say whether he must go or when he would depart if required, noting uncertainty about his June departure.
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Overfield
Junean
Parcels Post to Begin January First
The parcels post law takes effect on January 1. Postmaster E L Hunter will handle local business. Parcels must show sender name and address with From. Second and third class matter will not use parcels post rates. Packages may be insured for ten cents. value not over $50. Fourth class material must go by parcels post. The public should verify stamps at the post office before mailing. The system will greatly increase local post office workload.
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E. L. Hunter
Federal court case delays as Indians liquor charges rise
The trial of Dick Manson, an Indian, for giving liquor to other Indians extends into a third day in federal court. Grand jurors indicted Peter Bicchieri for assault with a dangerous weapon and Goo V. Green and N Morano for liquor to Indians. Morano faces a second indictment. Morano pled not guilty to the first indictment. The grand jury sought John James’s indictment correction and heard testimony from saloon operators. Officials hint the grand jury may be dissolved next week.
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Dick Manson
Peter. Bicchieri
Goo. V. Green
N. Morano
Morano
John James
Court House
Langford Knocks Out McVey in Thirteenth Round in Sydney
Sam Langford defeated Sam McVey by knockout in the thirteenth round during a boxing bout held in Sydney on December 27. Langford secured the victory with a decisive finish in Australia.
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Sydney
Australia
Sam Langford
Sam McVey
Special sale in winter calendars at reduced prices
Dr F L Goddard of Sitka Hot Springs arrived on the Georgia this morning to take his father's body to Tacoma for interment. He runs a health sanitarium at Sitka Hot Springs and formerly led the Western Washington hospital for the insane.
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F. L. Goddard
Sitka Hot Springs
Georgia
Goddard
Tacoma
Western Washington Hospital
The Curaçao Sails for Northern Ports
Seattle dispatch reports the steamer Curaçao sailed last night for Nomeau with passengers R. Geary John Johnson S B Agnew K Sarin D T and J B Denny W Irwin and Thomas Brandon aboard.
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Seattle
Curacao
Tuneau
R. Geary
John Johnson
S. B. Agnew
K. Sarin
D. T
J. B. Denny
W. Irwin
Thomas Brandon
Slav Empire plan reported by Vienna telegrams
Vienna telegrams claim Archduke Franz Ferdinand seeks a vast Slav Empire in the south of Europe under Habsburg rule and a possible Austro-Hungarian coup d etat to clear the way. Other powers would need consent, unlikely to be granted, with Balkan interest at stake.
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Paris
Vienna
Petit Journal
Franz Ferdinand
Europe
Hapsburg
Austro-Hungary
Balkan States
Salonica
Albania
Greece
Servia
Albanaian Adriatic
Servis
Russia
Montenegro
Antivari
Dulcigno
Scutari
Suffragette Gladys Cour sen Engaged to Griffith Bonner
Poughkeepsie New York December 26 Miss Gladys Cursen a suffragette marcher and Griffith Bonner grandson of Robert Honner the NY horse man and publisher have announced their engagement. The couple met here for the first time.
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Poughkeppsie
N. Y
Gladys Coursen
Griffith Bonner
Robert Honner
New York
Progress of the wireless telephone at 35 miles
Assistant Prof G W Pierce of Harvard spoke by wireless telephone from Fresh Water Cove laboratory to W H Capen Harvard Wireless Club manager and others at Cambridge Massachusetts distance of 35 miles for fifteen minutes The conversation was clear and distinct The experiments used two aeros with wireless power 350 feet above sea level built for such tests
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Cambridge
Mass
G. W. Pierce
Harvard
W. H. Capen
Harvard Wirless Club
Fresh Water Cove
John Hays Hammond, Jr
Gloucester
Harry Hare Dies at Morningside Sanitarium
The governor’s office was advised of the death of Harry Hare an inmate at Morningside sanitarium Portland Oregon on the morning of the 15th instant Death caused by epileptic convulsions Hare was received at Morningside on November 3 1908 after being committed from St Michael Alaska
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Harry Hare
Morningside Sanitarium
Portland
Oregon
Hare
St. Michael
Alaska
Trial of Hawkins Begins in Fairbanks Bank Case
Valdez Dec 26 Twelve misdemeanor indictments against F W Hawkins former cashier of the Washington Alaska bank of Fairbanks have been combined by agreement of the district attorney and Hawkins counsel. The trial began yesterday and may go to the jury this evening. Four felony indictments remain pending.
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Valdez
F. W. Hawkins
Washington-Alaska Bank of Fairbanks
Hawkins
Briggs Reports Snowy Pearl Straits Visit
Be C Briggs returned from Pearl Straits Baranoff island noting 18 inches of snow and ongoing stormy weather. He reports abundant game and fish with deer plentiful enough to herd like sheep and sees potential for mining development in the region.
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BE. C. Briggs
Pearl Straits
Baranoff Island
Banquet Committee Sets Jan 14 Dinner Plans
The Commercial Club banquet committee, in charge of the January 14 dinner, will meet tonight. Members expect the event to be a grand success based on current indications.
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Commercial Club
Porcupine Mary Bound Over For Liquor Charge
Marshal Faulkner received a wire from Deputy Harding at Haines that Mary Boyle known as Porcupine Mary has been bound over on the charge of giving liquor to Indians. The defendant and witnesses will be brought to Juneau on the next trip of the Georgia.
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Faulkner
Harding
Haines
Mary Boyle
Porcupine Mary
Juneau
Georgia
Indicted Son Kills Mother Over Will Dispute
In San Francisco on December 27 Joseph Jones a second hand dealer in the Mission district was indicted for murdering his mother Lena Jonas. Prosecutors say she willed him all her property and he planned to remove her to prevent a possible will change.
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San Francisco
Joseph Jones
Mission
Lena Jonas
Jonas
McClernand Retired as Brigadier General of the Line
Secretary of War Stimson orders General Edward J. McClernand retired with the rank of brigadier general of the line in Washington on December 27.
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Washington
Stimson
Edward J. McClernand
Cummins Father Dies in Des Moines Iowa
Thom as L. Cummins father of Senator Albert B. Cummins died in Des Moines Iowa on December 26. The obituary notes his lineage and his connection to the senator.
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Des Moines, In
Thomas L. Cummins
Albert B. Cummins
Man commits self defense killing in Port Orchard
W C Newman Kitsap County court clerk says he acted in self defense when he shot and killed his stepfather Jack Davis aged eighty in Port Orchard Washington. The coroner's jury exonerated Newman for the fatal shooting after the incident yesterday strengthening the claim of self defense.
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Port Orchard
Wash
W. C. Newman
Kitsap County
Jack Davis
Davis
Newman
Horse Death Triggers Stable Boy Suicide Grief
In New York on December 26 Frank Fisher, a stable boy for the notable racing horse Sysonby, killed himself today, driven to despair by the horse s death. The incident underscores the intense pressure and tragedy surrounding equine racing legends and their handlers in the sport.
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New York
Frank Fisher
Sysonby
Union Official Killed in Chicago Fraternal Union Noted
James Con way, official of the United Steam fitters Union, was shot and killed today in Chicago. Thomas Freer, the union's secretary, is identified as the shooter. Police investigation underway as members react to the fatal incident.
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Chicago
James Conway
United Steamfitters Union
Thomas Freer
Union
Suf fragette march resumes toward Washington
Hudson NY December 27 The suf fragette army moving from New York City toward Albany remains undaunted by desertions and plans to continue the march to Washington in time for the inauguration.
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Hudson, N. Y
New York City
Albany
New York
Washington
Doherty Named City Wharfinger Succeeds Cherry
Ed J Doherty of New City has been excused from trial jury duty until Monday. He is appointed city wharfinger to replace L C Cherry who recently resigned from the post.
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ED J. Doherty
THE
NEW City Wharfinger
J. Doherty
Doherty
L. C. Cherry
Georgia's Outgoing Passengers on Enroute North
A passenger list shows the Georgia on route to the North carrying Haines-Girst Felsh Chas Murphy Mrs Murphy Mr Murphy Sam Davis Steve Ragen and W B Stout.
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Georgia Enroute
Haines
Girst Felsh
Chas. Murphy
Mrs. Murphy
Mr. Murphy
Sam Davis
Steve Ragen
W. B. Stout
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Alaska Fisheries Department
San Juan Hill
Fairbanksan
FR. P. Nelson
Chas. Goldstein
Goldstein
John F. Soderstrom
House of R. H. Macy & Co
Herald Square
Yours Truly
R. H. Macy & CO
National Weather Observer
Dem
Wickersham
Wilson
Masonic
Grand Jury
Gatio
Langford Licks McVey
DR Goddard
Morningside
Gen. McClernand
Cummin
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