Water Front Property Sale Reported in Juneau Town
Town rumors say Co W Young water front and wharf property sold to A S Kerry Seattle lumberman to establish large lumber yard and hardware on site next spring. Local agent E W Petit denies confirmation. property long on market and under option to C P R Company with dock plans if possession occurs. Site near City dock measures about 140 by 250 feet with 140 foot frontage and is among best dock sites on Juneau waterfront.
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Co. W. Young
A. S. Kerry
Seattle
E. W. Petit
City Dock
Juneau Waterfront
Moose Dancing Old Year Out at Loyal Order of Moose Ball
The lodge hosts a masquerade ball with over a hundred tickets sold. An extraordinary prize list honors participants with items ranging from clothing and jewelry to groceries and trips. Judges include Mr. Spick and Mrs. Span.
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Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose
Juneau Lodge
S. 0
Co. M
Mr. Spick
Span
Spack
Femmer and Ritter Drag Line and Hauling Ad
Femmer and Ritter offer drag line and hauling services with guaranteed satisfaction and reasonable prices. Coal delivered promptly from their Express. stand at Barford's Corner with primary phones 314 and residence numbers 402 or 403. Hollywood art prints and picture mouldings made to order by W. H. Case. via The Daily Empire want ads at 2-74.
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Femmer & Ritter's Express
Barford
Hollywood
W. H. Case
Special Council Meeting Sparks Public Outcry Over Dock Contract
A Friday council session sparked rumors of a secret meeting and a five year dock lease with a transportation firm. Citizens warn such a deal would raise freight and coal prices, while critics urge keeping the city dock open to all lines and coal from Westward fields. Councilmen largely support the contract. Gray absent.
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Nowell
Alaska Steamship Company
City
Steamship Company
Nanaimo
Fries
Juneau
Ita
Mr. Fries
Gray
New Mansion Hosts New Year Reception at Governor’s Office
Public New Year reception at the Governor and Mrs. Clark house will run Wednesday afternoon from three to five. For years no formal invitations are issued. the event is open to the entire public. The new mansion, completed weeks early, will be officially opened on New Year. Fresh flowers from Curacoa will arrive, while local ads promote Winter & Pond and Burford’s.
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Curacoa
Winter & Pond
Will Not Give Adrianople
CONSTANTINOPLE Dec 20 Turkish ministers state the Ottoman government will not consent to cession of Adrianople to the Balkan States under any circumstances. London Dec 30 Belgrade correspondent reports a Servian rumor that Roumania is mobilizing troops on the frontier.
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Constantinople
Adrianople
Balkan
London
Belgrade, Servia
Daily Telegraph
Roumania
Indian Sentences Still Pending in Liquor Case
Ten days earlier John Williams known as Jake Williams was convicted of giving liquor to Indians. Other defendants were punished with sentences already passed. Williams’ sentence was suspended pending communication with the attorney general. Legal experts debate if the law is defective or if Indians can be confined or set to hard labor for such crimes.
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John Williams
Jake” Williams
Williams
Soldier boys defend in federal robbery trial
The federal robbery trial adds interest as Capt Brooks and seven enlisted men testify for the defense. Star prosecution witness Patrick L Young, who pleaded guilty, describes a Sept 9 sequence in saloons and a restricted district. Four men allegedly divided twenty dollars after a series of visits to three houses. The defense seeks dismissal, claim of a single witness without corroboration, which the court rejects. The case will likely run into tomorrow with a strong defense planned.
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Capt. Brooks
Patrick L. Young
Young
Kanoff
Jones
Parent
Paris
Callender
Danish Steamer Valmer Wrecks Off Penzance
The Danish steamship Valmer was wrecked off Penzance in a violent hurricane on Saturday. Fifteen crewmen perished and the vessel is a total wreck, with extensive damage to regional shipping.
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Penzance
England
125000 Garment Workers Strike in New York
New York December 30 The largest labor strike by numbers to date began today with 126000 local Garment Workers Union members taking part, most of them women. Strikers say they will hold out until employers accept terms for shorter hours and better sanitary conditions in workshops.
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New York
Bers
Garment Workers’ Union
Bank Looting Cases End in Acquittals in Valdez
In Valdez on December 30, W H Parsons and F E Barbour were acquitted in a juryless trial for false statements about the Washington Alaska bank of Fairbanks. Three embezzlement charges against F W Hawkins also ended with directed acquittals. Hawkins, a former bank receiver, had been removed for paying money without court order. District Attorney Crossley, suffering appendicitis, remained to await possible surgery.
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F. W. Hawkins
Lyons
Hawkins
Washington-Alaska Bank
Overfield
Washington-Alaska
James J. Crossley
Sentences in dynamite conspiracy cases handed down
In Indianapolis on December 30, Judge Anderson sentenced guilty defendants in dynamite conspiracy cases. Frank M. Ryan received seven years in federal prison while Clancy to Munsey got six years each. Peter J. Smith and Barry drew four years. several others received one year and one day or two years. Many defendants had sentences suspended.
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Ternational Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers
Federal
Clancy, Benter, Young, Hockin and Munsey
Peter J. Smith
Cleveland
Barry
Bernhardt
Ray
Shoupe
Phillips
Wachmeister
Higgins
Painter
Spireman
Houlihan
Beam
Renner
Smythe
Legleitner
Anderson
Busey
Morrin
Redden
Hannon
McCain
Brown
Farrell
Cooney
Coughlin
Murphy
Kline
Clark
Ruffner Talks On Freight Rates In North Mines
J M Ruffner a leading North American mine operator visiting Juneau warns freight charges on the White Pass and Yukon route threaten the Pine Creek Ruffner Placer Mines in Atlin. He says reduced rates are needed or the industry will desert the region and quartz development will halt. He notes a recent discovery near Tewey lake with shallow diggings and potential summer hydraulic or dredging work.
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Ruffner
North Columbia Gold Mining Company
Pine Creek
Atlin
White Pass
Yukon
Mr. Ruffenr
Col
Conrad
Tewey Lake
Ward
Pioneer J. W. Waydeulch Visits Town From Auk Bay Ranch
The old pioneer J. W. Waydeulch arrived in town today coming from his Auk Bay ranch.
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J. W. Waydeulch
Auk Bay
A G Co Sues Treadwell Co In Alaska Mining Case
The Alaska-Gastineau Mining Company filed suit against the Treadwell Companies and Robert A. Kinsle to compel enforcement of a contract for the division and delivery of electric power from Sheep Creek power station. Peter Bicchieri and Shaja Deretich pleaded not guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon. N Marino and John James pleaded not guilty to indictments for giving liquor to Indians.
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Alaska-Gastineau Mining Company
Treadwell Companies
Robert A. Kinsle
Sheep Creek
N. Marino
John James
Humboldt Sails for Northern Ports
Seattle December 30 Steamship Humboldt sailed Saturday evening for Juneau Skagway and nearby ports. Cabin passengers include Silas W Hewitt Kavichovich KR P and Nick Puletwineh for Douglas Miss Alice James Miss Barbara Johnston Miss V McDonald among others.
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Seattle
Humboldt
Juneau
Skagway
Way Ports
Silas W. Hewitt
Kavichovich
KR. P
Nick Puletwineh
Douglas
Alice James
Barbara Johnson
V. McDonald
Unique programs seen at Masonic ball in Juneau Alaska
At the Elks hall the Mt Juneau Lodge ball featured blue envelope shaped card programs. They resembled miniature Masonic aprons with white silk strings and the square and compass emblem. The Empire job office produced them for the first annual ball, praised as a unique keepsake.
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Elks‘ Hall
Alaska
Empire
Mt. Juneau Lodge
No. 147
F. & M. A. Deserev
Monopolies Must Go Says President-Elect
Staunton Virginia December 30 President elect Woodrow Wilson uses a birthday dinner speech to call for eradicating monopolies and to suggest the Philippines could no longer be part of the United States’ frontier. Princeton December 30 Wilson arrives home with Jerry Sullivan Iowa and says he is “picking up threads of the situation in Iowa.”
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Staunton, Va
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
The
Philippines
Jerry J. Sulli
Van
Iowa
Sullivan
Towa
All Water Lines to be Investigated
The Interstate Commerce Commission will launch a comprehensive, nationwide inquiry into all steamship lines engaged in interstate trade. The probe will cover every aspect of operations, with emphasis on water routes between Pacific Coast ports and Alaska. Franklin K. Lane may supervise the Pacific Coast portion due to his expertise.
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Pacific Coast Porta
Alaska
Franklin K. Lane
California
Pacific Coast
Avalanche Destroys Town Mace Idaho Kills Man
An avalanche of snow swept through Mace Idaho destroying several buildings and killing James Flaherty. Many residents are missing and the death toll may rise as details remain unavailable. The event occurred without warning and left homes of inhabitants heavily damaged.
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Mace
James Flaherty
Citizenship for Porto Ricans recommended
Washington December 30 Immediate citizenship for Porto Ricans is urged in the annual report by W F McIntyre chief of the bureau of insular affairs. He notes steady progress on the island and argues citizenship should no longer be denied them.
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Washington
W. F. McIntyre
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Emulate Americans, German professor urges language study
Berlin December 30 Professor Alois Brandi founder of the German Shakespeare Society urges the British to devote more serious attention to modern languages. He praises American language education, notes shortages in German schools for teachers, and says England should expand intellectual exchange to fight ignorance and poverty. Winter & Pond advert follows.
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Berlin
Alois Brandi
German Shakespeare Society
University of Berlin
Young
Germany
Berlin University
Prussia
England
Suffragette marching group limp into Albany for inauguration
The remnant of about 300 suffragettes from New York reached Albany after a ten day march on foot. Seven footsore women remained under Commander-General Effie Jones who kept her cheer and resolve. The unit will be conspicuous at Governor Sulzer's inauguration on January 1.
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Albany
N. Y
Three Hundred
Gally
New York
Effie Jones
Sulzer
Son of Alaskan Boston Death by Own Action
Boston dispatch reports Charles W. Dirks seventeen year old son of fur dealer Henry Dirks of Unalaska suicided after losing seventeen thousand dollars in gambling He sent twelve thousand of his inherited funds to his mother in Nantucket Massachusetts and then killed himself.
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Boston
Charles W. Dirks
Henry Dirks
Unalaska
Nantucket
Mass
Mexican Army Reorganization Moves North
Mexico City Dec 30 The reorganization of the army in Northern Mexico has been begun by order of President Madero. The movement has developed ill feeling between the regular troops and the former insurgents.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Madero
Auto racer Hal Shain killed in track accident
Hal Shain, an automobile racer, died in Los Angeles yesterday after his car jumped the track during a race. The fatal incident occurred as spectators watched the event unfold, with authorities later confirming the death.
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Los Angeles
Hal Shain
Baby Girl Born In Aurora Weighs Seventeen Ounces
A baby girl weighing seventeen ounces was born yesterday in Aurora to Mrs Eva Booth of the Salvation Army. The newborn is described as perfectly formed.
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Aurora
Ills
Eva Booth
The
Salvation Army
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