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No. 85. TWELFTH YEAR. SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 1909 PRICE, 10 CENTS
Veteran Arctic Explorer Plants
Stars And Stripes On Pole
One Year After Cook ? Re
turning On SS. Roosevelt
(By United Press.)
NEW YORK. Sept. 6? The United
Press received the following bulletin
late this afternoon: INDIAN HAR
BOR via CAPE RAY. Nova Scotia ?
Stars and Stripes ualk-d to north pole.
Robt. E. Peary.
NEW YORK. Sept. 7.? Details re- ;
celved via Cape Ray by wireless from j
Commander Peary on board the steaux
er Roosevelt state that he reached j
tin* pole April 6, 190S>. He put the'
Stars and Stripes in a metal case!
and burled them in the ice at thej
pole.
Commander Peary sailed from Etah.
Greenland, in the Roosevelt in Auk.. >
l'.'OS, and wintered near Grant's land. 1
?bout 500 miles from the north pole.
He left the Roosevelt about March!"
I. i:M>9, and made a dash for the pole 1
with dog teams and sledges.
The Roosevlt will reach Chaletir <
bay late today and all the partlcu- 1
lars will be wired to the New York i
papers.
The New York World has accepted;
Peary's discovery as authentic.
Mrs. Peary is delisted at the news
that her husband has discovered the
north pole. 1 1
DISCOVERY PLEASES COOK
(By United P-esr.> j
COPENHAGEN, Denmark. Sept. 7 (
? Capt. Sverdrup, the world's fore- i
most arctic authority, has examined a
the data brought back by Dr. Cook C
Hid announced today that he was con J
l inced that Dr. Cook reached tho pol f
Dr. Cook today stated that in was
greatly pleased that Commander i
Peary had discovered the pole, as r
?hev could compare their data and a
xmvince the world of their discovery, p
LINER LOST
IN BAD F06
*1
(By United Pre**.)
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia. Sept. 6?
The Allen liner Laurentina ran ashore
today in a dense fog on the east
shore of Nova Scotia. The vessel
will be a total loss, but all the pas
sengers were taken ashore in safety.
Richard Kverett of Seattle, a col
lege friend of Royal Pullen. arilv^il
in town Saturday from the Vtlin dis
trict where he has been working all
suunner on the T. M. Daulton prop
erty. and went below on the Jefferson
, i
JUflY DIDN'T I;
WE TIME
|c
After the jury had deliberated four K
minutse, George Matthews and Louis ^
Rappuzzi were found not guilty of t
malicious destruction of property. Tho
charge was lodged by 11. Klchter and i
the trial was pulled off today before *
U. S. Commissioner LePevre.
Mr. Richter alleged that the two
defendants had damaged a rowboat
belonging to him. The preponder
ance of testimony showed that Rich
I ter's boat was not damaged and that
! the boys had broken up a boat owned
i by Mr. Rappuzzi under his orders.
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CAPT. MORTON
PASSES AIT
"Capt" John Morton died at 9 o' I
clock last Saturday night at the
White Pass hospital of a complica
tion of diseases and general debility
after an Illness of about two weeks.
He was 73 years old ami was one of
the earliest pioneers of Alaska, hav
ing boen mate on the Alaska Com
mercial company's ship that hoisted
the American flag on St. Paul's Island
In IS68. Between the years of 1871
find 1873 Mr. Morton was first officer
an vessels plying along the Alaskan
.oast for Goodall, Nelson, Perkins
ind company. l
"Capt." Morton was born near Ban- '
;or. Me., In 1836. He always follow- I
>d the sea and In 1865 he came a- <
ound the horn as first officer of a 1
ailing vessel. In the early SO's
"apt Morton served on the Olympian,
5anta Cruz and Ancon, old vessels
ormerly well known along the coast
He came to Skagway In 1897 ana
n 189S he ran a sloop, the "Cape
'igeon," between Skagway and Dyea
nd Haines. Since then he has sup
orted himself by doing odd Jobs
bout Skagway.
[liiT having "joined the Masons In 1872
le seldom mentioned this fact in g
kagway. He was married when east A
nd is survived by one son, and a t
ister at Bangor, Me., and a brother j,
>. F. Morton, a well known real es- j
ate man of Astoria, Ore. t
The funeral will bo held tomorrow
Horning at 11 from the undertaking c
larlors. All Masons are requested t
o attend the services. H
SEWAlSSON
IS AT SEATTLE I
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE. Sept. 7? General Wil
liam Henry Seward arrived In Se
ttle to participate in the dedication
}f the Seward monument. General <
Seward is the son of William H. Sew- <
ird, who was responsible for the pur
chase of Alaska by the United States.
DIVERS FIND ANOTHER BODY
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE. Sept. 6? Wireless from
Ketchikan states that the body of
Quartermaster Anderson was found
in the wreck of the Ohio by divers.
LARGE LABOR
DAY PARADE
(By United Presb.)
j NEW YORK. Sept. 6? Thousands ot
people wore In the Labor day parade
today, which was one of the biggest
demonstrations ever made by organ
ized labor. The parade took two
hours to pass a given point.
?Ianis
WORSE AGAIN
(By United Press.)
ARDEN, N. Y. Sept. 7? E. H. Har
rlman suffered a sudden relapse at
iis country home today ami physic
ans and nurses were hastily summon
?d. His exact condition is being
cept a profound secret.
UlRGEliWD i
AT IRE A.-Y.-P.
SEATTLE. Sept. 7 ? Yesterday was I
ieattle Day at the A.-Y.-P. exposition a
nd 117,013 people attended the ex- i]
ositlon, grounds, breaking the open- t
rig day attendencu record of 90,000 -
'radically the entire business dis- j|
rict of Seattle was closed down.
The Foresters of America celebrat
d with an elaborate procession
hrough the grounds. Monday wn.s at- 1
o Vancouver day and hundreds of r
Canadians helped swell the attend- I
ince. i
LORDLMLLE i
FINED HEAVILY i
VICTORIA, Sept. 2 ? Viscount Las- '
celles, who acted as aid to Earl Grey
an his recent trip to Dawson and the
Vukon Territory, was fined ?27">
here yesterday for having killed goats
and deer out of season in the north.
The complaint was made by the Nortj
west .counted Poi.co in the Yukon
T-rrltury and the fine was pa'..l by
Viscount Lascelles without any ;u*ott s
The Humboldt will be in Skagway
early Thursday morning and will sail
for Seattle before noon Thursday.
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DR. COOK IS WELL KNOWN
ON WEST COAST OF ALASKA
Dr. Frederick A Cook, who is now
in Copenhagen and claims to have
been the first man to reach the north
pole, Is well known In Alaska, as he
was in Cordova and Seward for two
years, in 1905 and 1906, making at
tempts to climb Mt. McKlnley, the
highest mountain on the North Ameri
can continent.
In 1906, after being out from Sew
atd for Several weeks. Dr. Cook re
turned and announced that he had
scaled the summit of Mount McKin
ley. The people of Seward were in
credulous and the Indians who accom
panied Dr. Cook stato, according to
veil known people from Seward, that
Dr. Cook did not reach the Hunimlt.
A half-breed named Alfred Lowe who
was with Dr. Cook positively stated
that the party never reached the sum
mit.
Dr. Cook published an account of
Iho scaling of Mt. McKinley in an
eastern magazine, but the matter is
a subjcct of controversy along the
west coast, where few people can be
found who believe that Dr. Cook real
ly made the ascent.
HUNGER IS ON THE CARPET
(By United Prcsc.)
T1EVERLY, Mass. Sept. G? Richard
Balllnger, Secretary of the Interior,
visited President Taft today and ex
plained his position in regard to the
Maskan coal land cases and his gen
| oral policy in refusing to withhold the
i water power riglits from entry.
It is believed that Gifford Pinehot,
chief forester, will be called here to
substantiate the charges which he
has made against Ballinger.
I COOK SUBMITS HIS EVINCE
(By United Press.)
COPENHAGEN n-nmarl, a~-. *
nternatlon polar exploration bureau
t Brussels to pass on his reports of
ils Journey to the pole and decide as
o the truth or falsity of his claims.
Dr. Cook this afternoon sent a ea
^Dr. Cook will * feave Brussels, Sept.
1!3 for New York.
BEVERLY, Mass. Sept. 6 ? Presid
ent Taft wired to Dr. Cook today
congratulating him on his discovery.
lUSKAN DISTANCE RUNNER IN SEATTLE
With a record for distance running
hat compares favorably with that of
nany better known athletes, Ernest
Ihelnmuth, an Alaskan inusher, ar
ived in 'town last night from the
S'orth. Rhelnmutli thinks that he has
he makings of a good marathon run
ler, and what ho has done in the
^'ortli shows that he is entitled to
ionic consideration.
He is credited with ten miles in 1
tour r? minutes on the Skagway base
ball field, where he had no cinder
path and the going was somewhat
rough. Ho raced the mall stago from
porcupine to twenty-mile Post, and
beat it handily, going the 20 miles
in 2 hours 20 minutes.
Rheinmuth anxious to race some
of the would-be marathoners In the
Northwest.? Seattlo P. I.
TO RAISE OR NOT TO RAISE ,
(By United Press.)
SEATT1 E. Sept 7? The marine un
derwriters .ho have Insured the Ohio
and her cs 'go will decide today whe
ther or not to raise the vessel.
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