?he jpailtj gUashan
No. 238 FIFTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY ALASKA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1918 PRICE 10 CIMTP
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MHES III t SHME
Leavenworth, Jan. 2 ? On New
Year* Day, when people are sup
posed to be merry and enjoy all the
good things of lite, the federal
prison doors at Leavenworth closed
on thirty men who were recently
convicted at Indianapolis of trans
porting dynamite with malicious in
tent.
Soon after their arrival they
were registered, their ages and
physical measurements taken, and a
number given each of them. Then
they were escorted to the barber (
where their heads and beards were
shaved and suits of striped clothing
supplied, and they were placed In
cells.
With the exception of Hockins,
the men have been paired and given
quarters in proximity to each oth
er. but Hockins, owing to his
traitorous confessions against the
other convicted men, Is looked upon
with contempt, and his fellow prison
ers refuse to share cells with him,
so far the peace of the Institution,
he has been given a cell to him
self.
With the visit to Skagway of
Constable James Fyfe, of the Royal
Northwest Mounted Police, who ar
rived in the city day before yester
day and will leave tonight for Dun
dee, Scotland, one of the saddest
events of the history of the north
is recalled.
Four members of the Mounted Po
lice left Herschel Island two years
?go. bound for London to attend the
coronation of the king. They In
tended to make record time and
started out with their dogs and suf
ficient equipment to carry them
through to Dawson; but day after
day passed and the men did not ap
pear Then it became evident that
they were lost or some calamity
had befallen them.
Constable Fyfe with others, were
detailed to go to their rescue. They
went and after the usual difficulties
of travel, found traces of the lost
men, three of them having died
from exposure and starvation, while
the other one had committed sui
cide in his desperation. The lifeless
bodies wero taken to one of the
camps of the north and there in
terred in rude pine boxes whipsawed
from the native timber.
Mr. Fyfe has been with the Ca
nadian boundary survey for a num
ber of years, and after spending a
few months In Scotland, he will re
turn to the north. He tohl the re
porter of the Daily Alaskan that
nothing could keep him from the
north hereafter. That there was a
wildness and an unrestrained free
dom in that boundless country which
appealed strongly to him.
XKW YEARS CELEBRATED
BY TWO l'RIZE FUJHTS
Los Angeles, Jan. 1 ? In the
eighteenth round of what was to
have been a twenty round go, Pal
ser lost the fight to McCarthy last
night. The battle was a terrific one
and Palzer took an awful beating be
fore he wilted. Referee Eyton
stopped the contest and awarded
the decision to McCarthy, by raising
the hand of PaUer as a signal that
he could go no farther.
?
San Francisco, Jan. 1 ? Tom Mur
phy was adjudged the best man in
the seventeenth round of a schedul
ed twenty round fight with Frankie
Burns. When it became evident
that Burns was all In, Referee Jack
Perkins threw up the sponge thus
indicating that the fight had gone
to Murphy. ?
CONFESSING DYNAMITER
BACK IN LOS ANGELES
Indianapolis, Jan. 2 ? Ortie Mc
Manigal, the confessed dynamiter,
who has been acting as a witness in
the dynamite cases, was returned to
Los Angeles yesterday.
F or ??????
New Years Eve
Another Year has i??sf<i
an' I the new one is ujn.n u?
with its usual welcome. \11
l ho years have a peculiar faculty of
averaging themselves up in such a
manner as to show a constant march
of progress with most of us? a re
verse or two here? a bit of pxnl
fortune there. Wo would not appre
ciate the sunshine were it not for
an occasional rainy <!ay.
- I . >
A AS WE LOOK HACK upon
the past year and upon the
pages which indicate how the
world has tanked with us, we have
reason to feel grateful. It is the
time of year when we want to di
gress merchandise new? long enough
to express in this manner our pub
lic thanks to those who have made
our progress and success possible.
Wo propose * TOAST to YOU ? OI K
CUSTOMER? Your Health and a
Happy and Prosperous Xew Year.
H. J. LYNCH
. . . ? ? ? ? ? t. X J. J.
Panama
Canal
Will i
Help
By Sir GEORGE
H RFID
America's
Trade
With
Australia
I
Commissioner of
Australia In
London
Pnoto 9 by Amvrtcan Prett Aaaoctatlon
CHE PANAMA CANAL WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR AUB
TRALIA EVENTUALLY? NOT 80 MUCH IN THE NEAR FU- |
TURE. BECAUSE OUR WHOLE TRADE IS NOT SO BIO,
BUT LATER VERY IMPORTANT INDEED.
1 don't think there will bo very great or very sweeping changes in
the course of commerce in our direction immediately after the open
ing of the canal, but the INFLUENCE OF THE NEW ROUTE
MUST GROW.
1 think that America is to be congratulated on the way it has car
ried out this stupendous undertaking to a successful conclusion.
It has been a big work done in a big way, and ONE IS NAT
URALLY A XX Kirs TO SEE THE UNITED STATES GET ALL
THE BENEFIT POSSIBLE FROM THE RESULTS conaiatcnt
with its obligations to the rest of the world.
There is quite a healthy trade between Australia and the United
States, and the trade is increasing, but no so fast ad the trade with
Germanv
'TWAS SOME
MASQUERADE
The much talked of New Yearn
masquerade ball met all expecta
tions Tuesday night when nearly
half the city attended either as
spectators or maskers. The White
Pass Athlttlc club never entertain
ed a happier crowd than they were.
Soon after the maskers arrived a
few dances were had and then the
grand march was called. Postmast
er Kindell, "Movie" Thompson and
the editor of the Dally Alaskan
were asked to serve as Judges In
awarding the prlies. These men
were selected not because they
knew anything about costumes, but
because from their semi-public ca
pacities they were used to being
scorned and criticised, and conse
quently would not feel bad when
their decisions were held In con
tempt.
The judges watched the maskers
parade around for a half hour, but
there wero so many beautiful cos
tumes that no decision could be ar
rived at, and the order went forth
to have the parade continue. Then
they made the following awards, to
which they desire to add that there
were so many "honorable mentions"
that space prohibits publishing the
names of them all.
Handsomest costumes: Mlse Ar
nold and Dr. Gable.
Most comical: Mrs. Black and the
whale, the whale being represented
by the Rapuiil brothers and Wllllr 1
Bledsoe.
Best sustained characters: Mrs
Van de Wall. Will Hlllery.
Best group: Rosy I)ortero and
Fannie Dreht'r.
Best waltiers: Mrs Johnson and
Theo. Van Hook.
Best two Hteppers: Mrs. W C
Blanchard, I.ee Gault.
The prlxe winners all recelred
presents which were donated to the
club by the merchants.
At midnight when the old year
was supposed to have died, the
dancers gave cheers of welcome to
the new year and then after an
other dance the party disbanded.
I'LAYKD HltiH JINKS
IN WINDY CTTY
Chicago, Jun. 2 ? Notwithstanding
the efforts of the churches and so
cieties for the prevention of noises,
to make the New Years Eve cele
bration one of quietness and pence,
the revelries throughout the city
were unusually demonstrative. The
saloons were permitted to remain
open, and In the cafes liquors were
served to larije and bolstrous crowds
until morninf.
MM HEW lEB
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
London, Jan. t ? After an Melt
ing peac# aeaalon held todar.
Turklah peace commlaalonera ??**?
acceded to all the d?manda of th#
??Ilea, with the on# exception of
giving up Adrianople. It la belley
-A tUnt Awrtrl* M tarlrlm T?r*?f
in k*r r*f*?nl to ifirm ?* tfcal en y
With f h* app?r?nt r1<?tr? for !*? f
?rt*Mi?hm*nt of pumr* on IM part
of Turk#*, It nvm ***mu tfcM ?
?r?4Mlr mlJ??*?ont of tfco ronflM
may b*
FX>SH I* HI'HKTTKH;
KKRKIh IN NHHRiAR
Boston, Jan. 2 ? The Maassrhus
ettes legislature began It* session
thl? morning, by participating In
the inauguration of Oovernor Foss
tensing, Jan 2 (inrfmor Fer
rla waa Inaugurated governor of
Michigan thla morning and Immed
iately entered upon Ma duties
MIKMKIl PORKNT (>mt KR
AGAIN IN ntolRI.K
San Francisco, Jan. J? Ixwta R
Olaria, former forest officer, who
waa removed for actions detriment
al to the department, la again In
trouble. After filling the appoint,
ment to a state otTlce in California,
for some time hl? ^onduct recently
came up for an Investigation, and
yesterday he resigned his office un
der fire
shirr oon IN WITH
OIT FROTH OR |f?Mr
Albany, Jan 2 William Suiter,
waa Inaugurated Into the office of
governor of the greatest state In
the Union yesterday, when he took
the oath of office which made him
governor of New York Mr. Suiter
Instated on having his Inauguration
a simple affair, and a simple affair
It waa. consisting of the necesaary
formalities and an omission of all
the tinsel and spangles, pomp and
froth.
There were a large number of wo
men present, who had marched to
the capital for the purpose of pre
senting their claims for political
recognition To the suffragettes
Mr 8u1?er said that he sym >athlted
very much In their caus^ an-i wonld
give them his aid in securing votes
for women In the Empire state
uil*n\ RIJITm
PJlrKMR nu?? PJUKMi Pn*T
PrlKMiton, Jin S ? WooHro* Wil
son waa th* fl? paraon In thta
rttf to r??(T? a pa'kaca an?tar
nwr parrH poat Rarly y*mt*r
<Uy morning tka pnafman nilM ?t
tha of tU Wilton# *?<?
iWlfOTi thaw a rompart *lar?n
poMd parlm*# containing aalart ap
pl?? Mr Wllaon aaa*nad ma?-h
plaaaM at Ui? prwml
tutu Ht^in mtwf
hue otmnrH itw*r
WaaMngtom. Jan ?-TI? Tan
raraption hold on *aw Taar ? Day,
*m on* of tk?> moat IrlllWnt W
wltnaaaad In tha Nation# Capital
Thta i*Mng tha laat publk- raraytlon
in wbkh tha pra?l?1ant will taka of
ficial load, thara wara thooaand* of
p?opl? who ralM upon him hoth in
tha capacity of griming and fara
wall It k aatlmatad tkat Mr
raft ahook han?la with mc?? tkan
wt?? thoaaaad nlltn Tba hall
in tha Ntiltt *?a attan4?4 kr ?"
people of pr.>minanca In Waahlng*<m
r.fa.
h *m:ns rrmuviep m
tiKT Turin tip*
N>a Tork. Jan I? Tha maeh
talked of waltara' atrlka which ???
nwppoacd to ha?a gone Into affeet
on tha Hrat of tha re*r. did not ma
terlaliie Many of tha hotal and
rafa man. mat tha waltar* ami ar
rangad for an adjaatmant af aralaa.
and ma?la ovartaraa wklefc raaalted
In tha poatponamant of tha Jah??r
war.
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