Jclaska
No. S- SIXTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1913
PRICE 10 CENT
DELZENFS ELEVEN DOGS
WIN ALASKA SWEEPSTAKES
Noiuo, April 14? Fay QeUene
?on the all-Aluaka sweepstakes In
75 hours and IS lulnutea. Johnson
completed the circle second, two
hours and twenty-two minutes be
hind DeUone. Allen was third. The
event took place over a snow trail
from Nome to Candle aud return, a
total distance' of 412 miles.
Five teams had been entered. ThciJ
of Berkley, Cal.. and A. A. (Scotty)
Allen; Russell Bowen and 'Fay IX'l
zene, John Johnson, Max Gottschalk
and Illoyak, a Native driver.
The Darilug-Allou dogs, which
won the raoes in 1911 uiiil 1912 ww
driven by Allon, who was the fav
orite 'u the betting.
The weather was clear and cold,
tho finest possible for making fast
time over the trail.
The record for the 412-mile cours
is held by John Johnson, who won
the 1910 race in 74 hours 14 mill
urea and 14 seconds. Allen's time
last year was 87 hours and 32 uiin
There were 21 dogs In Johnson's
team aud 11 dogs In each of I ho
K Kit KRAI. (JKXEKAL ASKS
AMKK1CA FOR PROTECTION
Nacosar!, April 14 ? General OJtnla
with thro.: hundred federal soldiers,
this morning abandoned tho city of
?
border Into tho United States whore
they surrendered to American troops
The General said that ho would not
the south he escaped to Arizona
his soldier; as refugees of war
VI.A SKA'S FIRST COAL
CLAIM BEGINS WORK
Captain Whorf, of Port Graham.haj 1
a large crow of men working to pre
pare for the extensive operation or
his coal mine at that place, wh;ch
h? hopes to soon placo on a shipping
mess Iiousi- nnd bunkers and al3o a
from tho Inlet assert that tho local
first coal claims to which patents
have been Issued by tho government
FROST GETS NOT
GUILTY VERDICT
Chicago, April 14 ? Albert Frost
and tho other members of the par'.y
of Alaska coal claimants, who havo
been under trial (or tho past mouth
charged with conspiracy to defraud
tho government, were declared in
nocent by a Jury in Judge LandU'
court this morning.
? After tho verdict of uot guilty
had been returned and tho mou dis
charged, Judgo Landls took occa
sion to compliment Attorney Albeit
Kink for his successful conduct or
the case. Ho suld that it was ;i
splendid victory for the defense, and
much of It was duo to tho ability of
Mr. rink in bringing out the con
vincing evidence that no wrongdo
ing had betn intended by tho indict
Special Assistant Prosecutor
Townscnd who had charge of U?o
ease for thn government would mnk
no comment ou tho verdict.
MORGAN RKSTS BESIDK
BODY OK FIRST WIFB
New York, April H? The funoral
cf J. P. Morgan took place this
morning at ten o'clock, it being
strictly private and slinplo in every
way. After the ceremony the body
km taken to tho Morgan tctfib In
Hartford and placed beside his first
wife and mombers of tho Morgan fa
NEW SPRING *****
...millinery...
Slow
Being
Displayed
H. J. Lynch
The Leading Ladies Furnisher and Haberdasher of Skagway
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SOPl LANDS 01
SENTI1EL ROCKS
Junonu, April 14 ? The Steam
ship Princess Sophia wont ashore on
Sentinel Island about two o'clock'
yesterday morning whoro sho remain*
ed fast for two hours, floating!
fcgulu at high tldo and making port '
ut Juneau yesterday morning at K
o'clock . _
u'pon her arrival here sho was ex
amined by Capt Whitney, inspector
or hulls and boilers, who reported
that she was In no dangor aud thai
she was not leaking as a result of
het contact with tho rocks nnd she '
was permitted to continue her pas
Tho captain of the Sophia refused
to take on any more passengers ut
this port, aud says the bout w it)
pot in at Ketchikan and Prince Itu
pert on the way down. It is not b?
lleved that the steamship is damag
ed to any considerable extent. Tho
latest wireless reports from ber
state that everything Is gottlng a
loug ail right.
Sentinel Island lies bout t^irce
miles northwest from the northwest
end of Shelter Island, and is mark
ed by a lighthouse. A shriving
lodgo which hears well at low water
extends a nuartor of a milo from its
northwest end, and It is upon this
ledgo that the Sophia struck.
This Is the same Island upon
which the Princess May went ashore
About throe years ago.
free garden SEEDS
FOR SKAGWAY PLANTERS
Tho Skagway Improvement Sooio
ty Iiub received another consignment
of vegetable and flower seeds for
freo distribution. Those desiring to
obtain seeds for planting this spring
may obtain samo by applying to any
of tho following ladles at their
homes; Mesdamea E. J. Shaw. Her
man Mlllor, W. C. McKenzIo or \V.
C. Blanchard.
CAPTAIN OF DOLPHIN . |
DIES NEAR KETCH IK. IN i
A dispatch from Ketchikan dated |
April 8th says:
The Stcain?hlp City of Soattle ar- \
rived here this morning with tho :jo
dy of Andrew Johnson, a well-kno.v !
Alaska captain of boats running In I
Southeastern Alaska waters.
Captain Johnson was enroutc
from his homo in Portland, Or., to
Kllllsnoo, where ho wa3 to take
command of the steamer Dolphin,
but was stricken with heart failure
nhllo tho vessel was enroute from
Punter bay to Excursion Inlet.
Tho body was taken ashore llOrO
(or preparation and shipment on tho
next steamer to Portland, where his
wife and family rosldo.
CRISIS IN POPE S ILL
NESS COMES TODAY
Rome, April 14 ? The condition of
Pope Plus X Is most alarming ac
cording to a bulletin from his phys
icians. Tho crisis In his condltlon
Is oxpected to occur today, when if
lie rallies there will bo hope of his
CIlll'S FINANCES
IN GOOD SHAPE
Keoi'ipts uml Disbursement* for the
Year KmJinif March Slrft, 1918.
Available cash on hand April
1st, 1912 *7.338. C5 |
l:?cui|)U During Year ending Murvli f
Slat, IMS.
Realty Taxes $4, 613. 85 i
Personal Taxes 1.374.&0
Water Collections 3,249.06
Sale of 40 Tons Coal . . . . 380.00
Side Walk Repairs 4.75
1,650 feet Lumbor sold . . 61.36 <
Collections for Sorlce Pipes 184.45 i
License front U. S. Court 7,621.24
.Miscellaneous Receipts .. 138.13 i
Pines and Costs, Municipal
Court 203 :i6
Hydrant Rentals 675.00
Total cash received from
ail sources 25,982.92
EXPENDITURES
Kire Department?
Attendance at fires . . . .$ 389.001
Fuel C.'JO
Lights 8(5.10
Phono service 72.00
Now equipment and
supplies 289.561
Painting /Ire hall No. 2 250.no I
Labor 10.70)
Rent of fire hall Nos. 1-3 92.3')
Hydrant Rentals 675.00'
Water Department
Operating Steam Thawer 5.30 1
I.alior and Material for
Water Rental to Home
Power company .... l,200.00i
Eiicnslon ??f Water Mains
Labor 1.353.20 I
Material 223. SC J
? o'nerul Expense
Miscellaneous supplies . . 297.66
Parking cor. 5th & State 112.23
Sick and Indigent 81.16
Fuji rr.l Expense . . . . 40. 00
City Hall lights 29.70
City Hall Phone 36.00
Street Lights 1.170. 35
Labor 398.60
Municipal Elections . . 66. S6
Meals for Prisoners .. .. 15.20
Jail Supplies .. 15.45
St?e<* Depftrtent
Labor and Material
for Repairs 154.9"
Crossings, Libor . . . . 196.20
Crossings, Material . . . . 399.33
Cleaning 145.80
Stumping and Grading*. 139.80
Side Walk Repairs . . 7. SO
School Board
Appropriations 6,232.3
Salaries
Marshal and Street Com. 1,500.00
Treasurer and Magistrate 600.00
Nlghtwatehmnn 600.0
Clerk 592.50
Special Officers 75. ('0
Material
Lumber not otherwise charg
ed 488.82
Total expenditures .... $18,441.45
Available Cash on Hand.
March 31st, 1913 .. 7,541.49 1
To which may be added coal on
hand valued at $240.00 j
Subscribe for The Alaskan now.
CHICK
FOOD
r R O ? R I I I I V I"
NOW IN 8 T O 0 K.
1(10 pound Suclc $1.00.
SO pound lots $2.25.
Sninlt lota . . li cenw pur pouuil.
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
Madrid, April H -For the Third
lime sincc tho accession of King Al
phonso XII! to tho throne of Spain,
in attempt to assassinate him hoo
l>oen made While riding on the
Jtreets of Madrid yesterday, with
Ills stuff .if officers, the young king
was shot at three times, all of the
bullets going wild.
Tho would-be assassin was in the
i-rpwd watching the procession of
i he royal personage and as the kins
rode by, ho stopped to the front of
Ihe line with a lover gun, olid be
fore ho could bo stopped by the by
standers, had. fired three shots at
the monarch. The people standing
near immediately overpowered the
culprit and lie was turned over to
the police who hurried him to Jail
L.'i prevent a lynching. Outside of
t iii* consternation created by the at
tack, no damage was done.
King Aiplionso Is one of the most
democratic monarclis that has over
ruled In Spain. He has broken hun
dreds of precedents nnd is frequent
ly seen traveling with but a small
guard and sometimes with nono at
all. Ho was born May 17, 188<j,
nearly six months after the death of
his father, and Immediately acccdel
to the title of king. In 1906 ho mar
rled Princoas Virginia Eugenie,
jouiigoat sister r?f King Edward VII
of England.
Washington, April 14? Secrotnry |
of the Treasury McAdoo Issued or- i
ilurs today for the revenue cuvtor ,
Thetis to begin preparations at onco i
to bo to Valdc.s, Alaska arriving |
(here on the thirteenth of May tc ,
take Judgo Overflcld and his court |
officials to the westward to hold a
floating cjurt in a number of tho i
coast towns.
Two or three months will be oc
cupied by tho court on tho westward
trip, as several towns must be visit
ed, including a numbor of statlyi.s
of the Alaska peninsula.
WHITK 1MSS APPOINTS
AGKXT AT KA llUJAX ICS
Fairbanks. April 14 A wire ffom
0. I.. Dlckeson, dated Chicago, April ,
9, confirms the reported appolnx
meut of W. H. Link, of Fairbanks ,
general agent of tho American-Yu
kon Navigation company, with head
quarters In this city.
This Is taken to mean that tho
White l'ass system Is preparing to
enter tbe Fairbanks flold for the
business heretofore exclusively han
dled by the N. C. Company.
Mr. Link will make no statement
regarding l he probability of a lower
rate going into effect when the
White Pass boats go into service on
the lower Yukon.
IIBIiOll'M T1KD UI?
BY SOCIALIST STRIKE
Brussels, April 14 ? There I*
icarcoly u wheel turning In the lu
lustries of Belgulm today. This
nomine the greatest Industrial
>trlke In history of tho country went
Into effect. The Socialists are be
liincL the fhovement, and while tho
itrlke Is called ostensibly for the
liurpose of securing better conditio.!#
ror the laboring people, In reality
here is a political significance un
derlying It, which threatens the
l>reBent political system of Belgium.
ItmTABI.K MOTOR TO
BR REPRESENTED HERE
.'Jurlng recent years rowing hss
Iteon revolutionized by the advent of
the portable motor that can be read
ily carried ffom place to place and
fitted to any size or stylo of rowboat
It weighs but 50 pounds and devel
ops 2 h. p. and will drive a boat 8
miles an hour.
Those v, ho enjoy outdoor Ufa
even though they do not live on the
water, h.ue taken to tills form of
sport, its I*. offers a comfort and
l.leasure t'icretoforo unknown.
Aside from Its use for plensura
seekors and sportsmen, it is used by
many whose business requires water
I ravel.
Five leading governments have
ulopted this modem tfteans of trans
portation for light house servlo,
roast survey and other lines of work.
1'. H. Ganty has been appointed lo
cal representative for the manufac
turers of n popular pattern of theao
motors.
As a man prows older, he takes bettor
care of liis clothes, and he is a
lot better satisfied with them.
THE service of this store is not
confined to young men. Any
man of any age can be well-fitted,
and conservatively dressed in these fine
Hart Schaffner & Marx
suits and overcoats. Now is the time
to see them.
will clayson:
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^3 he Home of^ * 4
HART SCHAFFNERi Gl MARX-i
CLOTHING '!,