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No. 177 FIFTKKNTH YKA.R
SKAttWAY ALASKA. MONDAY, OCTOBER *8, 1912
PRICK 10 OK NTS
OniS ME KILLING,
_9 ME MHUWEDUE
Belgrade, Oct. JS ? Phe * hole na- j
lion of Serria is rejoicing over the ?
\i.torie? of th? Servian armi?s over,
the Turks in the battW of the
l**?t few Java. When the word w?]
i ?wired yesterday that the strong
hold ai I'skub *ad hern takes, to
gether with the rapture of five
thousand Turkish troops. great ex
citement prevailed. Shortly after
ward cam* the new* that lahti war
n the hands of the Servians and
i *ie? parades wore formed and the \
? ities displayed patriotic flags and
Namiers and turned th? night Into
.lay with bonfires and electric dis
In many places the Turkish
troons have been driven bark and
the country turned over to the Ser
\ ians ||
Athens. Oct. 28 Tt Is generally
reported here that the Tnrks and
Altaians ha\e become so enraged at
their Josses elsewhere that they are
m:\ssarreing Christians in nil the
villages
Ketka. Oct. 18 ? The bombard
ment of Scutari has begun. Scutari
is a Turkish fort and ?eaport oppos
ite Constantinople, and is being at
tacked from tho wat?r by Greek
ships.
I^oiidon. Oct. 28 ? This city is ad
vised that Askibaba. an Important
town and the metropolis between
Adrianople and Constantinople, has
been tak?-n by the Bulgarians, with
the capture of a large number of
Turkish troops and the taking of
army supplies.
R, R. COMMIS
SION DOE SOOH
VnMrj. Oct SS -It is exports
1 h at th? Alaska Railroad commis
sion will leave here on the 31st for
Jnre.i* at which place they will he
let b* the Peterson from Ft. Sew-,
rd ?nd Ukrn to Haines and thence
? the pass hark of that city. The |
^otram is to have them fro over;
ie tine of the White Pass railway,
*< will be on the 2nd of Novem
ber if present program is carried
nut The rommisston is r\, ^ .1 hi
thin city tomorrow.
KKMKMRKU I1XSKR I.K.HTN
whvn \<nvr. roK wiusox
Princeton. Ort, ? Woodrow
V* ils?>n today istuM ?* statement to
the head* of the I democratic com
mittees ursInK them to make public
the request that all supporters of
the IVwoeratic candidate for pre?i
?b>nt vhoull take care to vote for
iV-Bivmiic candidates for the house
;.nd senate where possible, as
It would tie the hands of the presi
d. it in accomplishing reforms \f he
did not hare democratic members in
congroaB to assist him.
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TNIKO POLmcAI. PARTY
IIKXOI M'KS KIM1 THAI'S
The Socialists haw received the
official count In the referendum
vo?? of the patty for nominations
to the coming term of the Alaska
legislature. The result as given
out by Hist. Sec. Swanson, of Pet
ersburg, is as follows: Senator*.
Carl A. Swanson. of Petersburg,
city magistrate. and Geo. V. Bland,
of Ketchikan, mining and civil en
ginger For Representatives, IVter
Twet. of Juneau, a well known fish
erman there; W. Stukey, or
Douglas, proapector and miner.
John Xolind. Juneau, fisherman
and miner, and K. A. Heath, editor
of Modern Methods.
The platform adopted by referen
dum vote includes briefly:
Initiative, referendum and recall.
Kight hour lav.
Australian ballot for Alaska.
Abolition of fish traps
Mining inspectors elected by the
i?eopt?.
Rqual suffrage.
Cannery inspectors elected by the
people.
Boiler inspection law.
There will be an Installation of
the officers of the Arctic Brother
hood tomorrow evening. The mem
bers will give a banquet to the new
officers after the Installation
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FOR LADIES
NOW ON DISPLAY
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DENOTES STYLE
AM) QUALITY
OUR NEW
FALL MILLINERY
NOW ON DISPLAY
H. J . LYNCH
1Z ASKS FOB j| ~ I
CHM6E OF VENUE
Mexico City. Oct 2S Oo.ieral
: l)iai and three of hi? ;-onfeUerate#
who lr. the taking and ,al- 1
?t lo'li'R the city of \era * nix,
| have b(M sentenced to dc*th and
j will be shot uirlcs* the action of
the supreme conrt a isjicndu (-? >
tonce.
DIM hM appealed to the supreme
( o?irt, claiming that he In entitled J
io a dill nearing, and the court
110* ha* bin ea?e under advisement. !
Upon their determination wh?ther
he ii entitled to a civil hearing or
i.ot will hang the qn?atlon whether
he shall sufl'er the sentence impos
ed by the military court or not.
SfSi
ITpsldem Wckeson of the WkHl
Pass continues to say good things
nbout this part ol' the north In his
talk abont the devVlopment of the
, mint's of the north end of the Skag
way district, he recently said this
io the Seattle Tinvs:
Not expecting to discover a mine,
hut Indulging In the forlorn hope
that they might possibly ffttd an ore
body of some kind that would give
Increased freight to their line, the
management of the White Pans *
Yukon Railroad, a year ago took an
option on a number of copper pros
pect* near Whttehorse. On April
30, 200 men were pl*c?nl at work,
and the prospect soon deveoped In
to a mine, from which whs shippel
up till September 30, more than 22.
tons of ore The rock, upftn be !
In* smelted at Tacoma, gave a te
lum of from $10 to IIS '''ft "i|'r
A little InvestHratlon o?
erty warranted the expe uiiture of j
the snm necessary for the const r tic ]
lion of a short spur from the rail
road to the mine.
? The development of this and oth
er proper! los In that region la*i
summer grentlv Increased the gross!
earnings of the mllroad. Last sum- j
mer the company hauled 100 pe.-i
cent more freight than in any other
other summer in its existence, not j
excepting the big earnings of the'
vears when the Klondike mining1
?ever was at Its height.
The tourist traffic which had been
developed through assiduous adver- !
Using in Kastern magazines last wit.
ler resulted In an Increase of near- ,
ly 200 per cent in the passenger J
basinets.
Of the 200 miners employed by
the company only fifty were engag
ed in actual mining of ore. The
others did development work, with
the result that on the property,
which is eleven mile* lung, four
shafts have been sunk to depths
varying from 6S to 250 feet, and a
tremendous amount of ore has b?H?u
Mocked out ready to slope.
Much of the ore that was ship
ped to the smelters last summer was!
taken from the outcroppitigs with
a small steam shovel, and as it was }
regarded somewhat in the light of ,
a big test shipment no effort was
made to sort the rock.
The railroad company. encouraged
bv the succefa of It* first venture In
mining, placed three engineers In
th?* field, acting under the direction
of J. 1,. Mi P^erson. to make obser
vations of all properties contiguous
to the railroad nnd the Yukon I
River. It is believed that many
medium-grade propositions will be
uncovered, an the prospector* who
invcstlgsie*! t.hal region sought only
for botuuusn, and the lack of trans
portation facilities great lv dlscntirat -
ctl them. In the section under In
vwtigatloii, triilcl: embraces ftn.nnn
square mli>*. go'd, coal, copper,
*ilver and k<M are known to
fxist nnd It remain* to be determln- 1
ed if any or all of these mineral*;
'an l>e found in payable quantities. :
following the prospector for bon-j
1117. ? in till* rvrion, came the wild
cat promoter, who aold mining 1
stock instead ot mines, and little j
renlly Intelligent prospecting has;
been done by capitalists. Should j
the developments warrant, the com- i
?any will build new line* and spur*
to whatever points are necessary
The' Increased business last sum
mer Justified the construction of
I to extra parlor cars and an obser
vation ?ar, which were built at
Skagway, and plans were drawn for;
a concrete hotel at Atlln, to cost '
*30.000.
Manager O I- Dlckenon, yeater
..aj emphatically denied the state
ment published nbout three week*
ago In Alaskan and other newspa
i>er* to the effect that the road had
been sold to the Grand Trunk Pa
clf|C.
"The roid is not for sale," he
#ld, "and nobody would buy It at
the price we consider It worth. If
U were. We ?re greatly encouraged
and believe the business will In
crease tremendously. Resides sev
eral plans for Increasing the track
age are under construction
"The story of the road being sold
was caused by a drunk at Juneau,
who cornered off a young reporter
Just graduates! from a school of
Journalism. For what he considered
a Joke, this inebriate told the bud
ding l>ana that he had Just come
from Skagway, where he had com
pleted negotiation! for the purchase
of the While Pass line."
WE HWF JUST TAPPED THE FIRST BARBEL Of THE SEASON
IT'S 6000
505. PER ML
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
MR KE ? 111
FIB niflBlll
Oyster ?*} , O' - 21 Tkeo. Row**
valt was flftf-four y*ir* old renter
day. Tha evenl was celebrated at
hi* home wltli onlle a numfc*^ of
InvltM filter THirta* tti? day he
m*Hed hiin<lr?'d* of tel?r<anM wfah
liiK him cMfhlMd proapoffty and
nappineaa
Theodore Hwrntt waa bom la
New York on October 17, 18S8 an'!
uradttaied front flar/ard In 1**?
Ho aerved t?o terma in tfc? New
York l<'Rlalntur? and in 1884 won*
to North l*ko?a and apont a*v?ral
> fir* on a raw*. +***t+4 In ratn
?ng cattto. H* wan gowmor
of N?W York in 1*?* and ?M ???
.Uilmouslr nomiitHH for tho ??*?
*nrj of fh# Cattail Matm hy
ikr In !??? and rt*rt
Oi | f||i *nrr*M#<1 to tl??> pf*a?d?l*y
r?n th# d#*th Of Pr?*ld<H?l *<"Kli?l?T.
S<t>? pn Wt 1?. 1 9#1 and waa *n*n?
mntwl y ?Wt?l for Dm pfNMCMy In
!??? by a pofmlar plurality of two
and a half million ????
roi.iTH* ijierrim ? \km
IN UIXK ST All IIKI*l'Rf.K'
Havana, Oct. 21 The Liberal*
and Conservatives are < nmtng to- I
Urthrr lr? oftkmkl and
the government has fonnd It neces
sary to place soldiers on parade In
several ell lea to prevent bloodshed
kinin n:n n.*v* rn
i.<x?k \n>u orn UT.Wta
Washington. Ort H PreeMen?
Taft his returned to the National
Capital for n few d.1 >s to late ??P
pressing gov*-n mental questions. He
will take several Ihort apeaklng
trip# d.ir;.i* the ne*t few daft, fcwt
expert* tn spend rttfffh of bt* time
here until election day when he will
yrt home to vote
THIS PftflM'RItlTl T*t/P
IS M.MI?4T ItKl.lKVABI.M
Philadelphia, (>rt. J* - John Wan
amaker the Philadelphia merchant
prince, haa Jumped Into the fray In
support of William Tart. Wanamak
er aava that Mr Taft haa Riven the
nation an Ideal administration and
the country la enjoying the very
height of prosperity He warns the
public s*alnst making any rhange
Stand pm la hla hAttle cry.
One *-e??k from tomorrow -elect
Ion day
Hallowe'en danc? Wednesday eve
ning Receipt* go to the R I. 8.
\o fm.hk ikim n*?i.n?>
%ic??? xt> mmnttuttt- r*im
nmt#, Ort. 2* Oorersor Msr
Khun ask* all rnter% to atajr *1,h
i ho Democrat lr ticket a* that l?
the Ml; political ytrtf which has
rm false *ods H? will spend a few
Ham in mlddls west and then
hnrry for Indianapolis ?? east his
rate for il-mocracj at how*
KKKM H PHTMIlJtV HIW
FROM KUSTIVl aPKI.I.
Paris. On. t? nr Pasl de ?
usr. the noterf French anrterm ilM
'iere lam nl#ht from tynrop* He
*m a ami of Philip Paul, Pawl
S*?>*ar. the eminent Mater tan who
Hied In Hit.
rHKt %M. (D\MR miMlV.
I *?i MK.It.U IV'? RU<IPI.K
Sfcattaaar'a sample In lk? mat
"t of planting ahade trass is on*
which might well be ???lat*ri in
othsr atnail towns and aspwrtslly In
Whltshorae where the street* are
I wire aa wide aa Are those of fthac
wav and where there Is ample
room for tress to ?row withont la
terfersttee with traffV. trait a and
fommarra Ha who planted) s tres
and tend* It to nee that It grow*
ahonM feed ?t the pshlic tranik fa
Kardlean of wklrk party la Is tk*
driver's hot. Of <owrae ft Is too
lata to plant trass in Whltehorse
thla j ear. hr,t other rasra ars row
in* If the? don't come, of conrae.
ye will not r?f|il|r?> shade tree*
Whltehorae fMsr.
Some
Reasons
why you should wear a Am
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THIS STORK IS THE HOME OF
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WILL
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