No. J 8. ELEVENTH YEAR.
SKAtfWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1908.
PRICE, 10 CENTS.
White Pass Tariffs do not
Include the C. P. R.
as Issued
(United Pre?? Telegraph-Cable Servloe.)
Vancouver, April 20 ? The White Pass joint freight
tariffs have been issued with the Canadian Pacific not in
cluded iu the agreements. There is much speculation here
to the meaning of the omission and it is generally accept
ed that it must be the forerunner of a fight between the
companies.
The question was put to Mr. F. F. W. Lowle, agent of
the C. P. R. here as to his interpretation. He says it is a
matter that was raised last year and every year, as to the
partition of the territory. He says the American companies
want the C. P. R. to keep out of Ketchikan and Juneau, in
consideration of which they ? the American companies ? will
agree to keep out of Vancouver. Mr. Lowle says the Amer
ican territory is much too profitable for them to accede to
any such propositiou and that they have refused. If the
American companies will agree to keep out of Prince Ru
pert the C. P. R. would consider the matter, but this the
American companies will not do. Mr. Lowle says he ha.v
received copies of the tariff sheets with all the companies
included in the agreement ? the P. C. S. S. company, the
Alaska S. S. company and McKenzie Bros. He thinks the
difference has been raised later and that it is not likely to
be an insuperable oue, but will be adjusted in a few day*.
Mr. F. B. W rbacher agent of the W. P. & Y. saya he
has no iuformat< s to there being any exclusion of the
C. P. R. in the freight agreements. The schedules were to
have become effective April 15th.
The Alaska S. S. company's freighter
DirUo, arrircd here yesterday b ing-j
lo* lumber for the bunkers and a c:n
?ignmeot of cattle.
O. H. Adult a trsTellosr man of Juneau I
cam# up on the Georgia this morning.
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The Tbortls arrl?ed in yoaterd-j
with lumber.
ft A. HARRISON CO.
MISS SCHROEDER
of Seattle
Will arrive on Humboldt to assist
Mrs. A. F. Raymond
In our Dress Making Department
Stores Open Evenings Phones 4 & 55
IK PRESIDENT'S
BACK YARD
(By United Preta.)
Washington, April 20? The annual
egg rolling took place on the lawn of
the Whitehouse yesterday when all
Washington is inrlted to send its child
ten to toe merry festival. Over a thous
and ohlldren took part and were joined
in the merry making by the president
and Mrs. Roosevelt.
W. A. Faulkes Is the electrician in
charge on the Humboldt operating the
wireles\ Tho plnnt is now working
with completo success he says. The
plant is what is known as the Massic,
and is considered far superior, to the
other systems employed on other north
Pooiflc boats. The others employ what
is known as the United. Coming up
Mr. Faulkes says he talked with the
B?rtha and the Portland off Cape Lazo,
near Seymour narrows The Portland
was returning from Valdez and the two
were in communication until tho Port
land entered her harbor at Comox, I5O
miles away.
PUT UP A -
NEW STACK
Easter Sunday was celebrated at tho
?bops yesterday by the taking down of
the big smoke stack at the lighting
plant and the putting up in its place of a
now one. The nick was done in just
seven hours. The staging on which
toe inen worked was put up as they
climbed. The stack isthree feet in di
ameter and rises fifty feet In the air.
The work attracted crowds of interest
ed onlookers during the entire per
formance. The old stack was eaten
and rusted out. It has suwd in place
for seven years.
CHAMPION OF
THE NAVY
(By United Preu.)
Loa Angoles, April 20? Today the
men of the fleet are being entertained
on a large scato by athlotic sports. A
boxing contest was held for the champ
ionahipof the navy in which Gunner
Lulinslci of the battleship New Jersey
won (list place in the light weight class
by defeating Myers of tbe Ohio. Big
Jim Jeffries volunteered as referee.
FATHER OF HE
GREAT GAME
(By United Press.)
New York, April 20 ? Henry Chad
wick, tho father of the great American
game of baseball died of heart disease
today. He wa9 83 years of age.
MARRIES A
BANK PRESIDENT
(By United Prose.)
Modestn, Cal., April 20? William
!(?cjjdon. the district attorney of San
FraD cisco, made famous through the
graft prosecutions with which he was
Identified with Heney, was today mar
ried to Mrs. Myrtle McHenry, presi
dent of the first national bank of this
city.
TOMMY WINS
A BIG POKE
(By United Press.)
Paris, April 20? Tommy Burns on
Saturday night put out Je*ey Smith in
the fifth round of wbatjwas scheduled
to be a ten rouod contest. He won
f 12,000
WHITHER IS
A BENEDICT
(By United Pre**)
Port Townsend, April 20? The mar
riage of M. S. Whlttler, deputy U. S.
customs collector at Skagway and MUi
Laura Ruth Anderson, daughter of City
Clerk c. W. Anderson, took place at
the Presbyterian church at noon today.
Rev. J. C. Smith officiated. There were
a number of guests from Seattle, and
out of town points, among them Georj-e
G. Miller of Skagway, W. H. Wilcox,
private secretary to Collector of Cus
toms Harper, served as best man. The
parents of the bride are old residents of
Port Townsend. Mr. and Mrs. Whlt
tler will take a trip to Portland aod
sound points and are to be expected In
Skagway, where they will make their
home, In alout two weeks.
The Georgia arrived in this morning
brloglng mall and elcht travelers to
town. Returning G. C. Wattles took
passage for Juneau.
For Better Mail Service
Dr. L. S. Keller, ai president, and
Matthew Bridge, us secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, had a talk with
Special Post Offlct Inspector Butler
p*eviou3 to his departure Saturday
with regard to tho unfor.unate mail
service to which Skip way ia subject.
Dr. Keller called special attention to
the matter of the Humboldt which Is on
the run again with no mall contract.
He waDted to know why a bit, sturdy
boat should be allowed to leave Seattle
every so often, running away up here
with no mall aboard. The addition of
the Humboldt to the list of mail carri
ers he thought would help a whole
lot.
Mr. Butler said he had nothing to do
with any matter touching mail con
tracts and tho subject should bo taken
with Mr. Graves, chief clerk of the
railway mail service located here.
TLis was done. Mr. Graves said that
be had had a talk with Captain Baugh
man, or the H'mboldt, and the latter
had ?aid he would be perfectly willing
to crry the mail on the Bame terms as
the Alaska Sienrashlp or theC. P. R.
boats? that is $250 per trip.
Mr. Graves said further that the dif
6 ulty with the companies nod the
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GANTY & FRANDSON
ichedule seemed to be the Sitka ruo,
which made the trips of tbe Cottage
City irregular, or differently timed
from the others and so brought the
boats (ogofher hero with frequent
recurrence. He had written the de
partment about it atid had suggested
that tbe Humboldt be added to the mall
curritrs acd that she be put on the
Sitka run, she to go to Sitka first and
before coming to Skagway, but bring
ing Skagway mail as far as Juneau,
from where it could be brought up by
tbe Georgia or other boat.
Another proposition be had made was
that the Sitka mail be dropped at Jun
eau and taken over by aspccial service.
Mr. Graves says the present arrange
ment which pu's Skagway out of sorts
gives Sitka no better satisfaction. Tbe
I boats carrying the Sitka mail come here
first, under the present arrangement.
| Sometimes, in summer, they lie here a
whole day awaiting trains and the Sitka
mall is six to ten days on the way. The
people over there are complaining with
cause. Hesavs Mr. Nowell of the Ju
eau S. S. company is now in Seattle on
this very business, seeing what arrange
ment he can make looking to the in
auguration of o four-day service from
Juneau? putting on a good boat. Mi.
Graves says he has objected to employ
ing gasoline boats and Mr. Nowell mav
complete arrangements for a steam
craft. Mr. Graves says ho is certain
that if the Chamber of Commerce will
present the cause of Sksgway to Wash
ington properly, backing up his own
recommendations, that betterments on
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