\o. ft FIFTEENTH YEAR
SK AG WAV, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1912
PRICE 10 CENTS
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POLICE AND CITIZfcNS AS
SEMBLE 10 RE^EL INVASION
Demand Opcr Sncp Made Sole Isiue
of Recognition. Higher P<iy And
S-orte- Hours Temporarily Aoan
dc?c.i.
SAX HiA.VISOO. April 17? Thoj
s!uU ^lo i u the employers of
;no *.\?>t and 10 Industrial
Workers 01 Uio world has :iarro\\o-i
V> two i-? :??>? thv o;vn shop a ;tl
?? *x?, '** ? : th?? * -rk -r>' orgaui
A iaau:f<vto l-y the San
'ie- tYe" Sjvo, h L??.iir>;o a.U >.a:es
a f.ht to stvoad the open. shop
,cv>>. an, la The quest -on if lu.hor
tv.u a-.. j shorter hours has bt> -n
aUs?, at Ua<t temporarily in
? nor'hwo!-7. by the sta' J of the
.? sole iss :o of rev ''S
. v. the ! stria! Workers' o
-ar.izatjoti.
The annoiituv:':, ? i \?.is ; 1 . ? ? I o >v*
??t\Jay thai a n- w army : inhering
would nul ,:i> at San Fran
-'?o Saoranwo a* ! S >> kton and
LT< h to San IV re IV-se- of )><>?
v cthh ill <ut ,<s and citizens ;
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??%AVA EXPO. WILL EE
4.SLY adver-i-:d
W1CKERSHAM HEARD FROM
BY VALDEZ SUPPORTERS
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Dan Sutherland Said to be Se:ond
Choice of Wlckersham Republicans
in Alaska if Delegate Doe? Net
Run. Socialists Will Have Candida e.
VALDEZ, Alaska. April IT? Receiv-j
ling word that Delegate James Wick-,
jersham will seek re-election to Con
gress, his friends In this city say tha
j they will hold a convention tj ne-ru- 1
larly nominate him. Wickersham i
iIuhmhI. in a letter from Washington.
..s soy ing that he will abide by th<
decision of his Alaska friends. :
whether to run or not. Dan Slither- J
ian.l, formerly of Juneau, is the
r'toi> e of 'he Wickersham men for
nomination to congress, should :!u>
[latter not make the race.
!; is authentically report <1 t.h t
, the Socialists w ill pi t a eandi 'ate in j
the field and it is rumor. -d that i
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j CHINESE BABIES SELL
FOR ONE DOLLAR EACH.
J SHAXt.HAI, Ai>rii 5 ? Chi.divu ti c
' iling in the central t'liina mu.ine
iistri< t tor a trifie loss than H.<>0
1 Ann r; m money eaih. Not in yea s
[have sticli bargains been i;i\
[Speculators are invewtiug hea\i!v ?i :i
promising girls. Boys are not ;-ol
t. u h in demand.
The fathers and mothers wl;o :i:v
cliing tho'r own children tj rf
< rs say that they have no ilu'iiO:
between selling them and s . in . tht a
starve to death. Already the ;>.? >p.e
i the famine district are dyi .n e i y
? ' olesale, either directly of starva
tion or of he diseases which, at ten 1 ;
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TURNED DOWN AFTER
25 YEARS SERVICE.!
riTTSBt RC. April 1 7 ? John 1 a".
zell. who has re presented the thi-r-j
;i< "h congressional distric t of Penn
sylvania for the last twenty-rive
years was odav defeated in the con -
\ i iitloti for nomination.
Mr. Dalzell was first elected in
1 ar.d has hoid the office <ont -
i.ailv since then. He is considered ,
? of the .^'ron-rest men in con ere
Father Turnell. who went to tliol
P' last Saturday to hold sei'vic^ ,
retnnied on the Harbor Boat rc'er-j
son today
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35c to 75c per yard ?
The Latest Creations in I
TRIMMING BRAIDS jj
SILK FRINGE S
A LLOVER LACES, ETC, \
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The Newest Styles In
Jfapomic I
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Coats for Spring & Summer >
now on display B
H. J. LYNCH
Th? Up-To-Date Haberaashar and LacMe* Furnlahar.
LOSS OF LIFE KMI 18 BE j
THIRTEEN HUNDRED UNO FIFTY
Vice President Of Company Operating Titanic!
Boltied Up News t5y Wireless? Many Pro-!
minent People Go Down With Sinking Ship
XEW YORK, April 17? Tile news
received 'at this city regarding the
collision o? the White Star LUer |
Steamship Titanic with ;ui iceberg is (
very little mitigated t -day, by t ie
fragmentary iul'oraiutioa wlikh is re- '
ceived by the wireless.
While the rei'ort w;i> at first given
cm that the steamship Olympic had I
picked up six hundred an i twenty -fi a
survivors, it is known today that it1
w.u the steamship Carpathla whih'
went to th scene of the wre k, aiid
she succeeded in saving ei-ht
li mid rod and sixt} ekht.
Thirteen hundred and fifty are
ki: '\vn to have been Inst, ami it is
autheiiiicalH stated that of those
saved. most of tlieni were women
a id children. The neti pa senders
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off. a.> they were attired rhat help |
we; Id arrive hi f :> the inimeii -e ship j
could possibly i::k. if she sunk at
all.
John .lai ob A tor, t '? well known
multi'ipilti naire. Maj?r I'.u't Able
le-e.imp to Pres Men; Tap, William
Steal, tile great newspaper corres
pondent Renjamin liuggenheitn, one
>f th<* Guggenheim brothers. Henry
Harris. the famous t'earhal n.an
;t,er, Col. Wa=hin;Vn Robelin the
civil engineer, made famous as the
builder of the Pronku liridte. and
Isodore Strousi . were :: non : those
who wt re drowi.e.'.
It is be'leved ti.nt L'ruce Isniay,
vice-president of the i :uia:>y cper
ntin? the Titanic, ha; succoeled in
bottling up all the wireless informa- !
tion regard I s the wre'k. There w |l
be v?rv little news reirardin? the
particulars of ;h-< wr> ck un'il thn ar
rival of he s'"nn hi i t'a' ^athi i.
whi<h i<? line 'o arrive n this port
Thursday.
The Titanii st'ticlt th* e'vi at
abeu* thi er* n'e'oc'k Mon ';>y r-orn
In<r. a -id 'he women a d elil'lr^-i
were easily taVen off on the life
ALASKA NOT YET GIVEN
SiTE PANAMA EXPOSITION.
S.vX FRANCISCO. Aptil i-:? Mis
souri is the ninth Sta'e to se ect a
site for its State Building at the
Panama-Pacific Intern tio; a! Kxp's'
tion. Thus far Ore'on, Xe\ada. Mon
tana. Washington. Idaho. Utah, South
Dakota, the Philippine Islands and
Missouri have receive I derdt to
their land and promise the widest
participation at the p.ii.'i I'niversal
Exposition
At the regular ineetin* of Camp
Pkagway Xo. i. Arctic Hrotherhoo.l,
last nicht, the installation of the
new officers for the ensuing term
was postponed until next Friday
night at S o'elork.
boat? and rait.;, and the men. awaited
the arrival of ass.suince, whicih they
believed would respond to the tails
of the wireless for help.
\\ hou tlie ?'?hip struck, she stove
a gigantic hjle forward, tearing away
o \ or half of her bottom, and when
the Carpathia arrived three h >urs
later there was but a few pieces of
wreckage found amidst immense
fields of 'cebergs.
Amongst those who succeeded in
getting; into a life boat was Mrs.
John Jacob Ah tar, nee Maiaiine
Force, Uie young wife of Hie mu'.ti
millionaire.
WASHINGTON, I). C\, April 17?
President Taft is awaiting anxiously
n;Avs regarding the wreck of the Ti
lanir, and 'o know the fate of Major
Archibald Hutf. It id said that the
JYesident and Major HuH were very
warm persona] friends and the I s.s
of his aide will be a great loss to
the President.
BOSTON', Mass., April 17? This
city is in a state of mourning, and
a great gloom has settled over the
entire eastern staler, as prominent
citizens of many of the cities are
known to have born ? n the ill-fated
Steamship Titanic.
HALIFAX. X. S., April 17? The ra
bltship Minta, arrhed in this port
after vlsitng the scene of the wre k
of the Titanic, and the officers sta'e
that although a diligent search was
made for survivors of the wreck,
none were found.
LONDON, April 17? The off:<< s nf
'lie White S ar Line is crowded day
I tii vht with anxio ,s ptopV e'lquir
ic for ne.vs regarding r?|ati\os and
frlenr's who sailed on the Titaiic.
Th I' t. ! S"t:< table offi~o.? are
1 \vifh nv-?sa ???<?< to New York
i t >r the Mine ki:id of informa
tion.
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
WILL SPEND MILLIONS.
OTTAWA, Out., April i:> ? The Can
adian government plans for railway
and canal construction the coming
year, as approved by the committee
of supply of the House of Commons,
provide for the expenditure of about i
$38,000,000. Among the items pass
ed are $25,000,000 for construction J
on the National Continental Railway.1
$4,000,000 for the Interrolonv Rail
way, $3,000,000 for the Quebec bridge,
$2.000, oOo for the building of the
first section of the Hudson Pay Rail
way. $1,000,000 for the Trent Canal.
$."00,000 for the Prince Kdward Island
Railway. $r>0.000 for surveys for deep
ening the Welland Canal, and $1">,000
for the purchase of a private car for
the use of the Duke of Connaught.
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SUIT AGAINST MARSHAL
FAULKNER IS DISMISSED.
Judge Stout, Tim Vogel, E. I).
Wood, Cr. C. DeHaven and J. A.
Smith Arrived up on the Dolphin en ? j
route to their home in Haiine?, and
were about, town while their boat
waa in port yesterday.
Thoy have been at Jjinoau in con
nection. wi'li the care of J. II. De
Rlondoau vs. H. L. Faulkner.. lT. S.
Marshal.
The case was a suit for damages .
for attaching property ir? the <a e
of T!ni Vogel vs. the Alaska Trans- 1
portatiom & Trading Co. The amount I
sued for was $2. "00.
Hellonthal & Hellenthal, the Jun
eau attorneys, and \V. R. St->ut. the,
Haines a'toriiev, appeared for- Faulk
ner. and I H. Cobb represented t'le '
plaintiff.
The suit was dismissed upon mo
tion of (lefendent's attorney nft-rj
plaintiff's testimony had been heard ,
by .fudge Lvons.
EX-SEATTLE MAYOR
IS NOW FOR TAFT.
WASHINGTON, l>. C.? Ila.iy Uli.te.j
former mayor of Seattle and one of!
tiie "Reriug River coal barons." hu v -
lug cousumated the purchase of 7".-:
000 acres of arable land from the1
Santo Fe Railroad Co., left this * I y
a few days ago for his new home on j
the desert. Together with others
who are interested in the coal lands
of Alaska, White will endeavor to
secure delegates to the Republican
National Convention for Preside t
Taft. It isn't that these coal claim
ants love Mr. Taft. but rather that
they love Colonel Roo.-evelt and Clif
ford Pinehot very much l?' s. in this
case many of them feel tha*. tiley are
entitled to the land which they s'a' -
??Ml and located under the law a-s it
had i.een construed up to tluv time.
They feel 'hat this administration has
riven them what Roosevelt tails n
square deal ? that is to say, a deal
that is in any conceivable share but
square. However, befng between the
devil and the deep sea, t' ey are choi fl
ing what they consider the bast of
many evils.
KNOX RETURNS TO
HIS MILITARY P03T.
NORFOLK. Va., April 17? I-Vre
tarv of State. Philander C. Kn-.x. re
turned to this city today after his
trip to the Panama Zone. He will
make no statement regarding h s
Visit to the big canal and the work
regarding the same.
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10 BE ibSUE
SEN. LA FOLLETTE 9AY9
OPEN' COAL LANDS
Say Admiri&tration Shculd Give Pa
cific CcasV And Alaska The Bene
fit of The Resources of North
West America.
ALBANY, Ore., April 17?Srn. La
Follette, in a speech which he de
livered in this town last ni.-ht t-.efcre
a lar<e audience, stated that>h? in
tended to make a National issue out
of the Alaska roai lands, and that
i? was up to the administration to
open the Alaska coal fiel.ls so that
the Pacific coa^t and the people of
Alaska rould have the benefit of the
r"-sctm-p?< of the North we- 1 s? flon
uf the t'nited States
AVIATOR ACCOMPANIES
' SHIP TO SAY GOOD-BYE.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., April l? In a
biplane this afternoon Aviator H. F
Kearny accompanied the steamer Yale
three miles out to sea to bid fare
well to Miss Elsie Berlin and her
j brother. C. H. Berlin, an aeroplane
'pilot who is on his way to Ont.ralia.
i Wash.
j At times Kearny flew hi^h above
the steamer, only to descend and
J ckim the sea alongside the vessel
Prom aloft the aviator dropped
| bon-bons to the Yale's deck and also
! seven letters, one for each day of
the trip, 'he mfcssives be|n* inflow!
in a metal tube.
WOULD START NEW
AUDITORIUM AT ONCE
i SAN FRANCISCO. April 16? Im
| midately after the voters of San Fran
I elsco approved the Civic Center bond
issue by a vote of eleven to on?, Ma
yor James Bolph, Jr., called upen the
. Executive Committee of the Panama
| pacif'c International Exposition and
requested that 'he $1,001,000 pledged
' for the erection of an Auditorium in
, the Civic Center be turned over to
I the City. This auditorium is to he
| constructed on land furni-hed by the
I City and will be one of the finest
'in the world.
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