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No. 194. TWELFTH YEAK. SKAGWAY, ALASKA. SATURDAY JANUARY 15, 1910 PRICE, 10 CENTS
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nws ran?
(By Ala-ika News Bureau)
FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Jan. 15? WaV
tir Schleler. who was thought to havn
wandered off the Valdez-Palrbanks
trail and frozen to death, was found
alive yesterday, by a party of search
ers from the United States signal
rorps station?
Roth of Schleler's feet and hands
are frozen and he will probably lose
? bis limbs.
Mrs. H. A. Rockefeller of San
Francisco died here today as the re
sult of exposure while coming In
from Valdez on the stage.
The body of Joe King, who was
lost In the recent blizzard, was found
today, frozen stiff.
Signal corps men are searching for
others who are missing.
ST. PETERSBURG.? Articles of an j
alarming character have recently betU
appearing in certain newspapers al
lied to the Conservative party in the ?
Duma. These publications have led
M. Iswolsky. Minister of foreign af
fairs to declare that current rumors
concerning the gravity of the situa
tion in the Far East are unfounded
Despite this official denial It is re
ported in official quarters that Japan
is contemplating the annexation of
Corea and that Russia is in no posi
tion to even protest against the plan.
From an unimpeachable source it Is
learned that M. Iswolsky. in the
course of a conversation with certain
deputies, admitted that Japan is arm
ing. but that he does not know her
motive in doing so.
Kxact reports as to Japan's militarj
activity have been received at the
Ministry of War and the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
Alarm was caused by a report sub
mitted by the Governor of Kamchat
ka. Many Japanese officers have re
ceived orders to rejoin their colors
within a week.
OPERATION 10
CURE CRIMINAL
KANSAS CITY.? That Daniel J. La?
very, formerly a Chicago bricklayer,
was transferred from an honest man
into a criminal of a dangerous type
by a blow on the head, is the belief
of Judge Ralph S. Latshaw in thv
criminal court here. Yesterday the
Judge paroled Lavery to Charles Mur
ray. of the Illinois State Insane Asy
lum. after Lavery had been sentenced
to four years in the penitentiary for
burglary committed here two weeks
ago.
Lavery was twice conflne<l in an
Illinois institution for the insane and
as many times discharged, the second
time six months ago. About two
years ago Lavery was struck on the
head with a stone and since then he
Is said to have had a different per
sonality. It is understood that when
he is returned to Illinois an operation
will be performed on him.
Guy Chapin, who represents the
Doherty-Fithian Shoe company of
Portland arrived in town on the Cot
tage City from Juneau, and will re
main is Skagway and Haines until
the next Jefferson.
C. B. Guptill. who disloca'ed his
shoulder Thursday evening, was able
to be about town today.
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CASEY MAN TELLS EAST
OF WONDERS 8F WIRELESS
Casey Moran, formerly of the Post
Intelligencer staff, who is now In Chi
cago boosting Alaska and incidentally
writing for the Post, has attributed
new wonders to the wireless tele
graph. Casey's story Is told In the
Post under date of December 14, how
his friend. "Texas Slim," received a |
wireless message on his flesh by
means of an electric belt. Casey
began :
"1 like to see every encouragement j
given to modern inventions, but I tell
you that wireless telegraphy Is dan
gerous, especially In the vicinity of |
mountain passes, where th->re are sta
tions on each side of the range.
"No, I won't say that I can cite
Instances where harm has come to
anyone, but I know that a wireless
message going through the air was
tapped by a man, who received
the message on his body.
"One winter on Birch creek, Texas
Slim and I were on our way from the
Tanana to Harrison creek on a pros
pecting trip. We had reached the sum
mlt of Twelve Mile pass after a hard
pull, for there were no dogs, when
Slim suddenly threw up his hands an
motioned for me to keep still. Sllm's I
actions didn't look good to me, as I
thought he had gone trail loco, but ]
when he said 's-s-h,' I did.
"After looking for a minute or two I
at me. Slim began to smile, and it
grew until finally he let out a yell
that scared me nearly out of my moc
casins. Then he screamed: 'Casey,
we're rich!" and began doing a dance
and yelling louder than ever. You
know such actions as that out on the
great white trail In the North don't
make a sane man foci any too good.
Finally Slim quiets down and says:
"'Casey, we Just bit the summft'at
the right minute. You know I am an
old telegraph operator, hut got sick
down In Texas and came North for
my health. Now there Is a station at
Circle and one at Fairbanks. I have
had to wear an electric belt for many
years, and there is a place worn
down to the metal. Just now I felt
a little shock, and then came a mes
sage. Why It came Into ray system
just like a message comes into an of
fice. That leak in my electric belt
permitted mo to read a message,
which said: 'Rich as Eldorado. Will
take chance. When you coine, bring
horses. Will be North fork Tatlanlki
Pete.'
"well sir, we turned around, hauled
our outfits back to Fairbanks and
then to the North fork, a 200-mile
inush."
There was silence for a minute.
Then Casey started to tell what dan
ger there was If a heavily charged
message should hit a man carrying a
crowbar on a wet day, but he was in
terrupted by one of his friends, who
asked what had become of the mes
sage.
"We got off wrong," said Casey.
"It turned out, according to what 1
_ ? _ r- tti?
heard afterward, that Slim got only
part of the message, and when we
reached the North fork we made In
quiries, and 'Squaw Pete' admitted
sending this message:
" 'Still prospecting. Nearly out of
grub; far from being rich as Eldor
ado.' That told the story. But 'Slim'
throw away his electric belt "
TURTLES USED
TO RUN CAIIOES
LONDON ? Travelers' tales outrival
ing Baron Munchausen's are related
in the solemn pages of a recent Issue
of the Journel Officiel de la Repub
lique Francaise. the status of which i
equivalent to that of the London Ga
zette.
Reporting a lecture before the
French Geographical Society on the
state of Guerrero, Mexico, by Dr. Mo
lens. the Journal Officiel says:
"Tho orator has used the turtles
as a motor. He took an ordinary
Indian canoe and cut cavities in it in
such a manner as to encase and im
prison two turtles, a female at the
prow and a male at the stern. The
canoe was fitted with a rudder. When
the male turtle was prodded the ca
noc began to move at a good i>ace.
"These turtles have powerful swim
ming fins, Two turtles represented
two propellers of a diameter of about
thirty-five inches. By the aid of a
tube fixed in the interior of the ves
sel they were given fish, and they
could take in and renew their breath.
He kept some turtles fixed to the |
canoe for six mouths.
"Utilization of the marine turtle as
a motor is perfectly possible. Petrol
is replaced by live fish, which one
gives these turtles to eat."
CHARGES ARE DISMISSED
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
NEW YORK. Jan. 15? 1 The charg
es of forgery and perjury against
Mae Woods .who claimed to be the
! wife of Senator Piatt, have been dis
missed by the prosecuting attorney.
j The Hegg made the round trip to
Haines yesterday.
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HI mill FREEZING
(By Alaska News Bureau)
NEW YORK. Jan. 15? Fifteen per- j
sons died here today a? a. result of i
the unusually cold weather. There
Is great suffering among the poor
In thf tenement districts.
HAS ALL LIFE ON MARS CEASED 1
LONDON, England. ? Fresh changes
of an extraordinary nature are report
ed in -Mars by the Journal of the
British Astronomical Association,
which says that the Planet during
September was nearer the earth than
at any time since 1892, and In a fav
orable position for observation.
The phenomena observed, says the
Journal, are altogether without paral
lel in the records of the past. Vast
changes have transformed the appear
ance of Mars. A gloomy yellow veil
has enshrouded immense tracts of the
Martian surface, obliterating the
markings, and changes now in prog
ress on the Surface of Mars are of
exceptional interest in view of the
theory developed by Professor Lowell
that Mars is inhabited by a race of
living beings. He argues that the
canals of Mars are works constructed j
by a dying race menaced by starva
tlon on a desert planet, to carry
water supplied by molting ice-caps
on the poles to waterless areas near
the equator, and thus raise food.
It Is suggested that if the mark
ings have recently disappeared and
the yellow veil has covered immense
tracts on the surface, there must have
been some catastrophe on a gigantic
scale or some cataclysm such as
dwarfs the most violent earthquakes
known on our planet.
It is inferred that the abnormal
electric conditions of the sun, which,
according to Sir Oliver Lodge, the
noted scientist, caused the recent inae
netlc storm on tho earth, have had a
far more terrible influence on Mars
They may have unloosed forces, it is
believed, which if Professor' Lowell's
theory concerning life on Mars Is cor
rect, may have ended forever the
Martians' struggle for life.
BOAT BEACHED
SOUTH OF NOME
SEATTLE.Jan. 3 ? A cable message
was received here yesterday from
Nome Alaska, saying that the gaso
line schooner Duxbury is beached on
the shore of Bering Sea and that the
crew Is making its way south over
the ice. It is not known whether the
Duxbury was wrecked or was merely
caught in the ice and beached by her
crew until the return of warm weath
er. The Duxbury registers only 23
tons, but was built especially for wor
in northern waters. She left Nome
for Seattle the middle of November
and was bringing a cargo of furs,
ivory and whalebone valued at more
than. $10,000. She is in command of
Captain Jacobson and carried a crew
of six men.
DEAD ELEPHANT
IS EXPENSIVE
SAN FRANCISCO? With a freight
bill of $1025 to be added to his pur
chase price of $2,000, a huge elephant
consigned to a local amusement park
from Cincinnati, arrived at the freight
depot yesterday, dead, and the pur
chasers are mourning an outlay on
a very expensive but unproductive
subject. They are wondering If the
freight bill cannot be avoided by de
claring the beast as perishable freight
The elephant succumbed yesterday,
and the railroad, despite the appeals
of the purchasers, insisted on deliver
Ing many hundreds of pounds of dead
elephant- and demanding full freight
rates.
Natty,
Snappy
and of
True
Value
These are the features
we insist upon every
garment we handle.
We want good style
and we must have the
best of value. We
have built up this
business by giving our
customers the best
merchandise the world
produces and we mean
to continue this policy
The new fall and wint
er suits and overcoats
are here come and
look them over.
WILL CLAYSONcloThier