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No. 242 FIFTEENTH YEAH
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1913 TRICK 10 CKNTf
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1H IE MORNING
Juneau, Jan. IS ? The trial of1
the case of the United States vs.
the Pacific Wharves & Trading
company, vs. the Pacific and Arctic
Hallway and Navigation company,
the Pacific Coast company and the
Pacific Coast Steamship company, C.
E. Wynn Johnson, E. E. BUllng
hurst, W. H. Nansen, Ira Bronson.
J. C. Ford. J. W. Smith, C. E.
Houston, A. L. Berdoe and F. J.
Cushlng, began this morning.
Jerome W. Smith, President Hous
ton of the Pacific Coast Coal com
pany, and several other defendants
and witnesses arrived In Juneau
Friday night, but the arraignment
was continued until this morning.
The defendants are being tried
under a charge of conspiracy In
restraint of trade, and Is the only
one of the transportation rases
which will be tried at this term of
court. In the Indictment the de
fendants are charged with having
formed a conspiracy for the pur
pose of creating a monopoly of the
wharfage business at Skagway.
The Indictment recites that prior
to the formation of the monopoly
charged, the Sylvester wharf, the
Seattle wh:irf, the Pacific Coast
wharf and the Moores wharf were
four Independent wharves doing bus
iness at Skagway. It is charged
that the monopolists bought the
Moore wharf, the Seattle wharf and
the Sylvester wharf, and closed them
to business. They then formed a
combination with the Pacific Coast
company, the owners of the Pacific
Coast wharf, whereby the latter was
closed to the public. The terms of
this combination was that all the
coal for Skagway should be bought
from the Pacific Coast Steamship
company and further, that for
every ton of coal sold by the coal
monopoly at Skagway, the Pacific
Coast company was to receive 25
cents.
E. E Billinghurst and A. L. Ber
doe have never been under arrest,
and will not appear here for trial.
Both of them are in British Colum
bia, and the offense is not extradl
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TVG HOLY OKI! BATTLES
TO SAVE COPPER ORE
Juneau, Jan. 13 ? Captain Bruce
Mackav, commander of the big tug
Holyoke, and his crew battled for
several hours against the elements
in Lynn Canal In a desperate fight
to save the barge Washington,
loaded with a valuable cargo of cop
per ore from Skagway to the Ta
coma smelter, from going ashore a
total wreck and when eventually
the big barge had been safely land
ed at anchor behind Benjamin Is
land the crew of both the tug and
barge were exhausted and suffering
from numerous frost bites on the
hands and face, the tug mate suf
fered severe frost bites on both
hands.
Captain Mackay landed the barge
at anchor behind Mayflower Island
last evening and tied the tug up at
the city dock in Juneau to get
fresh water, the water feed at the
Moore wharf, Skagway. being frozen,
which forced a call at this port.
Subscribe for The Alaskan now.
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mora
Cincinnati, Jan. 13 ? The Ohio]
river is still rising and the valleys
for miles along its raging course
are flooded. The big river has
overflown its banks and rendered
thousands homeless in the States
of Ohio, West Virginia and Ken
tucky.
From Louisville comes the re
port that the Ohio river it at the
highest of its history, the forty
foot flood stage having been reach
ed. Owing to interrupted com
munication it is impossible to tell
how many lives are lost, but it is
estimated that they are considerable
W. C. Blanchard, chief clerk of
the White Pass & Yukon railroad,
is registered at the Occidental Ho
tel, having arrived last night from
Skagway. ? Juneau Dispatch.
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discount
Our Annual Inventory Sale starts at Nin* o'clock on the 1 Oth
in#t, and will continue for the next ten day*.
REMEMBER
we buy our goods from the manufacturer, not from another mer
chant. consequently we have NO OLD GOODS to dispose of.
EVERY ARTICLE IN OUR STORE ON SALE (with the
exceptions of Rubber Goods. E. W. Collars, Knox Hat*, Thread*
and One Piece House Dresses.
Strictly for Cash
H. J. Lynch :
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The Leading Ladies Furnisher and Haberdasher of Skagway
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CAPTAIN OF PIONEER
DIKK IN KETCHIAKN
Captain Manter of the Tug Pio
neer, a well known captain of the
Pacific Coaat, died suddenly of
heart failure while in Ketchikan,
Monday, Jan .8th. With the Tug
Pioneer Captain Manter was towing
the barge Palmyra, recently loaded
with ore in Skagway, put In at
Ketchikan when his death occurred.
A newspaper report from there
says:
First Mate Jacobaon started south
in command of the tug Pioneer thiB
morning, with the barge Palmyra
intow. Mr. Jacobson has captains
papers, so there was nothing to pre
vent him taking command, and con
tinuing the trip. The Palmyra has
1 u cargo of ore on board from Skag
1 way.
I Local friends of the late Captain
Manter are seeing to the embalm
ing and shipping of his body south
1 on the first steamer. M. S. Dobbs
has long been a personal friend of
the dead man, and his sudden death
| was a severe shock.
WESTWARD INDIANS ARK
STARTING A DISTURBANCE
Seward, Jan. 13 ? Word comes
from the Cooks Inlet country that
the natives in the neighborhood of
Tyonlk and Betuga were on the
warpath and are threatening to kill
all the white people of that region.
Teachers and missionaries have
been forced to floe for their lives,
and the fear is entertained that
several lone trappers and pros
pectors will meet death at the hands
of the Indians.
TONS or HERRING
WASHED UP ON BEACH
Juneau, Jan. 11 ? A report comes
from Klawock, on the west coast of
Prince of Wales, of a remarkable
Influx of fish Into the bay. It says:
This section was visited by a New
Year's storm, one of the Worst ere r
known on the west coast of Prince
of Wales Island.
Probably a million barrels of dead
herring were washed upon the Kla
wock beach.
It was a pitlablo sight to aee a
solid tijass of struggling fish filling
the entire bay. In some places
along the beach the herring are
riled up knee deep, and people are
packing hundreds of barrels for
food and bait.
The storm lasted for many hours,
and the gale seemed to fairly lift
the water in huge walls, and with
it the fish which were driven into
the bay in solid masses.
; LOST IN SEATTLE
INSTEAD OP GREENLAND
Seattle, Jan. IS ? Saturday's re
port sent out from Christiana, Nor
way, that Captain Severdrup was
lost In the Arctic Circle somewhere
in the north of Greenland, is de
nied in this city. The denial comes
from no less a person than Captain
Severdrup himself, who has been
living the simple life In this city
:ill the time that many of his
friends thought him lost. He Just
naturally neglected to write to his
relatives in Norwsy for the past
year, and the last time they heard
from him he was headed for Green
land, hence the supposition that he
was still there.
i!H MD DESTRUCTION
FROM WEST WST SH
Wrangell, Jan. 13 ? During a
storm commencing on New Year's
| Day and lasting three days, the
| new town of Craig on the west
coast of Prince of Wales island, suf
fered much property damage and
the death of one citizen. On the
second day, Jan. 2, Jas. Connors
was instantly killed by a tree which 1
was blown down on his cabin, I
crushing hJm as he lay in bed. C.
: Erickson narrowly escaped a similar
fate, having left his cabin only a 1
few minutes before his cabin was
wrecked by a falling tree. N'ura- :
eroug other cabin* were blown
down by the fore* of the gale.
On the West Coast the fishing in
dustry is temporarily demoralized
l>y the severe weather. On January
4th, four fishing boats had not re
ported for eight weeks and six had
been at anchor fourteen days on ac
count of bad weather.
Other West Coast points were
visited by the gall but Craig sus
tained the brunt of the damage. At
Hydaburg Indian village the natives
were panic stricken. Two children
received minor Injuries and several
houses demolished.
TIMOTHY SULLIVAN
IS SLOWLY DYING
Now York, Jan. 13 ? Timothy Sul
livan who was taken seriously HI ?
few days ago, has been transferred
from his home to the Yonkers san
itarium, where he still continues
unconscious and raving with hallu
cinations.
GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIKTY
CX>MriiIMKNT8 AMVNIWKX
Washington, Jan. 13 ? The Na
tional Geographical Society had a
special gold medal made for pre- !
sentatlon to Captain Raoul Amund
sen as a recognition of hl? wonder
rul achievement In discovering the
south pole. It *aa presented to
him yesterday and modestly ac
cepted by the noted explorer.
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* Preferred Stock
? Canned Goods
At tkii ?*??? af T?*r rrenk fniiii
and Tejjetabkfi are hard to
We hare an oiccllont remedy faf
this condition In our Uue of Pre
ferred Stock Canned good*. Brery
can guaranteed.
t P. H. GANTY. Grocer ?
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?00 Fie SSDO FOR
MISUSE OF U. S. MS
Buffalo, Jan. 13 Klbert Hub
bard, the noted lecturer and writer,
waa found Rutltjr of pending ob
acene matter through the malla. and
fined five hundred doll.ir* Saturday
afternoon Hubbard ?? l?4let?4
undor ItZ ro?nU. and bHn* *??
vlctwl on lh? dm, ????
fir# ?*r? ?u*p*nd#<l
It l? bHIwH ????? Mr H?hMH
will appeal bta fi??
PEACE EFFORTS
London, Jan 13 nego
tiations have broken and all aid"*
to the Balkan conflict are awaiting
Instruction* from their countries
before taking any further steps
toward a settlement of the dispute
The commissioners came to the de
cision Saturday that nothing could
be done by them to adjust the war
ring factions and so g.ive up the
matter In despair
The British government hsa been
notified from Constantinople that
the Ottoman government will place
the question of peace before the
National Assembly, and If the
assembly declares for war It will be
resumed Immediately
From present Indications there Is
no likelihood of a peaceful termina
tion and all that the moot sanguine
may expect Is another bloody war
Halifax. Jan 13- El*ht hu?.
dred and nine passengers were tak
en off the steamer Uranium botind
for Kngland, which became strand
ed last yeor on the reefli of Che
bucto Owing to the severity of
the storms now prevailing on the
north Atlantic, the steam" was
driven from her course and struck
the reef It Is said that t <? Cran
ium will be moved after lightening
her cargo
TRUSTS MUST
BE STRAIGHT
CMca?o. Ian 11 In Ma addraen
before the r#?i??rrt?| flab of Chi
cago .Hatnrday nltht. Incomfwr preal
dent Woodrow Wllmii hM that
crooked bueln-^a ?miM *?? no f.i
tort 'row ht? administration M?
wanted the r>H pnMlahed to the
world, an that "Teryone roold h* ??
a fair w*n?ln?, that corporation*
and those rn*^*ed In M* h?l*t*e*a
must conduct tholr affair* with
on eat It and a decent retrard for
law
t'pon a strict plane of honoai r
la tha only way that he will permit
any corporation to do bwalnaea *n
der hi* administration
offh fhs %*n r^mim
UUVR MIRT am (Rn
Captain and Mr* 8loan and M -
Colonel ?nd Mr* B<Mte of Ft 8?w
ard were ??n the Humboldt loosing
the Fort 'or permanent residence*
rlaewhere
Captain Sloan with Ma family ar
to be stationed at Rwk Island
illlnota. where the Captain will
aerre aa i atrnctor of tbe gia e
militia at the arsenal MoatMont
Colonel and Mr* !U(? are oa their
way to Altnny, N T
OOWPKIM ooim TO All?
THK fJ 1KMF.>T WRKKVtN
N>w Torfc. Jan. If- Soinwel Oom
p*ra la espertcd to arrive In the
rtty aoon and take the |ea>1er*hlp of
the strike by the garment worker*
When Mr Oomper* left Washlng
'on a fpw day* airo he aald that he
would do all In hla power to remedv
the rondltlon* under which ormnlr
<?d capital (? forcing Ita wortmen to
labor.
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