JUaskan
No. 234 FIFTEENTH VKAK SKAGWAY ALASKA. FRIDAY, JANUARY ?? 1?18 K '? *****
RE ElilS 1111
10 RESIGN 1 ran
London, Jan. 3 ? The peace dele
gates to tho London ambassadorial
conference which began Its session
yesterday after the holiday recess,
hare about siren up the hope that
there can be any settlement with
Turkey. They announced yesterday
that no more concessions would be
given to tht> Ottoman government.
The allies Insist on retaining Adrian
ople, and Turkey absolutely refuses
to give it up; and therein lies the
stumbling block over which peace
may trip and start anew the deadly
conflict.
Several attempts already have
been made unofficially by members
of the Turkish delegation to got
th?? Montenegrin, Servian and Greek '
delegate* to recede from the demand
that Adnanople be surrendered,
promising In return that Turkey will
not object to their respective en
largements territorially. _
These advances, and reports eman
ating from Constantinople that Bul
garia Is negotiating terms direct
with Turkey there, are considered to
have as their basic purposes an at
tempt to divide the allies.
The representatives of the Balkan
states have resisted all temptations
placed In their way and present to
day as united a front as they did
the first day of the negotiations,
and are Just as determined as ever
to have their own way In concluding
peace.
Instead of diminishing, excite
ment is growing among the Servian
and Montenegrin delegations over
what are considered Austria's plans
In the Balkans. That the dual mon
archy seems determined to carry out
these plans is considered proved by
the fact that she has not yet begun
to demobilise the big army she re
cently called to the colors.
Meanwhile, Austria is tempting
Montenegro by proposing In ex
change for Austria's support and
the occupation of Scutari by Mon
tenegro thut Austria be given pos
session of the mountains dominating
Cattaro, which thus would become
such an Impregnable naval strong
hold as to make the Vienna govern
ment the real master of the Adri
atic sea
Italy, the only power chiefly In
terested, oppose a scheme that
gives her rival the coveted suprem
acy on the sea.
PACIFIC (X).WT STATUS
ARE ALL RKPRK8KXTKD
San Francisco, Jan. 3 ? The New
Mexico Commission, appointed by
Ooyernor McDonald, as a result of
a bill passed by the Legislature, ar
rtveii in this city on Dec. 30th, to
select a site for New Mexico's Build
ing at the Panama-Pacific Interna
tional Exposition.
The Commission consists of Ex
Governor Herbert J. Hagerman of
Rosewell, Ex-Governor W. T. Thorn
ton of Santa Fe, R. E. Twitchell
of Los Vegas, Mayor J. J. Shuler
of Ranton and H. A. Jastro of
Deming.
This makes the twenty-fourth
state to solect a site for participa
tion in the coming world's fair, and
Is the last of the Pacific Coast
states, all others having made their
selections
With the exception of Texas and
Oklahoma, every state west of the
Missouri river has selected its state
building site at the Exposition.
New Mexico has in mind the
erection of a building of Mexican
architecture, to be of adobe, sur
rounding a patio and the plantings
are to be of cactus and other des
ert growths.
1.AY OX MAC DUFF, AXD
SEK WHO CRIES ENOUGH
Albany, Jan. 3 ? Governor Suiter
has thrown down the gauntlet to
' the would-be leaders of New York
I democracy. He Issued the state
ment this morning that the election
' of himself as the chief officer of
the State makes him the leader of
the State democracy, there Is no
other way around It, claims Mr. Sul
zer and on those lines he has thrown
down the gage of battle. So Mr.
Sulzer has issued the challenge to
fight It to the finish.
HAVE YOU SEEN OUR WINDOW FULL OF
75c.
Wool Dress Goods
Come in and examine the Goods
We believe that YOU will
say that they are the best
line of 36 inch Dress Goods
that you have ever seen at
that price
H. J. Lynch
The Leading Ladies Furnisher and Haberdasher of Skagway
If American
Republic Falls
It Will Be
Due to
Indifference
By CARDINAL CIRBON5 of Bal
timore, Senior American
Prelate of the Roman
Catholic Church
0 by Underwood and Underwood.
YOU and your fathers have now for a century and a quarter
experienced and enjoyed the blessings of a strong and free
government, and if you compare the result# of our political
system with those of other civilized nations I do not think
that our republic, with all its drawbacks and shortcomings, will suffer
in the comparison. Ybu can say, "AMERICA, WITH ALI, TIIY
FAULTS, I I.OVE TIIEE STILL"
Cold, indeed, and torpid, obtuse and apathetic is the soul that is
not aroused to warmth and enthusiasm in contemplating the history of
the United States, which has been tho home of lilierty and the haven
of rest to downtrodden millions in other lands.
NO MAN SHOULD HE A PRONE IN THE SOCIAL BEE
HIVE. No man'should be an INDIFFERENT spectator of the po
litical and economical questions which confront him. Indifference
and apathy in civic and political life are as HURTFUL TO THE
STATE as indifference in religion is hurtful to the Christian common
wealth.
IT IS MY PROFOUND CONVICTION THAT IF EVER THE REPUB
LIC IS DOOMED TO DECAY. IF THE FUTURE HISTORIAN SHALL
EVER RECORD THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE AMERICAN RE
PUBLIC, ITS DOWNFALL WILL BE DUE. NOT TO A HOSTILE IN
VASION. BUT TO THE INDIFFERENCE. LETHARGY AND POLITICAL
APOSTASY OF HER OWN SONS.
And if all citizens are BOUND TO TAKE AN INTEREST
IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS that duty especially devolves on those who
are endowed with superior intelligence and education and who ought
to be the leaders and exemplars of the people, guiding them in the
path of political rectitude.
May God so enlighten the mind and quicken the conscience of the
American people to n sense of their civic duties as to arouse in them an
EARNEST AND PRACTICAL INTEREST IN POLITICS.
IRON WOKKER8 STICK
T<> MAX IN TROrBIiK
Milwaukee, Jan. 3? William Red
ling, one of the men who was con
victed in the Indianapolis dynamite
case and sentenced to three years
in the federal penitentiary at Leav
enworth, was re-elected business
agent for the Milwaukee local union
of Iron Workers at their meeting
held last night.
Marshal Davles was summoned to
the Montana Restaurant In Ketchi
kan to look Into the condition of a
man found, writhing on the floor.
The restaurant proprietors did not
know whether the man was in a
fit or had taken poison. An Inves
tigation revej'led the fact that the
man's name was Charles Halverson.
a trapper and fisherman, well
known in the north, and that he
had taken strychnine sulf, m a
package at hand showed. The man
was carried to the hospital and he
is on the high road toward recovery.
Ilalverson gave no reason for his
rash act.
PKTKRMRllUi CONCERN
RI11JM (JAM KNCHNKH
Petersburg, Jan. 3 ? Petersburg
has another rew Industry ? the Pet
ersburg Machine & Iron Works The
concern, with shops here, will make
a specialty of manufacturing and re
pairing gasoline engines. An engine
of the company's own make Is call
ed the "Traveler," and Is especial
ly adapted for small trawling boats,
used for salmon. These engines are
four horse power
It Is reported from Haines that
the Hegg will arrive here this af
ternoon.
HllPPr NEW YEAfi
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
saw Iff MB
IB III ME m
Little Rock, Jan J -U. 8 Sen
ator Jeff I>*vIb from Arkanaaa. died
at hta home In thla city early thla
morning from a stroke of apoplexy
Mr. Uavla nerved three ronaecnt
Ive terma aa governor of hla atate.
Mn( Ik* only man who *M *r*T
elert?d three tlmea to th? gofmrnor
uhlp of Arfcanaaa He waa a del*
Kate lo the National Democratic
convention in HM an?l ??* rhoaen
for United State* Senator In 19*7.
Mr Darla vh fifty y?*r? old
PRIXCR GHOSH (IAINR
HINDI'S limiVIRRT) %M KKM \
Seattle, Juljr 3 Prli:ce Sarah
Ghosh of India, author of "The
Prince of l>eatlny" and the "Thous
and and One Nights In India," haa
added his rare to the Norsemen,
the Italian* and the Spaniards as
claimants for the honor of having
discovered America In his ad
dress before the Cosmopolitan dob
of the University of Washington,
given recently on the campus of
'he state Institution, the prince
said:
"An expedition Of Hindus, under
the personal direction of Prince Ar
juna of India, came over to this
country about 1000 B C. Prince
Arjuna In his memoirs speaks In
glowing terms of the clvllliatlon hej
found In parts of this continent "
NKW YORK NOT KIND TO
MKN WHO ARK RRoKK
New York, Jan 3- Clprlano C as
tro, the Vt-netuelan soldier and for
mer president of that South Ameri
can republic, sailed from thla port
this morning on his way bar* to
Kurope Castro is broke, and came
here for the purpose of getting
some financial and political help,
but failed.
PI R8KR SHEPARP REIjRAMCD
ON MBCt RITY BONO*
Seattle, Jan. I? Purser Clen
Shepard of the BS Jefferson, ac
cused of having brought stolen
goods into the State of Washington
while serving as purser on the Hum
boldt, was released this morning
under bonds of 17,600. A number
of his friends went surety for him
JIM KKf'AE. MlNEK
AND ilMBIM. Wt?l?
Now York, Jan. J ? Jam*a Roht
Ketne, the noted financier i*4
hnrn?m?n, died I aft night shortly af
ter bHn* operated upon for ab
dominal trouble. at hla horn* In
Odarhnrat, Ix>ng Island
Keene ?ai born In Ixmdon la
HID and went with hla family to
California In 1H5J; became a min
er in California and Nevada and a
?peculator In mining atocka from
which he cleaned up H.nan,n#n dur
ing the bonanta period of the 71'a
He waa vice-president of the Weat
cheater Racing AaaoHation at the
time of hla death
IKNKKf f-M.KR M.IM AWAY
o\ HKIOW* VfTTAOT
Rninawick. Ga.f Jan. 3 ? William
Rockefeller, New York capitallat,
left thla port at an early honr Taeo
day morning, on a small steamer,
boand for an unknown port All
kinds of rumors ara afloat regard
ing his intended daatlnatlon. aome
saying that he la In tonch with
the government of Me*lco for the
purpose of supplying a financial
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5TKW Pl.At KR HI1IW MW
HKLPH THK !/*?'?
Nome, Jan S ? Them la a big
rtiah la Nome to retake claims,
rlnce the discovery of pay on Ike
eitcnaion of the fonrth heach line
Under the new placer lawa only two
claims may be staked daring each
month, and with the coming of the
new year many of th# old aaaocla
tlon clalma hare lapaed, which give*
opportunity for more peoplo to take
advantage of the general dlatrlha
tlon of cblma
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