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No. 176. THIRTEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 81, 1911 PRICE. 10 CENTS
WARSHIP OUT
OF COMMISSI
NAVY YARD. Pl'CET SOUND, Mar
? The las* step in the process of
converting the U. S. S. Philadelphia
from the status of a seagoing ship,
on of the : vessels of the new
navy, into a floating hulk, was start
"i today when she was plac?d in
dry dock to have her twin screws
i moved. The U. S. S. Philadelphia
was one of the first steel ships built
fo.- the American navy, and has been
in commission since 1S92. Five years
a ;o the vessel, having become ob
solete with the advent of the modern
battleship, was brought to this yard
and attached to this station as re
ceiving ship.
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(By Alaska News Bureau)
KL PASO, Mar. 31? Express mes
senger Hawkins, who disappeared yes- ,
tc: day taking with him a package
? ortaining $50,000, was arrested to- 1
day in No gales, Arizona, and will be j
brought back here for trial.
CHICAGO, Mar. 22? Judge Car pen- J
ter in the I'nited States court today
denied the demurrer of the ten Chi
<ago packers, indicted on criminal
charges in connection with the for
mation of the beef trust, to immunity
They will have to stand trial, which
piobably will be in thirty days. This
h the fourth time they have been de
feated in their efforts to get out of j
tral.
50 cents for a Home Cooked meal
at the Royal Cafe, Whitehorse. Quick
rervice. White Help. .ll__
ARE FIGHTING
01 THE ISSUES
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SEATTLE, Mar. 31? Both sides are
ai suing the issues of the coal case,
i as a preliminary to taking evi
dence. The legal battle looks as if
it would be a long and bitter fight.
BIG BATTLE
IS NOW ON
(By Alaska News -Bureau.)
TUCSON, Arizona, Mar. 31? Ad
vices are to the effect that a four
days' battle has been raging near
I'res, and that a thousand men have
been killed including Federals and
labels. The reports are very meager,
and it is not known which side has
the advantage.
(By Alaska News Bureau)
ALBANY, Mar. "1 ? The debris is
bting cleared away from the smoking
ruins of the State Capitol. Although
th? building is a total loss, it is be
lieved that many valuable papers
which were in the Treasurer's safe
may yet be saved.
intIotes
FOB UN
NEW YORK, Mar. 31 ? Woman suf
frage was endorsed by organized la
oor in Carnegie hall last night at
?.he first meeting of its kind here.
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BRISBANE Australia. Mar. 31?
The report brought to Gouribari by
natives last month that Staniforth
Sni:th, the British administrator of
Papua, and his party of exploration
had been massacred by Papuans prov
e:l to be untrue. Smith, with his
j expedition, arrived at Thursday Is
land yesterday. The explorers left
Port Moresby, the capita', of Papua,
on Nov. 18 last, for the interior, where
they suffered great privations and
lost a few native carriers.
Yesterday's advices from Thursday
Island contained the first authentic
news of the expedition since it set
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(By Alaska News Bureau)
SEATTLE, Mar. 31? Ex-Chief of j
F( lk-e Wappenstein was again arrest- 1
eil this morning on a charge of tak
aft eleven hundred dollar bribe i
from Tupper and Gerald. Wappen- j
stein was later released on bail.
(By Alaska News Bureau)
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 31? The
S ate Supreme Court this morning de
nied Ruef a rehearing in the famous
jim'* case. Ruef's only chance now
is that of obtaining a federal writ |
fcr a new trial.
Mrs. Hubert Hayward, well known
in Skagway, is at present working in
the Hair dressing parlors of Wolff
and Lippman in Portland.
On and afrer April the first the
Bioadway freight office of the
Wnite Pass Route will be closed, and
the summer local business will be
transacted from the Wharf Office.
THE CITIZENS PARTY FRIDAY |
NIGHT.
A Convention of the Citizens Party
w'li be held on Friday evening
M*rch 31st, 1911, at 8 p. m. sharp
a' Fireman's Hall for the purpose of
nominating sewn (7) Councllmen,
Mid one school clerk, to be voted for
at the Municipal Election .Tuesday,
April 4th, 1911.
D. M. WESTCOTT,
Chairman of Central Committee
Subscribe for the Daily Alaskan.
(By Alaska News Bureau)
VICTORIA, B. C., Mar. 31? Thein
v<.s' igation into the loss of the
?Schelt was begun today. All hands
were lost on the Schelt about a week
t'go.
SEARCH 11!
IS NOW LOST!
(By Alaska News Bureau)
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Mar. 31
? An expedition will soon be sent
out to search for Captain Mikkelsen
and Engineer Iversen, who are
searching for the Explorer Ericksen.
X.uhing has been heard of Mikklesen I
and Iversen s:nce they left here two |
years ago.
THE ODOS ABE
m TO F
(By Alaska News Bureau)
'SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 31? The j
fight tonight between Antone La- 1
Grave and Ad Wolgast in this city
is attracting a great deal of interest I
a? the local boy is very popular. The |
odds, however, favor Wolgast at ten [
to four.
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NEW YORK, Mar. 21? Willis Ver
non Cole, one of the most prominent |
Christian Science healers in America,
v.ns indicted on charges of unlaw
fully practicing medicine today.
IS
LA PAZ, Bolivia, Mch. 24? Mol
colm Knowles, son of American Min
ister Horace G. Knowles, was kill
ed yesterday when the trolley pole
<.f an electric car fell, ai'd, striking
the young man, crushed bis skull.
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ROOSEVELT IS
SYMPATHETIC
PASADENA, Cal., Mar. 27? Colonel
Roosevelt called today on Mrs. M.
S. Hoxsey, mother of Archie Hoxsey,
th. aviator who was killed at Domi
guez field, last December. He ex
pressed his condolences and his ap
preciation of the character of the
young aviator. Col. Roosevelt had
U.ken an unusual liking to Hoxsey
when ho flew with him at St. Louis
six months ago.
"I have come to express my deep
est sympathy over the death of your
son," said Roosevelt. "He was a
noble youth. If there were more like
h m we would have a better nation."
BEPurro
HELP OEMS.
(By Alaska NewB Bureau)
ALBANY, N. Y., Mar. 31? Chair
man Barnes, of the Republican State
Central Committee, has asked the
legislators to give the Progressive
Democrats the right to name the Sen
ator from this State.
U. S.W0MS
FRAUDS AGAIN
KEW YORK, Mar. 31? Alexander
Hollander, a member of the firm of
Alexander Hollander & Company, cus
toms brokers, pleaded guilty in the
United States court to a charge of
lorgery in connection with customs
frauds, aggregating $500,000. He was
arrested in Naples last December.
Sentence will be imposed later.
Fletcher T. Hamshaw, the McKee
Creek operator, will arrive on the
State of California and will be join
ed here by his wife, who came over
from Carmm on yesterday's train.
NOTHING BUI
IDLE DREAMS
(By Alaska News Bureau)
BERLIN, Germany, Mar. 31 ? Ac
coiding to Chancellor Von Hollweg
the idea advanced by British and
American diplomats regarding inter
national arbitration are empty dreams.
newIntT
? TRUST LAW
(By Alaska News Bureau)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 31? At
torney-General WIckersham is pre
paring a new anti-trust law which he
will endeavor to have passed at the
extra session next month. None of
the details of the bill have been an
nounced.
WORLD*
PEACE COMING
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 23?
D plomats said today that they ex
ptct within a short time the an
nouncement to be made of the for
mation of a world-wide peace feder
? 'on under the leadership of Presi
dfnt Taft. England, France, Japan
ard America already are embraced
in the union.
AODUL HAH
IS A SUICIDE
VIENNA, Mar. 31? It is reported
that ex-Sultan Abdul Hamid of Turk
ey has committed suicide.
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