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No. R9 SIXTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1918 PRICE 10 CENT
&
CUSTOMS OFFICERS' HEADS
FALLING LIKE RAINDROPS
Washington. April 10 ? Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo made a
clean swevp of Philadelphia custom
officials yesterday, and with one
stroke of the pen ho ordered the re
moval of all of them.
He gives as his reason for the
displacemtnt of the Philadelphia!)*.
that It Is done for the kooiI of the
gi?ivlc<^ Others have been appoint
ed to take their places.
This Is taken as a hint that oth
er cities are to follow until there
Is not a Republican head loft in
tact on tho shouldors of a customs
officer It Is believed that Boston
will be the next city to feel the axe.
RAILWAY SHE
TIES IP TRAFFIC
Buffalo, April 10 ? The strikes on
the various lines of the Interna
tional lines of the street railway
companies, still continue to cause
conflicts and a demoralization of
traffic among the cities on either
Aide of the International boundary.
Many conferences have been held
between the managers of the street
ra'lway companies and the heads of
the union street car men, but with
out results. The owners of the
companies* maintain that they are
willing to take the strikers back but
will not recognlce their unions. The
u lions claim that they aro In a po
sition to hang out for an indefinite
time and hold up traffic until recog
nition of tho union and shorter
hours with better pay Is forced.
Rioting Uas started in many plac
es but the presence of the New
York state militia has promptly put
a stop to widespread disorders.
SOCIALISTS WILL STItlKK
FOR BKTTKK CONDITION'S
Brussels. April 10 ? In tho attempt*
to better their industrial conditions
the Socialist workmen of Belgulm
have set apart next Monday as a day
f?r a general strike among labor
ers. In order to prevent possible
disorders the government has dis
tributed troops among the Indus
trial centers throughout the coun
The Steamship Spokane Is due In
Skngway tomorrow afternoon.
1*11 ILADEI .PHI A NATIONALS
TAKK FIRST FROM BROOKLYN'
Brooklyn, April 10 ? The Phila
delphia Nationals took tho first
game of tho season yesterday from
t'-e Brooklyn team. In hotly con
tested game, the results being one
to nothing. In favor of Philadelphia.
The day was cold and the attend
ance not up to the standard of ex
pectations, about fifteen thousau
being present.
ALIEN LAND MKASl?RK
SUBJECT OF ANXIETY
Washington, April 10 ? Tho Cali
fornia alien land bill Is a rock over
vhloh soruo splits arc sure to\be
made. If It is passed ltwlll prob
bly cause some serious complica
tions between Japan and tho United
states. Members of congress are
?living It thoughtful consideration In
the hope of finding somo means of
I averting a threatened trouble.
GOODNESS.
Our mistake la in supposing
Unit Kotnu mi'D uro "good"' and
others "bud" and that a sharp
lino can bo dm n o between them.
The truth Is (hut every man has
Iwth qualities In hliu. and In
very few does the evil overbal
ance the good.- Paul Leicester
There are" some few men In
the world? I thank God for It?
who bear their value on their
countenance, who Htund unmln
takably for qualities which com
mand respect and admiration
and love. We seem to recognize
such men and to wonder where
we have seen them before. Id
reality, we recognize tho virtues
they represent? Winstotf Church
NEW SPRING*****
...millinery...
now
Being
Displayed
H. J. Lynch
The Leading Ladies Furnisher and Haberdasher of Skagway
I OTHER SIDE OF IDE
SILVER GREEK 60LD STORY
w. C. JLouk, known to tho mining
[cople of the north as "Billy" I -oak,
In company with T.' F. Lawson and
12. J. Ll times, urrlved In Skagway
las; evening direct from Silver
Creek, and the other creeks In the
'l'oslln country, recently made fa
mous by the announcement of the
discovery of placer gold.
Tuesday evening the Dally Alas
kan printed a story from tho new
diggings brought out by Willis Fos
ter, lu which he stated that In his
estimation the country was destined
to become another camp like Daw
sou and Fairbanks, and saying that
he had panned out pay on scvoral
creeks.
Tire gentlenie.i who arrived lust
night are not enthusiastic over the
promises of tho new field. They
went In there a few weeks ago and
spent nine days sinking and pan
nti g on various creeks, and in only
one of'them did they find color
that was on Silver creek and lu
the same bole that provtoua roports
laid six bit pans had been recover
ed. Mr. I.eak told a reporter of
the Daily Alaskan that he wont
down to bedrock on Silver and In
stead of finding six bit pans ho only
found a Blight color. On tho other
creeks he could discover nothing at
all. He saw no sediment, no quartz,
no iron, no stain and but little
black sand, thus contradicting the re
port of Mr. Foster who claims to
have found all of those. Kd. liarry,
who came up with the party, stop
ped in Atlln on tho way out ? and
will spend the summer thore, having
become couvlnced that thore Is noth
ing to warrant his remaining In the
Teslln country at present.
Mr. Loak says that he saw Dike
man. tho discoverer of the Iditarod.
in there and that Mr. Dlkeman aay>
the formation Is Identical with Idit
arod.
Mr. Lawson stated he had t'llk
ed with those who had sunk three
holes to bedrock 011 Too-Much
Johnson, a tributary of Sllvor, and
ih?y had found no color and were
riming out.
While panning on Sllvor crook in
sue of the holes sunk by Judson
Wurd, ono of tho Indian dlscoverera
of tho crook, tho Indian told hltn
tho pay wus on the other sldo of the
crock, but upon going across and
endeavoring to find gold, tho gen
tubmen mot with tho usual disap
pointment!).
Tliey all admit that no work has
been done to test tho ground thor
oughly, most of tho prospectors hav
ing gone In and staked and then left
without attempting to sink holes or
do any of the work requlrod In
thorough prospecting Johnson is
the most likely creek thoy saw in
the district. It has a nice grade,
and superficial Indications show that
it might contain pay, but It has not
been worked and nothing is known
Thoy are all agrocd, ' however,
that It Is u fine gamo country, and
the prospoctors all have moose meat
In their cachos, and are feeding
their dogs on the flesh of thoso nn
Im.ils. Rabbits and ptarmigan are
al.;o plentful.
Messrs. Leak, Lawson, Barnes
and Berry, left with their dogs, tak
ing four days to come over tho trail
to Atliu whero tho dogs were left,
and the gentlemen came on to
Skugway and left on the Hum
boldt for the south, fully convinced
that tho tlmo Is not rlpo for a stam
pede to tho couutry. They say
that the district is a vast one, and
it may b'j that some good strikes
w!ll be mado somewhere along tho
Teslln or tho numerous areeks that
Interlace tho country from the Big
Salmon to Atlin, but thoy aro not
advising anyone to rush In with the
expectation of making Immediate
strikes or staking anything that will
net lmmodluto returns.
Like everyone olso who has been
' to Atlln, they admit that O'Donnel
I river Is rich.
1-OPK RUSTS WKIJj, HIT
KETOVKKY IS DNCKKTAIX
Home. April 10 ? Tho condition of
Pope Pius remains but little chang
td though he pnssed a comparative
ly restful night. While there Is
no reason to apprehend his immed
iate demise, still his physicians can
hold out but llttlo hope for his com
plete recovery.
MICKCKIl WIMj HAVK CHARGE
OP NEW I'HOTO C.UXEUV
W. H. Case will open up a now
photograph studio over his r.ew
store at the corner of Main aud
Front streets, and A. C. Mercei",
v?>o Is one of the best photographer
on tho Pacific Coast, will have
chargo.
The new studio will be equipped
with everything which goea to in:.k'
ui> the most up to dnto photograph
gallery, ami with Mr. Mercor lu
charge, there is no reason why the
new enterpiise should not bo u very
successful venture. ? Juneau Dlspatc
HEROINES.
Woman is e*|>e<lally endowed
to sootlie disaster. She Is called1
the weaker vessel, but all pro
fitne as well as sacred history at
tests that when the crisis conies
she Is better prepared than mau
to meet the emergency. How
often have you seen a woman
who seemed to be a disciple of
frivolity and indolence who un
der one stroke of cnlamlty
changed at once to a heroine.
There are scores and hundreds
of households today where as
much bravery and courage are
demanded of women as was ex
hibited by G race Darling, Marie
Antoinette or Joan of Are.? T.
De Witt Talmage.
CHICK
FOOD
A L It K R S
?PROGRESSIVE"
NOW IN STOCK.
10.) pound Slick $'1.00.
50 pounjl lots $2.25.
Small lot" ? ? 0 cent* i>or pound.
P. H. GANTY, Gro<
MISSISSIPPI LEVEES BREAK,
PEOPLE FLEE 10 HILLS
Memphis, April lo ? "ho flood
waters of tho jiorth have poured in
to the Miuslsslppl river. bieaklng tho
levoes it many juace/, causing much
damage and ilirtutenlng harmful
disasters to life niid property. A
high wind Ih blowing and torrential
rains arc fulling ulong the river for
miles. Warnings have been sent out
to all tho cities along the river that
i. e situated In the danger rone and
people are leaving their homes and
fleblng to the hills. If the ruins
continue, disaster will bo Widespread
SKAUWAY PATKON OP
TAMMKN AKT <iO()I)S
After displaying his line of art
douvonlor8 and doing a nice busi
ness In Navajo blankets, leather pil
low tops and various articles of vir
tu, I). II. Wilson, who ropresonts
the 11. H. Tammen company of Den
vor, left on the Humboldt for the
south, Intending to return again next
spring.
'ihc products of this company
?ire unusually attractive, consisting
Jf the very latest designs and novel
ties In pennants, and ornamental art
pieces, one of tb pennants showing
the territorial seal of Alaska em
bossed In a new process, bringing
out the Intricate details In a most
pleasing manner.
The Tammen company has branch
houses In Toronto, New York and
Los Angeles where their goods are
attracting widespread attention and
mooting with a phenominal demand.
Before leaving, Mr. Wilson made
many salt s In Skagway which will
add to the attractiveness of our
homes.
SAVINGS OF SHAKESPEARE.
Home keeping youths Imve
over homely wltn.
I Imvu mi other In t n woman's
reason.
I think tilin no beeauxe I think
blm so
That 111:111 tliul lint!) n touifuo
I xii j,- Is 110 inn n If with Ills
tongue he eniinot win u wotnun.
How ii-t- doth breed a habit In
II until!
<) heiiveii. were mun but con
nta nt he were perfect
There Is 11 divinity Ilea In odd
number*. either In nativity.
rhHlire or dentil.
Condemn the fnult and not the
m tor of It
Virtue Is liold and goodness
uever reiirfitl.
Trill li Is truth to the end of
reckoning.
11 WILL PASS
INKS WILSON
Washington, April 10? President
Wilson yesterday had a conference
with the senate commute and as a
n mlt of It ho announces that he be
lieves that the tariff bill ?will pass
substantially unchanged from Its
present shape. Though he admits
some slight modifications may be
nude, he Is convinced the results as
a whole will bo satisfactory to th?
natloit.
' (TOl ltT REVERSED ON
' TWO COUNTS ONI.Y
| Juiteau, April 10? A dispatch re
eel vetl by U ultert States District At
torney John Rustgard last night
from the Department of Justlco says
that the decision of Judge Thomas
! R. Lyons In tho transportation cis?
I was reversed only as to the first
? ;vo counts, charging the five corpor
ntlons and thirteen individuals with
violating tho provisions of tho Sh'.r
msn anti-trust act. The decision of
Judgo Lyons In unnulling the counts
charging criminal violation of tue
Interstate Commerce Act was up
held. Tho cases will be tried 011 tho
' first two counts only.
GRIEVE EOR TWO HOURS
WHEN MORGAN'S HVR1ED
New York April 10? The Bank
ers association of tho city, Includ
ing th> Stock Exchango and the num
orous banking Institutions known as
Wall street, will close their places of
business for two hours during the
f-'neral of J. P. Morgan. This was
decided upon at a meeting last
night, of tho bankers.
As a man grows older, he takes better
care of his clothes, and he is a
lot better satisfied with them.
THE service of this store is not
confined to young men. Any
man of any age can be well-fitted,
and conservatively dressed in these fine
Hart Schaffner & Marx
suits and overcoats. Now is the time
to see them.
WILL CLAYSON
To he Home of- ?
HART SCHAFFNEft <& MARX
CLOTHING