Nix 3+3
PRICE 10
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1912
FOURTEENTH YEAR
CENTS
Slap ASIATICS
FROM FISHING
FISH TRAPS TAXED
HUNDRED DOLLARS EACH
St-s- r \% csile) L. Jon?* Intro;!--?*-'
S ! i- Se?wt* to ReguJat* FkM ;ji
lofi it ry in A I **k4 Acd ??*-???
CWrt.
vQjr Alaska New* I*nmu.>
W ASHINGTON. D C.. March IS? I
Senator W efticj L. Jooes t?Hy la
tnwhn-ed a bill in the Senai? amend !
In* Uie fishing law* for the iwnhfr
; r>?e- ? oa vx the fish.i\|s iudwtrr in j
Mariu and oa the Pacific Coast.
Tfc* hHi KitratfwopJ provides tor an
M.<-r?*se of the tax on the salmon ouv
pat, a tax oa fishiaf traps and *
mliag ajratnsT Asiatics.
F%afc traps will be taxed a hwndrvJ
.irvUar* each. ^<Rng material? to
be income to the Government from
'hte sMinv of revenue
TV bU referring to A*iM*?s wi.l
prohtftit th--m fnprn ft=hini: in Alaskan
or Pacific Onas* wa?ecs. Thi* fpa
tare <rf the biR wii he wefenmed by
the American fish?-a,?^.
CANADA* ro- ' 'T-N
?nOWS BIG INCREASE.
OTTAW A, \Ur> & T? Revieeii ns
area o( the popaiatam of Oaaaua art '
cefttaineri in a special report ?* the I
oetMK. tabled la the House.
Rx pro1 -j>cv* the flt?rp? are:
1S11 ix>i
Albert* J74.?tt 7.\02
ttrttfeh Crwaaiba .. Stt.490 17*.*.-?
Manftob*
New Rrenswl* .. 13?.$** Xl,- ?<
Nora Stv'ia . .. 4*2.33$ 4SV.74
O?tar;o S.".J3.-:?S MS: *?TJ
T*ri*ce Kt'nard ! . **4.72$ WMIsI
Qtieb^" .S.*':.7!J l.?4S.x<^:
SaafcaichMMin 4*2.4i2 *t.S77>:
Ttfcati ? "S.512 rT.J!f !
\ W TNTi'irr . Mf.tVM M.1?J
Totals . , .. . , 7 J^4.~ -7 9,371.3 lo j
?ryorearr
Th.' v.ra! jtnpalatioa is S.!0 ?,<***, !
vxl arNan pop?iatj-m S.S<.? 441.
The fc -erw?e 4n arhan ponnlatkm was
s&S or tl4H pty cent.. a?1 in
irban >itetrJ?<s the population ta?rea*
was \:'78 .147. or t-*.S3 per oewt
king and queen
TO STAY at homf.
Due ta Conditions Resulting From
B>3 Coal Strike And Anglo-German
Relstlans, England^ Sovereign!.
Cancel Foreign Engagements.
illy Alaska N?ws Bureau)
LONDON, Mint 16? No *ew de
i JuilWta hav? taken pia?e ber<? it.
th<? coaU strike. The scarcity of Gem",
continues to rtow more acute.
U is announced that d?e tft ! " !
c?t I'AkKis rr?tt't'?MC from the bl !
<vk?J strike and the present, ?otoc
wb? strained An;>o-Gern-.an con ;
dltSows. Kfayt George and the Qu^enj
have canceled *11 of their proposer'
risHs to foreign -courts for the p?*s-j
emt Tear.
ENGLAND ORDERS LARGEST
BATTLESHIP AFLOAT.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
LONDON", March 16? The British
Vdmiralty has ordered a bat *-!*?* ip
which will break all records for stie
aad hors??power and which wlU be
Iwiilt by the firm of John Brown a'
Cty<l??t?ank. The ship will have a
displacement of .10.M6 too*, develop
ing R7.00? horsepower, and her boili
ers fafiy expect she wUl develop Id*,
000 horsepower when she tmdefpoes
h r trials. She will have a battery
of unprecedented power, consisting of
?,(cht l, Vlnch (runs, each fir In* * pro
iectBe of 2.000 pounds welpht. antl
txrohnp 64ncb w??kpo?i?
DEATH SENTENCE GIVEN
MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN.
PLYMOV'TH, Mass., March 7 ? K??i
-ne first time in Massachusetts cruu.
ml proeeedinfB. a woman, Mr*. Lena
C tumaoo, of HnH, was Tuesday ?e ?
icaced to death in the electric cha r
by ,iu-i(te Qutan ta the Superior own
here. Rricc Mascoli. who was con
vie ted Jointly with Mrs Cusum* e
for the niurdec of the woman's h'JS
hand In September. 1*10, also was
sentenced to death. Both sentctKv*
are to be carried out In the week be ;
tinnins June 3.
The (tood news was received hort
to the efT.? tbat IV. and Mp Ko
l?r hare started for the north an.'.
w<U arrive here about the first rf
the month. The Journey will be
mr-v In easy states, several days
: spent In San Francisco and a
few in Seattle Dr. Keller Is rspo^
d to be imprrrvln* very fast
OUR
SPRING GOODS
Have commenced to arrive
We Will Have
Shipments on Every Boat
New Spring Millinery
Will be Displayed
Tuesday Morning
March Twelve
Come Early and Make Your
Selections
H. J. LYNCH
Ttw Up-To-Data Habartaahar ani Lac*i?a Fuml#h?r.
RAILWAY STRIKE
IS THREATENED
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENTS'
THREATEN WALK OUT
Ncrthw?t?rr R&IIrracs La/ Off Man
Employes. AcUcn it Resented by
Union*. Situation it Critical.
(Ujr Alaska New-? Bureau.)
ST. PAUL. Mian.. March 16? A*
& result of the discharge of a larjte
aumbpT of meu apparently without
oao?o. a strike to sad to be immin
ent in the mechanical departments of
tj?e railroads of the Nor hwesL
The trouble appearing on the hori
zon at the present time w the re
suH of a general Jaytng off of men.
xrhtcti is part ?f the pr-irratn for re
trenchment on the part of the rail
road Ni canee hm >*?(?n plven by
the roads for their action in dts
"barclnp their etnp>oye??
It is declared by ? labor lenders that '
an ultimatum rUi be eent th? roads
protesting a^in-d their r ti>n in
itacbarsin* the men.
A strike hi the tM^kuical deparl-j
mp? of the railroads woulJ inevi
tably tieup the entire t raffle of the I
west, Araonrst the roads affected i
Ve the Great Northern, the Northern I
Pacific and the Chleaso. Milwaukee
* Puret Sound.
WILL CLAYSON TO
ARRANGE NEW STOCK.
VVHl Clayson arrived In the ot;y
Thursday ni^ht from Cordova He
will remain her* tur a weak ur ten
viays daring whicto tlm<- he ??W t*0"
inventory of the ato k in the store
iiere and wiU arranife'the new spriru
<oods for the coming season
Mr. Clayson stated today that he
was glad to ?et tack to Skyway,
where he always feels at how,e, hav
l?? ?;>ent many years here. He said
that the indications pointed to a go.*!
summer from the tourist travel ata^d
potftt.
Speaking of Cordova and the other
cKies to the we-^ward he ?ald that
they wet* ouiet at the present ilme
due to the uncertainty as to th.> pol
icy to he pursued with respect to
the coal la.nd'1 H? that district "Min
ing operatlo'* are going st?i.1Hy at,
and everything points to a treat up
buttling of thai part of Alaska when
fhe coal lands are ono put into op
oration "
The Peterson tra.le the round trip
from the Poet today with several pas
sengwrs
Wm, prltt left on the l-etersm
this afternoon and wi^l return on the
Curacao this evening.
The Cnrncno arrtved in lls'nes at
2:16, where she will unlon l 12"? tons
of fright. She will arrire here
about !? o'clock this evening.
Mrs Geo. Vo^el. Mr*. J. I>?t?n?r
Hne. Mrs. Van Ktten. Mrs. Collins
and Mrs. Slat,* were pn*senjtvrs on
the Peterson from Haines today.
? ? i i ? ? j .? j. >. i j, J
TERRIFIC TORNADO
WRECKS GEORGIA HOMES
Atlantic Gecrglf In Three* cf Terri
ble Blast*. M tny Lives Said to t>?
Lo?t. Prcperty Loss Many Million
Dollar*.
i By Alaska News Pureftu.)
ATLANTIC, Ua., March 1?? A ter
rific tornaSo has held this city a '!
the surrounHng country In Its grip
' <r many hour*. resulting In tb?
lo m of an enormous amount of prop
erty. It is fesred that many live;
have been lost.
The property k-sa !s said to he;
several million dollars.
ENGLAND FEARS JAPAN
ON PACIFIC COAST.
NEWCASTLE, Rowland. March ??
Speaking here yesterday. Earl Pery.
former 1'ntler Secretary for foreign
Affairs. dlrtcu?>e.1 Japanese sjpremac
in the Pacific, saying that the posi
tion wfts delicate. for .lapaneae immi
gration had been restricted by the
t'nlted States and onr oversea* do
minions. which Japan mf^ht recent I
Therefore the defensive resources of
the Empire should be coordinated. If
we had not fleet units on the Cana
di-w Pacific Coast Panada, If attach
ed by the Japamese. rould only l*>
saved by the United Stat.*. Th? Brit
ish line of battle was required in
home waters.
HORSES DASH THROUGH
CROWDED STREETS.
VANCOUVER, March 7? Alexander
Ualton, 63S Thurlow *tre?H, i* dead.
thr?e Chinamen are severely injured,
r.ii nearly a d 'fn others are bear
ing slUhl !nj?w:c*? as the result of
a r.naway IV 1 !er street yes'er
.lay.
A tMk of horses bel n<ing to the
.1 ver ON i Company and driven
:.y .la?k Nob.-r:snn, got beyend con
WW n> sr the C P. R. sheds and
lashed mfidly through a street crowil
?d wKh noonday thron*s The fright
ened ped*?trlans were to*?ed rlaht
a-nd left by the borses Men wer#
left lylntr on the road wrlthin* with
pain In the wa*e of the plunging
team
At the corner of Columbia avenue
the horses suddenly syerved onto
a side wallt, Into score* of spectators,
mostly Chinamen The horses' hoof*
mattered the human obstacles rlzbt
Hn | left and the heavy ?*wn pa?s
? d over several of them The horse*
turned onto the road a .rain and ran
up Pender Main street.
The majority of tho?* knocked
town were able to gat to their feet
ivHlKait assistance, but four figures
remained prostrate. These sere Dal
ton. Long Win*. Mah Lock and an
other Chinaman who?e name is un
known.
After tl>e departure of the ambul
ance another Chinaman wan found
lying on the floor of a store where
he had crawled In his a?ony, un
noticed hy the crowd. "Hie ambul
ance was acaln called and the in
jured man taken to the hospital. Dal
ton was not dead when pWced "P.
hnt died shortly afler his arrival at
the hospital.
L J. 4. J.. J. A A 4- 4- 4. 4- 4- 4
I CANNED FRUIT':
J (PREFERRED STOCK) I
*1, This is the season for canned fruit. "Preferred Stock" .
J,
^ brand means the choicest goods and best method? of +
canning. Parity and Quality absolutely guaranteed +
+ STRAWBERRIES RASPBERRIES
* PINEAPPLES BLACKBERRIES +
+ OOOSBERRIES PEACHES +
LOGANBERRIES APRICOTS J
+ PEARS PLUMS +
+ CHERRIES +
+ +
+ We also carry a full line of extra fancy +
+ dried fruits +
+ P. H. GANTY, Grocer t
? + + + + + + + + + + + ? + + + + + + + + + "?+<
SEND APPEAL
FOR WARSHIP
TAMPtCO AMERICANS
ASK FOR PROTECT(ON|
U. S. Ambassador WUton R?:?he?
I Cat) For Help From Am?r?;art R ?l
c?rts of Mexico City. Anti-Ame I
can Outbreak Feared Da ly.
(By Alaska Newa Bureau.)
MEXICO CTTT, March lt?UoKed
States Ambassador Wlson today re
ceived an nrg??nt Appeal for protect
| Ion from ?he AualfMa residents of
Tampico. They a<k t ,at a t?att|e
j be sent to the harhor.
The anti-Amerkan feeling la grow
ing stror.Rer every day and maty
threats are being made .vtaiisi the
lives and proper of the American*
residing In that ctty.
Ambassador Wifwm ha* sent the
appeal of the Americana at Tarapl-w
to the 1'nlted States nr?thoritle? at
Washington. D. C.
1 DR. YOUNO ENTHUSIASTIC
OVER ATLIN PROSPECTS.
Dr. Henry E. Young, accompanied
by Tom Wasson and Frank Breete,
were passengers cm the train last
night from Atiin.
Dr. Ycmng. who ftas represented
i the AUlo and Conm Ldau-kU in the
British Columbia provtiKtai parlia
ment shice 1903 "was riMfecttfi by
acclamation there bolng no wpposlt
ton to him, on the 14th Me wiil re
torn t-> the Wvistecore for another I
year term
Dr. Young Is very enthusiast e orer
the raining prospect* of the AtHn
district during the coming summer
He stated today to a representative
of the A?ask?t> that he expecfe-i *?
much activity In that diwrtct in the
eomin* season as marked the bway
-lays of ISOO
Speaking of the pnHueletivttf of
the placers there, he declared that
the claims on Spruce oreek being
operated at the present time by
Pat FWey have given irp dor
ing the p?s? wiitef. which h tint *
small percentage of the ro'd whHi
will be taken o?t on all of the creeks
when snmmer operations are begtin.
Dr. Yonnr and porty will ?aU <*n
I 'be Humboldt Tu^'da-v for Vau"Ouv*r
L. A. Harrison returned on U?e
Peterson from HaWs wh*re he has
been spefldli'ir a few day* On busi
ness
. SUGAR TARIFF BILL
PASSES THE HOUM
MouHfl V<*? to Reduce Ta IT t*
Sugar by a W to 103 vet*. Da'"?
erata Searrh far Rev?et?? Sub
(Bf Ataaka Saw* Bo ram.)
WASHINGTON. D C.. Marrfc IS?
The ?mo w Mil sera iMnr fr?# e^mme
f that artlcie of ftod to tfio United
states pM?(1 Uio Ho?t?? to' ay by *
j .ate of 19* to 103.
A lenfctfcy ?l?hate wart heM over
[the redaction of the surar tariff
which It wan decided *?v era! d*y?
*o> in the demaratic ?>aocna wonld
be cut.
The Democrat* are bwsy search in*
for a aubatltnte for which to replace
jtbe revenue which will be lo?t to
; the treasury upon the redaetlto of
'he sn*ar tariff which ha* l>e?n a
ireat sonrce of revenue h? th? gm
| ?rnmenf - ? - i
SWIFT WATER BILL
STARTS LAW SUIT.
SEATTLE. March 3? William C.
'lates. b?tW known aa 'Swlftwater
| BIH." the aoldler of fortune whohaa
mtilo and Km aevera) lance fortune*
In mining ventorea. awl la a<ain the
owner of mines aaid to be of (treat
richncaa, hi the plaintiff in a sii!>?c1or
' rowt case filed yesterday for the
recovery of $1,090 from the Aetna
insurance Company, for damaae to
! baggaae inflicted by I'nifed 8t*tes
quarantine officials tn fnmi*afln* ?Ji?
steamahip Guatemala a* Panama on
November 10 laat.
The complaint charges that Mr
C,at?s and hia wife V-ft C?llai. Pern,
on the Guatemala on November t,
and that ant?se<|nenfly Ihe boat took
on a paaaennac who was afterwards ji
found to hare bubonic pla*tje When
the ahip arrived at Panama. It la
charged. United States fjnarantlne of
ficials aent an the ba**a*e to the
hold, broke open the trunks, and
ftom!catp<t.
(late* charpea that the powder ?a
ed In the operation borned and de
stroyed '-lertMn* beionrto* to htm
self and wife valued at |t.0<?0. The
Insurance company Insured bfm evain
st fire when h? left Ran H-aoHaeo
on hla way to Parti.
FR ANDSON IN NEBRASKA.
Word received hare aav* that W?
Prandson. well known form?r r*
dent of thla city, has aotUed hi Fre
mont. Nebraska. where he I* em
nVvye-1. Rill has settled down to
life and to t*e ra'aln* of a
lift'* mn, who has arrived lately.
"\
The Enormous Demand
for Good Clothes
made to order by our
famous Chicago tailors,
Ed. V. Price & Co.
lias Wn created by the
Unfailing Quality of
the Clothes Themselves
Thrtt-Ratton NovtUy
III, anJ patronage of men
who know a {food tiling when they gee it.
If you want a Spring suit that is guaran
teed to give complete satisfaction in fit.
style, woolens and workmanship, dos t delay
having us take your measure.
WILL CLAYSON, THE CLOTHIER