?he Alaskan
No. 235. TWELFTH YEAR. SKAUWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH ;>, 1910 PRICE, 10 CENTS
SIMM VERT aims
(By Alaska News Bureau)
PHILADELPHIA. Mar. 5? Precisely
at midnight 75.000 laborers went on
a sympathetic strike because the
Philadelphia Traction company refus
ed to arbitrate its trouble with the
strikers. About 40.000 laborers are
expected to coase work today. The
riotini? has been resumed and it may
be necessary to call out the state
militia. :
F
ME RECOVERED
(By Alaska News Bureau)
WELLINGTON. Wn. Mar. 5? Forty
bed I es have boon recovered from the
landslide. Sledge trains will leave here
today to take the bod'es to where
they can be brought to Everett by
train.
It will be impossible for any trains
to net over the mountains for at
least ten days. In some places the
snow has drifted fifteen and twenty
feet deep.
FLOODS PAST
E
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SEATTLE. Mar. f> ? Reports from
the southward indicate that the crests
of the floods have passed and the wa
ters are now subsiding.
I0DD WILL
DENY STORY
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SEATTLE. Mar. 5? U. S. District
Attorney Todd of Seattle has been
subpoenaed to appear at Washington.
D. C.. and to testify in the Ballinger
investigation. Mr. Todd will deny !
that he ever told Richard Jones, spe
cial field agent for the Department
of the Interior that it was no use ;
to attempt to bring evidence before
the Seattle federal grand jury as Fed
eral Judge Hanford was opposed to
trying the cases.
HEINZE SflyS
NOT MIT
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
NEW YORK. Mar. ? F. Augustus
! Heinze today pleaded not guilty to
j the new indictments charging liini
with misappropriation of funds and
violations of the banking laws. It is
probable that Heinze will succeed In
getting the proceedings quashed.
STBRIHS STOP
RESCUE 11
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WELLINGTON. Wash. Mar.
Blizzards are raging in the Cascade
mountains and the rescue work has
been temporarily stopped.
The Rustler is still overdue and had
not been reported up to the time of
going to press. A heavy sea is raging
on Lynn Canal and the Rustler has
probably sought shelter somewhere
below Haines.
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Laborers Killed
(Bv Alaska News Bureau)
REVELSTOKE, B. C. Mar. S? On<
hundred trainmen on the Canadian Pa.
clflc railroad who were clearing away
the snow drifts at Roper's Pass on
the Rocky mountain range wore bur- 1
led by an avalanche yesterday after
noon. Only three men of the erew es
caped alive.
The Canadian Pacific has rushed
a big crew to the scene of the slide
and Is inaklrfj; every effort to ex
tricate' ,the bodies.
"BLACK HAND"
AFTER CARUSO
(By Alask? Bureau)
NEW YORK. Mar. .1 ? Enrico Caruso
the great Italian tenor, lias received
several "black hand" letters demand
ing that he pay $15,000 and threaten- 1
ing his life If he refuses. Caruso has
appealed to the police for protection, j
fightihgIhe
POSTAL BANKS
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. Mar. 3? A
hard fight is being made on the pos
tal savings banks bill. There is
strong opposition to the measure in
the Senate. The bill will probably
come to a vote today.
JUDGE LEFEVRE
BUYS BUILDING
Judge H. B. LeFevre yesterday pur
chased the office building on Fifth
avenue formerly occupied by Mrs. M<
Lelian. He bought the building of
John G. Price, Phil Abrahams making
the sale. The purchase price was
$500.
Judge LeFevre will at once open
offices and devdte his time to law
practice and legal and clerical work.
He has faith In the future of Sk&g
way and Intends to stay here.
MBOLDT TOMORROW MORNING
The Humboldt will be in Juneau
tonight and is expected In Skagwav
early tomorrow morning. The Hum
boldt will sail south about an hour
after her arrival.
NO TRUTH IK
RESCUE STORY
(By Alaska News Bureau)
WELLINGTON, Wash. Mar. r>?
There Is no truth in the report sent
out from here yesterday stating that
ten passengers had been rescued allvo
from a buried coach in the sncw
slide.
(By Alaska News Bureau)
HELENA, Mont. Mar. ."> ? Louis
James, the veteran tragedian wa3
stricken with henrt failure last night
and died this morning. Mr. Jmnes
had been playing In Seattle two
weeks ago. He was 68 years old.
WEIKLE LIKES
POWER PLANT
J. R. Welkle, the new superintend
ent of the Home Power company, has
lost no time in familiarizing himself
with the plant and after a thorough
inspection today ho stated that it was
one of the most complete and up to
date plants he ever had charge of
Mr. Weikle said that Skagway is to
be congratulated in having such a
well equipped light and power plant
and that It was far ahead of the
great majority of plants In much larg
er cities in the States.
Mr. Welkle is no stranger in Mask*
as he lias been to Nome several
times and has been In the towns to
the Westward. He Is not daunted,
therefore, by the present cold spell.
He is well pleased with his first Im
pressions of Skagway.
(Special to The Daily Alaskan)
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(By Alaska News Bureau)
WASHINGTON. D. C. Mar. 5? The
postal Havings banks bill passed the
Senate late this afternoon after a
hard fight. The vote was close.
The debate on the bill was listened
to by a large gallery.
RAILROADS ARE
! HEAVY LOSERS
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SEATTLE. Mar. 5 ? The total loss
to the railroads of the northwest
caused by the floods and the storms
of the last two weeks is estimated at
$ 10.000.000.
relieTirain
10 THE RESCUE
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
VANCOUVER. B. C. Mar. 5? A spe
cial train has been dispatched to Rog
ers' Pass to aid in the work of re
covering the bodies of the men who
were burled In yesterday's snow j
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SPOANKE. Mar. 5? The floods in
eastern Washington In the past few
days have caused a damage which
will aggregate $1,500,000.
The White Pass Athletic Athletic
Club will give an Informal dance at
the gymnasium Monday evening for
club members and their families.
J. J. Daly, manager of the Frye
Bruhn Meat company for Southeast
ern Alaska is expected in Skagway o?
one of the first boats.
SHOOT GHOULS
If DETECTED
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WELLINGTON, Wash. Mar. 5? Tho
authorities have ordered that all
ghouls caught looting dead bodies
be shot on sight.
VOLUNTEERS
CALLED
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
OLYMPIA, Wash. Mar. 5? Governor
Hay has issued a call for one hundred
volunteers from the National Guard
to assist in the rescue work at Wel
lington. Many responses are pour
ing In.
GARFIELD IS
ON TOE STAND
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. Mar. 5? Glf
ford Pinchot completed his testimony
in the Ballinger hearing today and
late this afternoon James Garfield.
Secretary of the Interior under Roose
velt took the stand.
A. M. Rousseau, who was at one
time one of the proprietors of the
Whitehorse Star and who is well
known in Skagway, has leased the
plant of The Herald at Enumclaw.
Wash., and will conduct the paper.
Mr. Rousseau's many friends in Skag
way and Whitehorse will wish him
success in the venture.
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