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No" ir,ll. TWELFTH YEAR. SKAUWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1909 PRICE, 10 CENTS
MILLION III
10 GO OH STRIKE
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
CHICAGO. Doc. 4? The Chicago
Tribune this morning stated that the
greatest railroad strike in the his
tory of the I'nited States is being pla&
ned and will commence next month.
The different railroad unions and as
sociations have agreed to demand a
uniform increase of ten per cent In
their present wages aud will cease
work unless their 'demand is complied
with. There will be no compromise
In the strike, says The Tribune, and
as more than one million men will be
affected the traffic of the country
will be paralyzed unless the employ
ers raise the wage scale.
MEMORIAL EXERCISES TOMORROW
Tomorrow afternoon at L':30 o'clock
.it Klks hall the Skagway Lodge. No.
4;l 1 . B. P. O. E. will hold the annual
memorial exercises for the members
of the lodge who have died during- the
past year. The exercises are public
and the friends of the Klks are invit
ed to attend.
The memorial service is one of the
most beautiful ceremonies of the Elks,
The services are Impressive and se-i
rious, yet wholly free from anything
that savors of funeral gloom. A
long program has been prepared, iu- .
eluding several selections by the Klks
quartette, and Heed's orchestra, rit
ualistic exercises by the lodge, an or
gan voluntary by P. H. Ganty, a viol
in duet by Messrs: Mclntyre and Sel
inar, a eulogy by William Brltt and
opening and closing prayer# by Rev.
Thomas Jenkins and Rev. George E.
Good.
The absent brothers are: \V. L.
Metcalf, John Hislop, H. C. Barley.
C. \V. Spaulding, James Meehan, F.
L. Cochran, Jos. O. Smith. W. P.
Renwick, J. J. Rogers and Frank O'
Connor.
ENTRYMEN ARE
STANDING PAI
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SPOKANE, Wash. Dec. 4 ? Tho en
trymen on the Cunningham coal
claims testified today In tho hearing
that they intended to hold the coal
claims personally and had made 110
agreements to consolidate or to dis
pose of their interests to the Gtiggen
heims.
V. I. Hahn returned from White
horse today.
There will be a meeting of th A. R.
Christmas Tree committee at the A.
B. hall tomorrow afternoon at 4:o0. [
MOTH
IS REJECTED
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
ST. PAUL, Minn. Dec. ?? ? A meet
ing held last night between the offic
ers of the Switchmen's union and the
railroad officials to arbitrate their dif
ferences and end the strike failed of :
its purpose. Neither side would makei
any material concessions. The switch
men arc standing firm. Traffic is '
still demoralized.
Reports from Whitehorse state that l
the river is still backing up and flood
ing out some of the cellars In the
lower part of the town. j
There is
Wonderful
Showing
of Various
Styles here in
Suits and ?
Overcoat s....
From
|72.50 up
to $30.00
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WILL STREET DELIil
MESSAGE IS FMHIU
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 4? Pres
ident Taft's message to Congress
will contain no new legislative pro
posals of Importance. The entire
message In its tone is favorable to
capital and friendly to the corpora
tions.
NEW YORK. Dec. 4? Advance
copies of President Taft's message
were read on Wall street today. It
la evident that the financiers are well
pleased with the message. There
will bo no government Interference
with the promotion of mergers or th<
formation of trusts.
(By Alaska Nowa Bureau.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 4? Pre
sident Zelaya has Ignored the de
mands made by the Department of
State Zelaya is sending personal em
missarles to the United States who
will appeal dlroetly to Congress and
Iry to avert war.
BRITISH BARK CAPSIZED;
THREE IN ARE DROWNED
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SEATLE. Dec. 4? The four-masted
iron British bark Matterhorn, bound
(or Liverpool .England, from Portland,
loaded with wheat, capsized off the
Columbia river bar three days ago
while beating out to sea In the teeth
of a hard storm.
Three men were drowned.
Nineteen of the crew launched a
life boat and were picked up off Cape
Flattery last night and brought to
Port Townsend. The men were suffer
ing greatly from exposure.
(Special to tbe Dally Alaskan)
SITKA. Dec. 4 ? Corporal Case of
the U.S . marine corps was drowned
yesterday In Haley bay. He fell over
board from a launch while duck hunt
ing. He had a heavy cartridge belt
on and sank before he could be res
cued. A number of government
boats are dragging tho bay today in
an effort to find the body.
WKITEHORSE BOWLERS COMING
The Whltehorse bowling teams will
come over next TueBday afternoon
and bowl against the Elks teams of
Skagway Tuesday afternoon and ever/
ing.
There will be a meeting of the
Firemen this evening at Firemens
hall. Fine fire weather boys! Come
ou out.
ROAD IS IK
POOR SHAPE
The Government road between 1 1
and 12 mile post is in a very bad con
dition, owing to the Clllkat River
having cut in and undermined a por
tion of the road. As long r.s the riv
er is frozen this will cause no incon
venience, as wagons can take to the
ice, but is will need repairing the
first thing in the spring. ? Haines Pi
oneer Press.
George Blanchard accepted the
challenge of E. F. Pitman to bowl
three games on the Elks alleys last
night, the loser to present the alleys
with a new bowling ball. Mr. Pitman
won handily. The scores were:
PITMAN BESTS BLANCHARD
Pitman . .
Blanchard
1st 2nd 3rd
192 206 169 367
166 175 201 342
FOR A CHANGE !
ROYAL
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r
? Sugar Cured? 30c per pound \
? Fine Flavored, A Good Appetite Restorer::
| GANTY & FRANDSON
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 4? In
bis message to Congress President
Taft will advocate that Alaska be
governed by a bureau at Washington,
aided by five resident commissioners,
to be appointed by the President.
Taft's recommendations in his mes
sage are substantially the same that
he first announced in his Seattle
speech Sept. 30.
BOWLING GAMES RESULT III TIE
The bowling games between the
Skagway and Juneau Elks played last
night by cable resulted In a tie, both
teams scoring 2.51 8 pins. The Skag
way players improved somewhat on
the score of the first game with
Juneau .while the Juneau players
showed relapsed form.
Prom the context of the cable mes
sage received from Juneau the local
players believe that the Juneau Blks
rolled the first three gams of the
series with old pins, and this may
account for their remarkable score.
A protest has been wired to Juneau.
The Skagway scores last night wert
George Blanclmrd .. .. 164 157 154
The Juneau scores by games were:
812 815 891.
Will Dlanchard was the star of the
local team, making high score of 225
and rolling an average of 190.
Pitman .. ..
Will Blanehard
Flaherty . .
Alec Ulanchard
154 149 169
172 200 225
176 165 168
124 159 182
Totals
790 830 898
HONS IAY |
SEE BATTLE
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
NEW YORK. Dec. 4? Today James
J. Jeffries and Jack Johnson both de
posited $10,000 forfeit money for their
coming fight. The battle will almost
certainly take place In San Francisco,
although the fighters agreed to battle
at Salt Lake City if Tex Rickarct
makes arrangements to stage the i
fight there.
The seventh meeting of the week
of prayer will be held 'n the annex
of the Presbyterian church at 8 o'
clock tonight.
Fresh Oysters served In any style
at the Pack Train Restaurant, COc. tf,
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SIDNEY, N. S. W. Dec. 4? Hugh
Mcintosh has offered a purse of $200,
000 for the Jeffries-Johnson fight pro
vided the mill takes place in Austra
lia. Mcintosh has posted a certified
check of $50,000 to show his sincer
ity. Mcintosh is the man who pro
moted the Johnsou-Burns fight in
Austrnlia last Christmas.
Len Cousins, well known in Skag
way and Whitehorse. recently had
two of his fingers cut off while work
ing with a band saw at Seattle.
W. D. McKee of Whitehorse was a
south bound passenger on the May.
He had been connected with Taylor
and Drury as dry goods salesman
in Alaska.
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These are the
CLOTHES
That Gives.
Standing
We shall continue to sell de
pendable garments bccause
they are the only sort that give
a store'real standing. We be
lieve in dependable merchan
dise and we will sell nothing
else. Let us show you the new
fall and winter styles in Suits
and Overcoats
A Fine Line of Christmas
Ties and Suspenders
Smoking Jackets and
Sweaters