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SKAGWAY, ALASKA. TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1913
YEAR
No. SO SIXTEENTH
EX-HUSBAND
KILLS THREE
Wrallh) Former Alaskan ami Tini
Iwr Owner ?ml Wife Klllwl by
DItotcpU Husluuul of Wouuw ?
Murderer Then ComnUtU Suicide.
Seattle. May 14 ? Ike Osgood, a
former A'askan, and owner of large
(nets of Ore<oa and Washington
limber lands, was this morning In
stantly killed by Herbert Ingalls, j
the former husband of Mrs. Osgood.
After shooting Osgood, as he was
leaving his home this morning, Ing
alU force! his way into the house,
una upon finding Mrs. Osgood, shot
*-tr, Inflictii.g fatal wounds.
The murderer then turned the.
g*iu lose on himself, killing himself :
instantly, in the sight of his former
The Osgoods own a beautiful
lum? m Madrona Park, this city.
AH hop?? for the recovery of Mrs.
Osgood was given up by the phys
i iuns t"?U afternoon, who stated
that her death was expected at any
moment
LH.HTHOISE SERVICE WANTS
COMPETENT WORKMEN
Ketchikan, Niay 13 ? Examina
tions from which to establish elig
ible registers (or tho positions of
Curpenter, Cook and concrete work
er, In connection with Lighthouse
Service, 1 fith District, of Alaska
will be held by th?; Local Civil Ser
vice Board, at Ketchikan, Alaska,
on May 20th, 1913, or as soon
thereafter as may bo practicable
Application blanks may be secured
from the Lighthouse Inspector, Ketc
from the Lighthouse Inspector,
.vetchikan, Alaska.
im;?x;ukssivks endorse si lzei
DIRECT PRIMARY LAW
New York, May 13 ? Tho Nation
al Progressives gave a big banquet
in this city last night, at which dol
vrere present, among whom was ex
Presidenl Roosevelt. During the
evening the Sulzer direct primary
wj. mm
is OPTIMISTIC
SajVTrend of Trniis|>:>r(atlon Turn
<i| \ 1a SkAguay Route ? StoAiu
ships Booking Large Suoun?r
Tourist liuslin '.s ? Many Looking
For Safe Investments.
Upon being questioned as to the
huulness conditions throughout the
states lu which he spent his vaca
tion, Wlllard R. Illllery, cashier of
the Wlto i'ass & Yukon route, upon
his return to Skagway last Saturday,
stated that according to his obser
\ it Ions there seemed to be a halt
In tbo development along the Pac
ific Coast, and a great deal of In
t< rest shown in tho North by all
c'asses of people looking for safe
Investments.
"The general concensus of opin
ion throughout shipping circles,"
said Mr. HUlery, "is that the trans
1 ortatlon business to Interior Al
aska and the Yukon will Increase
via Skhgway and bo very brisk the
coming season, wUie tho freight us
ually moved via tho lower river
route will fall off."
In sp-?f.klng of the passenger and
tourist travel this summer, Mr. Mi
le ry sal J; "Tho Los Angeles pa
pers are already publishing lists of
I artles who are- booked for the Al
askan cruise, and one list alone
which was published lu the Los Ang
e'es Times a short tlmo before I
l?ft that city, gavo the names of
thirty six persons who wero listed as
;>a*sengors for a future sailing of
?be Jeffersor. from Seattle to Skag
v ay and otnsr pilnts along tho W.
P. & Y. R. This is but one of the
r.any parries planning on making
the trip to tho 'Switzerland of A
i.' erica" as the papers lu the south
refer to tho north."
Mr. Hlllery stated that It was his j
edition that Alaskc. was on the very
eve of a substantial development
which would Increase as time pass
KIl.IBl'STl'RIXC MAY YET
DKFKAT TARRIFF REFORM
Washington. May 13? It Is rear
ed t- Ht filibustering may causo dls
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IKIED ALAS
KAN AERO MAIL
Kstubli-ihmeiit of Surli Service
Would Reduce Time of Delivery
From One Hall to One Thlnl tfio
Number of Day* Now Required
for All I'olnLs la Alaska and the
Yukon.
An aeroplane mall-Bcrvlce for the
snow-clad wilds of Alaska la propos
ed by Lieut. Qorald K. Cronlu, of tho
-'t* U. S. Infantry In "Flying" (Now
>"oik, April). During tho last ses
sion of Congress tho postal author
it it-. asked for moans to try tho ex
periment, but wero rofusod, largol?
owing to the opposition of Represent
atlve Moon, of Tennessee. Tho ed
itor of "Flying" expresses tho opin
ion, In a preliminary uote, that Mr.
Moon'3 acquaintance with tho sub
ject is pet of the best, and he en
dorses Lieutenant Cronln's vlows
ou tho subject. Alaska, ho suys
Is us easily t, avorsed by tho
air routo as tbo Alps, tho Pyrenees
or the Apeiiuinos, all of which huvo
been flown over. "Aero mail",
says the editor, "can do more good
for Alaska than anything olso that
Congress can give It."
"To the people who live In the
Central Slates where the mall is
collected and delivered many times
a day, and tho combination of fast
trains, automobllos, and other up
to-dato facilities, unrestricted by
any physical obstructions, afford
them quick * and rcllablo mall ser
vile, aero mall may seem a vagary.
hi a tuey way stmie at Harry jones a
nt tmpt to compote with the fast
i oston-Nfcw " York express and paj<
coJ_ post la carrying buked beans to
b*?an lovers along the Boston-New
York route. But to those who live
In tho Isolated place? In northern
Alaska, and lu the Arctic Clrclo
and have to wait weeks and months
for their mall for uows from the
active outer world, aoro mall looms
up a* a veritable relief. And one
who Is In touch with the swift do
ve.opments of aviation conceives of
an aeroplane lino ovor the White
Fuss, or from White Horse down the
Yukqn to St. Michael and Nome,
i' nd looks forward to tho establish
ment of such a line with eager ex
pectancy.
"A hydroaeroplnno fitted to car
ry. a hundred pound load of mall
could fly from tho steamers' dock
at Skngway to Whltehorso In loss
than two hours, assuming the ma
chine to bo traveling at tho aver
age rato of between fifty and sixty
miles an hour, which is now tho
standard speed for aeroplanes. At
Whltehorso. machines could bo
changed for the next stago of the
journey to Selkirk, 272 miles dis
tant. The trip from Whltehorso to
Selkirk could bo made In little ov
er four and one-half hours, as
against the prosent tlmo of twenty
four. Wllthin another three hours
Dawson would be reached. At this
point considerable delay could be
eliminated by. tho aero-mall service,
and a five and a half hour flight
Continued on Page 3.
UNITED STATES
GETS THE TRADE
Nino .Mom lis Commerce In And Out
of United States Shows Grand
Total of $:i, 800, 000, 000 ? No
Weakness Shown In Competition
With rowers.
Washington, May 13 ? Secrotary iC
Commerce William C. Redfiold, In
commenting upon the detailed flg
uros concerning the imports and ex
ports of the United Statos for tho
tronth of March and the uine
mi nlhf. ending March 31, said
Tho figures aro striking, both in
ttieir magnitude and In thoir do
tails. The aggregate business, in
ward and outward, of the United
Slates with foreign countries for
the nine months was a little In ex
cess of $3.300,000,000 ? an impres
sive total, which If maintained at
i; e same rate would bring tho bus
iness for tho ontiro fiscal yoar well
In oxcess of $4,100,000,000.
Oroat Britain is our largest cus
tomer, buying from ug over $478,
100,000 and selling us over $234,
000. 000, an aggregate for tho nine
months lu excels of $712,000,000,
(<r a .total business of nearly $80.
000,000 a month. Canada is our
second best customer, buying from
us $300,000,000 In nine months, eq
ual to nearly $1,300,S00 every work
nig day. A pretty fair customor,
that. Then Germany comes third,
buying $268,000,000 from us in
niuo months and soiling us $146,
OtiO.OOO. Sho Is a protty fair cus
turner, too? buys over ?i,uuu,uuu
a day. And fourth conies Franco,
to whom ?c sold $120,000,000, and
from whom ?o bought $112,000,000.
The figures for the entire month#
are such on to give Just pridO to
evory thoughtful American to whose
notice thoy come. Out of the tot
al transactions of $3,309,000,000
thoro Is a balance In our favor of a
little over $500,000,000, Doing;
I retl.y well, that. But a few com
purliions with 1913 (pake It look ev
en b uter. For example, our sales of
manufacturers for further use In
manufacturing increased over $56.
('00,000 and our sales of manufact
ures ready for use Increased over
ihc same period last year $88,600,
000, an Increase In these two lines
of manufactured goods alone of ov
er $144,600,000 as compared with
U'o same period of lost year.
This docs not look llko weakness
In competing power, especially when
one looks at the table of percentage
published with the others, and finds
that the threo groups, which in
clude manufactured goods of all
kinds, constitute 59.6 per cent of
our total exports.
WILL ruv AND REHABILITATE
T1IK GRAND OLD PARTY
Washington, May 13 ? It has been
announced that the Republican Nat
ional Committee will call a conven
tion early in tho fall for the pur
pose of rehabilitating tho party.'
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THE GOAL LANDS
Kailruad Would Ho Itulit by Priv
ate Caplltal If Coal (,'ouldl Be Ob
tained ? <<ovcnuiient Should Kltii
er Refund Money or lime Pat
ents.
Washington, May 13 ? Treasuror
Jemmotr, of thu Alaska Northorn
nillroRd wag beforo the Alaska. rall
rotd committee of the Senate to
dny, and urged the opening of. tho
coal lamia of the Territory.
Mr. Jommett stated to the com
mittee chat tho opening of the Al
a.->ku co.il fields was the prime nec
essity for the development of the
country. Without tho opening of
the coal lands there could bo no
development. Ho said that his
road was ready to build to the Kus
kokwim or Yukon Just as soon ns
the coal question was settled.
He docrltjd tho prosecution of tho
coal claimants and the litigation ov
er tho coal tlolds, stating that the
bonafldo claimants had spout large
ti mounts (>f money and many years
of tholr t.'mu In their earnest and
nonest occupation of the'eoal fields,
ni<d It was an outrage that their
claims should bo held up and their
rights utterly disregarded by the fed
eral government. He said that the
government wfts wrong In keeping
the claimants out of the "money thoy
had paid Into the treasurery, and
it was up to the government to eith
er refund the money or grant the
claimant their patents.
I1IO FREIGHTER DOCKS
AT MOOIUK8 WHARF
At 11 o'clock last night the bit
freighter l?elanaw of the newly form
d Puget Sound Alaska Steamship
Company, docked at Moor<>? wharf
with Its first cargo for Skagway and
Insldo points lor over six yearn.
The bis "hip 1* In command of
Captain Bcats, atul he is very proud
to be again in Alaskan waters.
The cargo to be unloaded at Skag
way consists of 2,600 tons of Co
max coal, a big quantity ofdyna
raltc, and some of the machinery
pnd supplies for the now Whito
Toss lowor rtvor boats pow building
a; Whltchurse.
On her return trip the Leelanaw
will tako on a cargo of the Atlas
Mining Company's copper ore for
transit to the Tacoma smelter.
WILL MEET
PACIFIC COAST
Army KxpltslVM iieing Ilus'.u-il
West? Fortifications at Panama
Hu.hIkvI ? Jolinson Taking Ilia
Tiiim nnil Keeping .Minn.
Philadelphia. May 13 ? Twolvo
hugo vessel a have been chartered by
tho United States government for
tl <_? purpose of convoying an e:i? r
a<ou8 quantity of army explosives to
(tin Pacific coast. This Is lookod
u,.on throughout the east as an in
dication that trouble Is expected to
grow out c' tho controversy wl'h
Japan ov r the California Allen 1 tn?l
law.
Panama, May 13 ? A great force
of men uro working day and nljht
cn tho canal fortifications as a re
in* It of an order received hero a
1. w days npo. Every nwn avallul lo
titui boen put on the work.
Sacramento, Muy 13-? Uovornor
Johnson Is silent regarding tho allc-tt
t!.?, Ho has until Friday to iin'i
tho meisuro. It Is bolleved '> -re
t*.at on that day he will affix I. Is
siguuluro to tho document and it
will becjme a law.
WHITE PASS TO IttlU)
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With a length of from 10 to .">0
fwi, and an engine capablo of de
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a speed of 20 miles an hour, is
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Clipper Launch, which the White
Pass Intends building this summer
'or navigation on the Yukon river.
The launch, as proposed, will be
uaed prltiurlly as a "private yatch"
fo> the rresldent and other offic
IiIb of the Whito Pass route, but it
will also bo cilled into service at
B'ich tltUM as express speed may be
required in river navigation.
It Is the Intention of the company
to fit the launch out with all tho
modern conveniences for safety and
comfort. Ample sleeping arrange
ment, cooking nnd other facilities
being planned for the accommoda
tions of its passengers. It is un
derstood t tint the new addition to
tho White Pass river fleet will be ?
ready for commission within the
m xt Blxty days. If not earlier.
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