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No. 147. TWELFTH YEAR.
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1H, 1909
PRICE, 10 CENTS
"MARSA m SCORES THE
SAFFRON HO JOURNALISTS
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. IS?
Before the National Press Club. Col.
Henry Watterson, editor of the Louis
vllle Courier-Journal, scored "yellow
journalism" and said that the meth
ods used by some of the sensational
papers cast a reflection on the pro
fession of Journalism.
II GOOD EXAMPLE FOB SKAGWAY
SEWARD, Nov. 3 ? The business
men of this city will boom Seward
as the gateway to the Iditarod. A
commercial club with "5 active mem
bers has been organized and will be
gin a campaign of advertising at once
It will be shown that the route via
Seward and the Kuskokwim is much
nearer than any other, and that this
city will prove a good outfitting point.
Uy taking the route up the Yentna
and through the mountains to th>
south fork of the Kuskokwim, a di
rect route is offered, which has al
ready been traversed every winter by (
I occasional prospectors.
As soon as the main stream of
travel is directed over this route,
many people will be anxious to estab
lish road houses. It is believed that
inany hundred people will flock to the
new di^giiiKK this winter. Re
sides this trade, it has loup been
contended that the shorter route for
the mail and overland winter busi
ness to Nome is by way of Seward.
The members of the new club are
very much In earnest and will not al
low any prass to rtow under their
LABOR LEADERS
GET EXTENSION
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON'. D. C. Nov. IS?
The district court of appeals has
extended the issuance of the mandate
compelling Mitchell, Gompers and
.Morrison to serve their sentences in
prison. The time has been exten
ded in order to Rive the labor lead
ers time to present for application a
writ of certiorari.
SEARCHING FOB OIL MINES
GU A YAQUI L, Ecuador. ? Congre.-3
approved the contract giving certain
Kritish Interests the privilege of ex
ploring for petroleum mines.
E. J. Doherty has been excused i
from serving on the petit jury durins
the December term at Juneau.
PROSPECTOR
LOSES LIFE
Mr. Cornelius Murphy lost his life
in the rough waters of Xaas Canyon
about a fortnight ago, wor<l to this
effect having been brought bv his
friend, C!eo. Wilson, of Vancouver
who came in on the Vadso this week.
In September, accompanied by three
others, including Mr. Murphy, he set
out on a prospecting trip, ninety mile
up the Xaas River. In the neighbor
hood of what is called the Big Can
yon they tried to cross the stream on
a raft, but it was dashed along by
the swift river and finally all hands
were washed off. All regained the
raft but Mr. Murphy. His body was
not recovered. He leaves a' wife and
family in Prince Edward Islantf. ?
Prince Rupert Empire.
The Eagles will give a dance next
Friday night at Eagles hall.
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COURT DECISION DEFIED;
BOYCOTT TO BE RETAINED
(By United Pre??)
TORONTO, Not. 18? The American
Federation of Labor today passed re
solutions deciding to maintain the boy
cott 08 a weapon against "unfair"
manufacturers and retailers In defianc
to the decisions handed down by the
Supreme court of the District of Col
umbia.
I ULTIMATUM
FROM PINGHOI
(By United Pr#%?)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 18?
(Hfford Ptnchot, chief forester, today
denied he Issued an ultimatum to
President Taft yesterday.
POSTAL TEL CO.
IS III CONTROL
(By Unltftrf Preis.)
NEW York, Nov. 18? The Postal
Telegraph company Is the largest sin
gle stockholder In the American Tel
egraph and Telephone company which
has merged the Western Union and
now controls 10,000,000 miles of tele
graph and telephone wires.
(By United Press.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 18 ? A congres
sional Investigation has been pro
posed to probe the scandals recently
discovered In the New York customs
office In the short weighing of sugar.
CAPTJOHNSTON
LOSES "SPARK"
(By United Prftsa.)
SEATLE, Nov. 18 ? Oftpt. Johnston,
the we'll known Nome mine operator,
was "touched" for a diamond worth
$500 while on the Seattle streets yes
terday.
IRISH LAND
BILL PASSED
(By United PresL.)
LONDON, Noy. 18? The House of
Lords today passed the Irish land bill
which is considered a long step to
wards home rule in Ireland.
DID BALLIER
OVERSTEP LAW?
(By UoHed Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Nov. 1S
President Taft has requested Attor
ney Q moral Wickerahani to give him
a written opinion as to whether the
actions of Secretary of the Interior
BaUlnger In the Cunningham coal
cases were within the limits of the
law.
HENEY BACK
IN HARNESS
(By Unlud Pre?s.)
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 18? Fran
cis J. Heney will arrive here Satur
day and at once assume his position
as special government prosecutor for
the land fraud cases.
GOVERNOR OFF
FOR CAPITAL
(By United Press.)
HONOLULU, H. T., Nov. 18? Gov.
Walter F. FYear left Honolulu today
for Washington, D. C., where he will
appear before congress and make cer
tain recommendations for legislation
appertaining to Hawaii.
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AMERICANS ARE EXECUTED;
U. S. CRUISERS SENT SOUTH
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 18?
The U. S. cruisers DesMolnes and
Vlcsburg were ordered to Nicaraua
today after the Department of State
received advices stating that two
Americans, suspected of being revolu
tionists had been summarily execu
ted at the orders of President Ze
lays.
(By Unlt?i< Prea3.)
HELSINGFORS, Finland, Nov. 18?
By the order of Czar Nicholas, the
Finnish diet was dissolved today and
It is announced that the constitu
tional privileges of Finland will be
ended. The country 1b In an uproar
and It is believed the Finns will
make armed resistance to preserve
their liberties.
(By Unlt?i< Fres8.1
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Nov. 18? The
Norwegian steamer Avalon went
ashore today on the north coast. The
disaster was due to an accident to th
steering gear. The vessel, the captai
reports, is likely to be a total loss. :
TIPPED OVER
(By United Presu.l
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador. Nov. 18 ? A
new ferryboat launched yesterday cap
sized during its trial trip today..
Eighteen of the twenty-two passengei*
aboard were drowned. The boat
had been in service about an hour.
FRENCHMAN KI6H FIVER
(By United Press)
ANTWERP, Nov. 18? M. Rougier.
the French aeroplanist, made a flight
today in which ho attained a height
of 880 feet.
WES CASE
STILL DRAGS
The suit of Weltzman versus O'Con
nor was still on trial In the district
court today. The case is largely a
question of accounting and a number
of witnesses, including natives, are
being examined as to the transactions
between the litigants. The defendant
rested his case this afternoon.
All the cases on the calendar re
quiring juries have either been sett
led, or transferred to the Juneau
term of court so that the petit jury
men this morning were excused for
the remainder of the Skagway term,
with the exception of George Wright,
who will probably be called upon to
serve at the Juneau term.
ENGLISH ARTIST IS DEAD
(By United Press.)
LONDON, Eng. Nov. 18? William
Powell Ftrith, the artist, died here
today. He was born iu 1819.
PERJURY CHARGE DROPPED
(By United Press.)
NEW YORK; No\- 16? The perjury
charge preferred against Mae Wood,
who sued Senator Thomas Piatt for
breach of promise, has been dropped.
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