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So. 101 FIFTKKXTH YEAR 8KA0WAY. ALASKA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 191i PRICE 10 CENTS
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Now Seems Probable Senate Bill
Will Grant More Liberty
Washington. Aug S ? The hou*e
iod*> Henry IV Flood of
Virginia. Wm 0. Houston of Tei?
n?sjMp at:d Win. \Y . \\ of
Mtchismn. throe tr?nj? of Al?*k*
h.?n.c r.iie. on tb* ooriferem-e corn
et ?[>?>? so s-*ule the sena'e amend
bhvh>. to the home rule bill. This
is cood for Alaska.
.lames Wiofcersham
i 'tv *bo\e cablegram w?.s
?m this afternoon and indicates that
-the conference committer is com
posed of friends who will doubtless
see to it that some of the object
ionable features of the renate
amendments are stricken out of the
home rule bill It is evident that
Mr Wlckenhia is striving for a
legislature composted of two houses
which will give greater representa
tion to the smaller communities and
also allow greater liberties in ,
iraming laws for the Territory. He
is sticking to th? last and working
every minute to have that bill pass
in proper shape. With these three
friends of the Territory on the
conference committee It looks more
favorable for a complete home rule
bill than it has at any time since
the all important question arose
Leave it to Wlckersham, he'll win
in spite of the gang and in spite of
all the opiKWltioii that the special
interests can muster against him.
n i*re*id?it of the
TV \ Alley Mines K?!I*\v. arrtv
?v. Sk c^t yesterday, *nw mak
i hjc nTr?? nf>e*xrM? id lb* t?*n?
?m t e Pa?>hattd?* in ihr intereM of
his . .ii>4i4?(f, Martin Harrxts
Mr ?(?i into the W'v
morv- liewocratk couvnitioa ar>?i put
up * *-o?test to he seated as lltf
vmtiaiHSv .io'ejrate from Alaaka.
owing to rerre^e*i'aMv?? of the
??lher ili iikv r-nt < tai-H?,- beating
ura to Hh> j* I ; v?l aire* he *?>?
HH ??tM Mul Nsie\irg t ha i he
vfs-eoenta the ;m t ? .n# of ?>;?
drwwrKv m A>as*a, he is put tins
U' * :ij.ht lor ?h^ ? cvtKm of M?r-.
I ? l: .rrata, ?n<4 *? ? * taat H?mt?
' k* : ->r* nun Jennings
- ? In ? to aiin.it that it looks
?\?-s*h!e Sor Wi kershani carry*1*
'if tfce plum.
Mr. Jo?uih s*>> that ftvoi ad
m-? receded from the Territory. *
)?*> aUy thv interior, he has strong
>?r?"s ;or the e'ection of Huni?.
Pa.rKank* and i!e Idita-od and tke
numerous ? reek* of the 'Inkoa and
\?ski4?ia contain fti\y ver v*nt
of i he voters of Alaska. It is in
t -"Be pi#?* that Martin Harrai* is
?h? :1 kr o*n and highly e-tecnei
He h a* lufsl there for roars, is tho
^ v?r o( t hena and it is ridiculous
o think for a tninste that Jennings
c*n c*t nmri of a vote th^rc. w
l?-< lalh sine* It is known that h?
is hind in glove with Sh?oklefor?l
*nd the other ineie?tii repre enlel
by him
Mr. Joslin spoke at Ketchikan,
luneau and ltpuglaa It w;?* while
at Juneau that he heard of the
death of Mr. I*al?. lie had inteim
od to addreas lhe pe. pie of Skag
mav, but ?as compelled to hurry to
Itowson to catch tne b.?at down the
river for his home In Fairbanks
1 his is the tlrst trip he haa ma ie
outside during a summer for tour
toe? years.
When ask--, what effect lhe
death of Mr. l?aly aould have on
the suggests: unity of the demo
cratic factions, he aald; Then"
tias been talk leading up to
> hat end I have been approached
b> >ome of the democrats in Juneau
..nd received telegrams from other
iv&rts of the Territory. There seems
a disposition o?? the part of the
Jennings democrats to (ret together,
only they * ant to unify by eliminat
ing all of the llarrais parly. They
are anxious to have us come into
the fold, but refn.?e to make any j
concessions themselves, so It is
hardly probable that much will be
accomplished until they ?-e dis
posed to play fair "
He said that "a half docc;t me.i
had absolute control of the tlemo
cratlc convention at Balrimote .in>l|
the other eleven hundred were like
sheep being driven to the fo'd ;
That Mr. Rryan had insisted on j
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H. J.JiL YNCH
TS? Up To-Dttt H?t>*rdash?r and L?c*lM Fumt?h?r.
I having an elective primary plank
placed in the platform for the pur
pose of preventing such contest* In
the party as had come up at this
meeting. It was therefore assured
that delegates to future convention*
would be elected by the voters of
Alaska and not hand picked as in
the past This would eliminate all
national committeemen from e'ertln
themselves to the head of the
party through political pull, trick
ery and manufactured proxies, thus
enabling them to continue at the
head of a political machine which
calls for a boss to manage The '
present system is not represents
t ive. "
Mr and Mrs Falcon Joslin and
children and Mrs A. M Frire ac
? ?ompanied Mr Joslin as far as
Hennett this rooming, where they
left him to continue his journey to
Fairbanks They returned and left
for the south this afternoon on the
Jefferson.
tVOTHKR NKUSPAIMCR JOINS
\I,ASKA*S I'HOtiRRWhKK
Fort Gibbon. Aug 8 ? The com
ing election in this vicinity will be
fought out between Wlckershnm
and the socialists, the other can
didates having no Show of carrying
anything The Yukon Valley Ness
is supporting Mr. Wickersham who
is leading everything with Increas
ed strenglh since the passage of
his home rule bill.
Yukon Valley News
FOR NINTH TIMK rt .ARK
l?s ? 0\?.|{KSSU>N AI. NOMINKR
Montgomery, Aug, " ? At the r
democratic convention which con-'9
vened here yesterday Hon. Champ ^ '
Clark was a?min placed in nomin- .
:.iion This is the ninth time that
the distinguished Missonrian has
received the honor, and the conven- 1 1
tion went wild when his name was ' I
presented as a candidate for con- cl
gresa. i >
IT LOOKS OOOO
10 RODSEVELT
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Chicago, Aug. 8 ? Ywterdty all
rules were ?impended and both Theo.
Roosevelt, for president, and Hiram
Johi.son for vice-president, were
unanimously chosen to lead the
fight for progressives. The nomin
ation was made by acclamation and
was followed by tremendous rejoic
ing and demonstrations of delight.
The Progressive convention voted
to leave off the prefix "National"
to the party name and adopt that
of "Progressive," thts was also
chosen unanimously and the chris
tening was reentered as such. The
candidates have both been notified
of the action of the convention and
have signified their acceptance of j
the honor and promise an earnest 1
support of the progressive prln-;
ciples. One of Ihe remarkable fea- !
tures of the convention was the;
methods used in conducting the |
meeting, no bal lot nor a roll call j
was used. It was a spontaneous;
gathering of the people who werej
willing to take any plsce In the!
ranks so that the principles might
win. The platform adopted was
similar to the speech made by Mr
Roosevelt. On the Alaskan ques
tion. it says:
"We promise the people of Al
aska the same measure of self
government that has been given the
people of other American territories,
and that every federal official shall
he appointed frc>m the bona fide
residents.
Senator Joseph M. Dixon of Mon
tana was chosen Chairman of tile
National Progressive committee
Washington, Aug S Mr. Roose
velt announced this afternoon that
he would begin his campaign tour
starting In Rhode Island on the
sixteenth of this month, and
would make a tfeneml tour of the
I'nlted Slates. He intends going
to the Pacific const In October.
K\ KM Nl4 OK KJiJOVMKNT
(11VKN NY THK \. H.'H
A fair sited audience greeted
M i?o?os McOranev and McOwhle at
:he concert given last evening ?n
ler the ansplce* of the Arctic
Rrotherhood.
Miss McOraney no a vloltnifft dis
mayed tin annul merit In handling
hat Inspiring Instrument Our
nnslc critic Is Wot skilled In the
iw> of musical language so la wn
ihle to express the many delightful
wnsations experience-! In listening
o the program rendered fcy these
adles who were assisted by Mr*,
fvirmse In vocal selections that |
?harmed.
After the pm*Tam was complet
?d. the hall wasi cleared at?d a
locial dance followed In wHich near- I
v the entire audience participated
Oeo O. Rels, representing Park,
>avls & Co , was In the city a fp*
lonrs today He Is visiting the
I rug trade in th? cities along the
Vlaska coast
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BUI TER
Thr nitrni wwillicr h * (Mt on
?p Itwr not hM A com
Itlnlni nil tmmntcr *l*mi the qn*l
ll> of "tioMrw Why? 1U?
rn?i?c it I* frwh i?u?l pnrp wh??n
nm) thr hfrt riro |wm?ihl<?
given it after it reaches owr store.
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
PLENTY OF MB 2 TO I
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Fairbanks. Aug 8 -Wickerwham's
eWtlon la wmM here. Arthur
Williams offers to put up two to
one In any amount that Wlcker
sham will be elected. Gllmore Is
not considered aprlonsly. Money la
being offered on Wlckeraham first,
Kraucaunaa second, but no takers
can be found for either of them.
Dan Sutherland wires from Nome
that plenty of money is being offer
ed at five to three on Wlrt?t.<h?m
with no takers
Tom Slalnforth ha* plared two
hundred dollar* even money th.it
Jennlng* will lead HarraW and of
fer* a thousand more on the *?me
term*.
Senator Hill of Valde* wire* that
Wlckersham I* a favorite In the
betting and odd* are being pla?ed
on him
J. rrtllow .
J. F. Ward of tlie Portland ho
tel came back yesterday after
?pending a month looking over the
north portion of Vancouver Island
with a view to purchasing water
front or agricultural lands
Mr. Ward selected as his field
of investigation the country around
Quatslno sound It is here that
the Ksquimalt and Nanaltno rail
road have a survey for the con
struction of a railway. A compet
ing railway is also contemplated ex
tending on the mainland from Van
couver, crossing Val?'es Island by
building a bridge acrnsa the Sey
mour Narrows, using the famous
ripple rock for one of the piers
The object of th?se roads are to
connect with the Orand Trunk and
Pacific at Prince Rupert for quick
service to the east
Mr. Ward found all the water
fronts along the sound taken as
was also most of the timber and i
farming lands The latter, how- j
ever, are so heavily rove.-ed with
rank vegetation that It will take;
several rears to clean It off and
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PHnri.K \\\ XV IHSAIMKIVTUD
Dawson, Aug. 8 - Four member*
of the Herchel-Parker expedition
after making an unsuccessful at
tempt to reach the top of Mt. Mr
Klnley, left this morning for the
outside They will pa?s through
Skagway on their way to the south
The City of Seattle left for
Skagway on the fith and will ar
rive here Sunday morning.
allow the sun to sweeten up the
soil to fit It for agriculture He
believes that the property will ulti
mately be of considerable value, but
I* not suitable f?rr quirk rettirns on
present investments.
Some of the limber there is of
enormous sise. Mr. Ward visited
the owner of s small shingle mill,
who had been rutting shingles from
one tree for three years and only
had It partly used. The man had
recently fallen another tree, not be
cause he needed It, but because he
wanted a change, as he was tired
of working on the old tree.
It is believed In the cities of Van
couver and Victoria that with the
completion of the*e railroads 'on
slderable impulse will be given to
business along the north Pacific
rosst The opening of the Panama
canal will also add to the western
business which is bound to swlnir
north and influence Alaska trade.
Mrs Orant and Mr. and Mm.
James McKlttrlck. who accompan
ied Mr. Ward, were left at Van
couver.
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Topeka, Aug. l.nte returns
from the primaries show that the
contest between Governor Stnbts
and Senator Curtis Is becoming
closer It will be Impossible to
tell which one is elected until the
official count is made
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