^Paiutj Jilaskan
No. lis SIXTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY ALASKA. TUESDAY, JUNE '24 1913 PRICE 10 CENTS
SKAGWAY LEADS
WORLD III RAIS
ING PIE-PLANT
?Ui? of lUiutwrb AitTti^ More
I'luui Hve Km In Height, Sonic
HlIN I'nolui-Iin; 03 founds of KU
While Skujjway is rapidly gaiutug
city rnu rhubarb will average
t lv* feet in height, with atocka meua
? ircumfereuee Due atalk pulled up
? y the editor of the Daily Alaskan
?t: d auitable for -ookery
HAYKS H.VS FROMISK OK
ARKANSAS' GOVERNORSHIP
Little Rock. June 24 ? Unofficial
TOURISTS GAIN INFORMATION
WHILE OX PLEASURE BEXT
Charles C. Chapman, known ns
tbo "Orange King" of California,
with W. C. Harris, a gentloman ex
tensively engaged In building, both
o( Las Angeles, were taklug the
round trip ou tlio Northwestern
and spent a few hours lu Skagway
yesterday.
These gentlemen came up because1
they were urged to do so by other
tourists who had visited Alaska.
Thoy spent the fow hours alloted to
them In the various cities on the
trip In securing Information regard
ing tho resources of the country,
and In getting the opinion of tho
people on the conservation question.
Being friends of the congressmen
from tnclr district tho gentlemen
say that they will carry some real
Information back that may be of
service to the north in socurlng his
vote and Influence In passing the
railroad and other bills for tho do
Kiss AM) MAKE IT
IS CRY OP FAIRBANKS
Omaha, June 24 ?Charles Fnlr
last night In which he asked the
people to let bygones be bygones
and the Republican party get togo
ther once more on lines of harmony
and brotherly love. He would
forget the past and work for a
united Republican party.
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XOR'I H WESTERN LEAGUE
At Spokane? Victoria 2; Spokane 0.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
/Vt Boston ? Philadelphia 8; Boston
At Cincinnati ? Cincinnati 7; Pitts
1st Oame.
At New York ? Brooklyu 4; New
2nd Game
At New York ? New York 5; Brook
AMER1CW LEAGUE
At Philadelphia ? Philadelphia 13;
Boston 4.
1st Gamo
At Chicago ? St. Louis 3; Chicago 1.
At Chicago ? Chicago 4; St. Louis 3.
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we would have
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EVERY PAIR GUARANTEED
; H. J. Lynch
The Leading Ladies Furnisher and Haberdasher of Skagway
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NEW INSPECTOR
SUFFERS THRU
MISDEED OF SOU
Sacramento, Juuo 24 ? Tho Con
gregational Churohea and women's
clubs of Callforiilii are securing
signatures to petitions which aro to
l'o sent to Proaldent Wilson asking
him not to accopt tho rcslguatlon of
District Attorney McNnb for his at
tempt to prosccul.o young Camlnettl
and Dlggs, who wore charged with
transporting two young girls to
Washington, J unci 24 ? Congress
man Manu today suggested that
Commissioner of Immigration Camtn
etti be removed for using his of
fice for political purposes.
San Francisco, Juno 24 ? Clayton
Herrlngton, a government investiga
tor, is one of the mon responsible f< a
the resignation o' District Attorney
McXab. Not only has ho reported
unfavorably on tho actions of that
officer, but todaj he wired Secre
tary WHhoii to removo McRoynolds,
h former supporter of McNab.
Sun Francisco, Juuo 24 ? The fed
eral grand Jury thlc afternoon passe
a resolution condemning McKeynolds
and praising McN-ib.
Washington, Juno 24 ? President
Wilson announced today that ho- will
take a personal Interest in the Mc
Nab case. Ho has asked for all the
correspondence between District At
torney McNab of Sau Francisco and
th? Bureau of La^ior, relative to the
' barges of tho dlr.trict attorney that
ho has been handicapped In the per
formance of duty, and will give that
gentlemau every opportunity to lay
bare any facts that he may have as
a reason for sending In his roslgnii
Secretary of Labor Wilson says
that ho ulouo Is responsible for -he
postponement of tho eases of Maury,
Dlggs, Drow. Camlnettl and also the
Western Fuol trust cases which
caused McNab to resign. Camlnet
tl's father Is now here becoming ac
quainted with the dutlos as commis
sioner general of immigration.
VULDEZBOBBERY
MYSTERY J!
LAST IS SOLVED
Portland, Juno 24 ? The mystery
surrounding tho robbery In Valdez
four years ago, when nearly ten
thousand dollars belonging to the
Control Hydraulic Company was stol
en, was cleared up today, when Lou
Is Gorman, serving tlnio for robbery
In Iditarod, made the confession
that ho was responsible for tho Val
ATLIN 1KMJS FA Mi OFF
FAMOUS WATER WAGON
Atllu, Juno 23 ? The fnraoug toam
of ton (logs which constituted tho
water supply system of Atlin for
so many years, will uo longer be
seen delivering cool water from tbe
lake to this municipality. Major
Neville has disposed of thom and
will horeufter uso a horse for the
dully deliveries.
Years ago tho Shlrloy Brothers
started the dog team system, whon
dogs were tho common beasts of
burdou lu tho north. The Idea was
unique and soon attracted tho at
tontlou of visitors who camo to At
lin from all parts of the world.
Photographs were taken of tho wut
ercart with tbe dogs attached, and
i:vnt to broadcast. Magazines print
ed reproductions of tho unusual
sight and compared tho Atlln water
works with the gigantic systom of
tho larger cltlos, much to tho en
tertainment of thoso who wore fav
ored with a moro elaborate water
supply, but not with bottor water.
A fow yoars ago Major Nevlll<j se
cure the famous water system which
lio had conducted over since. There
Is loss of tho plcturedquo connected
with the horsocart. but economy re
quired that romance give way to utll
Ity, so the dogs had to fall off the
wator wagon.
CURRENCY BILL
0UTLI1E0 BY
THE PRESIDENT
Wilson Would Stop Financial D<
pr* visions lly Having Th? (ioveni
ment Go Into tho Money l.oanln^
llukliinw When Needful.
Washington, Juno 24 ? The cur
rency bill was Introduced simultan
eously In tho houso and sonate yes
terday. President Wilson personal
ly read his message to a Joint meet
ing of the bodies. His message was
somewhat lengthy and wont into de
tails of tho currency question. Ho
declared It a vital question that
needed tho immediate attention of
congress. He pleaded for govern
ment coutrol of tho banks, that they
might bo servants, not masters of
the people. "This must bo dowe
now" said tho president. "The cur
rency question la Just as lmportan
as the tariff question, both are ne
c< sltics that need wise legislative
handling'.
, The currency bill authorizes tho
issuance of five hundred million of
emorgoncy curroncy to me immedi
ately available whon needed. This
money to be used in the purchase
01' stats, county and municipal bonds
and the high class securities offored
by national banks at low rates of
Interest. To bo a sort of financial
Gibralter to prevent tho disastrous
ponies which havo frequently over
taken tho country In tho past. The
object being to roleaso the money oh
easy terms on sound securities when
over tho financial conditions got s(
low that a panic Is threatened.
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Olives, Ripe. Plain and Stuft Corso Clieese
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Veal Loaf, Deviled Ham Lobster, Shrimp
Lunch Tongue Salmon 4.
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Sardines ? French Boneless - Norwegian Smoked .
Fancy Bisquit and Crackers in
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Tlio Pacific Count atcamor Cur
acao hit a rock and sunk off tho
west coast of Prlnco of Wales Is
land at 2:15 p. m. Sunday, Juno 22.
Tho Curacao was 011 tho way to
a cannery near Shukan whon she
went on a reef near the spot where
sho struck several weeks ago. Re- '
ports by wireless say that ?ho
grounded at about eight o'clock Sun '
day morning and succeeded In pull
lug herself off tho rocks and immed- |
lately made for a shallow beach
where sho sunk several hours later.
Her wireless operator succeeded
In calling tho operator on the gov
ernment survey boat Godnoy which
was sounding the channol In Clar
ence straits, and that boat Immed
iately went to tho rescuo of the J
Curacao, taking off her crew and
lauding them in Ketchikan.
Captain Thompson with a number
of the crew are standing by the
sunken boat awaiting the arrival of
tho salvago boats. Sho had a car
go of riftoen hundred tons of freight
mostly for tho canneries of the west
coast.
The Curacao was built In Phila
delphia In 1895, Is 245 feet In
length and 38 feet In beam and car- j
rl^d a crew of forty seamen.
PEieli :
Nil GUILTY OF :
MANSLAUGHTER
Took the Canadian Jury Forty-five
Minutes to Deride McCarthy's
Death Was Accidental.
Culgary, Juno 24 ? Arthur Pelkey |
waa found not guilty of manslaught- '
er by a Jury of six, who were out
forty flvo minutes. They arrived at
tho conclusion that there was no 1
Intent to kill McCarthy when Pel- '
key struck him the fatal blow, and |
consequently tho death was accl- 1
dental.
Steamboat day In Ska;;way tomor
row. Five boats will bo In port.
WOULD TOURISTS THINK
ATMX MOST BEAUTIFUL
Atlln, Juno 23 ? A party of tour
ists traveling through all parts of
tho world, arrived on the last bont
and were shown around the lake a
hoard tho steamer Scotia.
I.Ike others who havo visited our
bcautlul country, they admit that
this Is the beauty epot of the world.
Mauy of tho party had spent seasons
In Switzerland and Norway, whore
Bo many go In raptures over the
Bceiic;*y, but admlUod today that the
Atlln was more magnificent than
anything tho European countries
coul boast of. It is true that tho
older countries havo bettor roads
and aro more accesslbio by automo
bile and other modern conveniences
d travel, yet the stupendous gran
deur of Alaska and the northwest
Canadian country surpassed anything
:hej had yet seen.
PKIMTV XO.MK CVRNIVAL
Ql'KKN DIES SUDDENLY
San Diego, June 24 ? Margaret
Woldt, eighteen years old, who gain
ed considerable popularity in Alas
ka as nueen In the famous carnival
of 1912 in Nome, died In this city
last night.
CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP
CONGRESS HEOINS JI NK :!!>
Pittsburgh, Pa., June 24 ? In tho
preliminary announcement of the
[>luns for tho great World's Chris
tian Citizenship Congress to bo held
Juno 29 to July 6, local leaders In
l ho movement said today that a
score of foreign countries would be
represented. Tho tontative program
uhown many noted foreign speakers
on tho program as well as many
prominent Americans.
POOR SUKFRAOETTES ARK
MADE THE <;OATS
London, June 24 ? London news
papers today havo awakened to the
fact that they have been victimized
to tho rxtent of many dollars by an
entirely new game ? that of "bomb
rinding". The suffragetto bomb out
rages started it all. The method
udopted was to plant a "bomb", cov
ered with suffragette literature. In
some public place, and then "find'
It, and after turning It over to the
pollco, run to a newspaper office and
Roll the "story" as an exclusive.
Many newspapers throughout Kng
land have fallen for the stunt and
today the' police are on the lookout
for dozens of "bomb finders".
fine Fitting Footwear
for Women
We insist that wheh you come
to our store for shoes you get a
perfect fit. This is the pol
icy that has made our ser
vice popular.
We are carrying exclu
sively the Utz & Dunn Co. perfect -fitting
shoes. Having these shoes fitted to your feet in
this store insures absolute comfort. And a per
fect fit means also a better wearing shoe.
Particular women find it a pleasure to trade here.
I TTe Store for Particular People
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