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SKAGWAY, ALASKA. TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1913 PRICE 10 CENTS
J. P. WHITNEY
OFF FOB HIP
rinnrrr WliUchcrxj Merchant Ulinvx
With KnthualiiMii Over I'nwperity
?.r Homo Town ? Shipyards, l*uel?
lo Mines nml Merchants all Work
ins Full 1'npacity.
J. P. Whitney, of tho Whitehorse
tli ni of Taylor, Drury, Pedler and
company. Ltd., arrived In Skngway
on yesterday's train, and will leuve
on the J? f'-Tsoii this evening for a
visit in Seattle, not to exceed two
fact he can remember wheu White
of goods from Rennet tit 1900 to the
In speaking of his trip .Mr. Whl'.
nev says that he is going out for a
rat, uad that is all he will say
ab'-ut It. l>:tt in speaking of the seii
-.?>u"s outlook at Whitehorse. ho is
not so re :. eut .Mr. Whltuey says
tli.'1 the .'-"Spects were never bright
er for his home town than they are
today, and every iudh.it Ion points to
various lines of ousiness.
In* company at the Pueblo mine
are being pushed, iud late reports
received iu Whitehorse from there
that new bodies of ore has been run
into. whicj. establishes beyond :v ,
.loubt Iho fact that there in ore In
tion, and the number now at the
JORDAN <?'? ITS OM JOlt
?IO ACt 'KIT KKiHKl! ONE
lordnn hus retired from the presi
ocucy of 1 eluud Stanford Unlversl
tv and hu.< accepted the new post
M.r to President Jordan.
Multimillionaire (lull noil With Coll
piracy ? <lowl> <;nanlc?l While
Trial Is in Projjre-w.
Boston, May 20? As u precaution
ary measure, a strong guard is be
in* maintained around tho court
house during the trial of Multimil
lionaire Wood, which Is now in prog
Wood is charged with conspiracy
and it is c. aimed that ho took an
active part In the dynamiting during
the great woolen mills strike at Sal
em, even going so far as to place
bombs in and about the mills, where
the strikers would be accused of
ilo'.ng so.
DOUBTS SANDED
TUfiKEK TALE
AliixkfUl Legislator While Cluwt at '
lUiii|ti<t Says Seattle Mcreliants
Shipped Turkey* Stuffe<l With
Saml t?. Alaska ? Committee W ill
Investigate.
Seattle, May 19 ? At a meeting of
the Commerciul Club last Saturday. 1
> ? ommltte* was appointed to In- '
vestlgate the statement made by
s>>me of the Alaska Legislators when 1
they were recently banquetted in
thl? city relatlvo to discrimination 1
against Alaskans. 1 he statement , '
had been made at the banquet that
Seattle firms hud shipped turkeys
stuffed with sand to Alaska, and
thut the purchasers were compclle-1 '
to pay for the sand when they 1 ?
bought the turkeys lust winter.
SERVIAN KIX?, ItltOKK.V IN
HKALTH, WILL ABIMCATK
Geneva. May 20 ? King Peter of
Servla has signified his intention
of abdicating the throne of that ,
(Oimtry us soon us peace has beon i
p'itored ietween the Italkan States ,
aiit Turkey. The king gives as his
reason for so doing the broken con- ,
< Ulon of ills health. {
Oxford %
If there were
better ones made
we would have
them.
EVERY PAIR GUARANTEED
THEv ;!
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M SHOE
H. J. Lynch
The Leading Ladies Furnisher and Haberdasher of Skagway
WATER LOW
AT WHITEHORSE
U'alfr Very Low at WhUchorse ?
l.ellai-e Still Solid and Hlg Ice
?111 ins m Yukon Crossing and Sel
kirk.
The Yukou in clear of Ice from
Slowurt to Dawson. At Yukon
Crossing there Is a big Ice Jam. The
Ico In the Pelly was running all
Inst night but jammed at Selkirk,
"l'ho stage of the wator at White
horse is very low , the gauge show
ing minus 8 inches, which Is con
sidered wry low for this time of
the year.
From advice received last even
ing. it hi the opinion of those who
have been on the ground that the
boats tied up at the foot of Luke Lo
Oargo will not get away for at
least ten days. With the extremely
:(<?? stage of wiiter at Whltehorse,
ami the Ice still solid in the lake,
and the fact that the night thus
far have b^en cold. It Is bolleved by
old timers that navigation will be
la.ir this season than for a num
ber of years past, as nothing but
w.irm weather and rain will move
:ho Ice In the lake unit take out
lie Jams.
I'OKPKIXI BOAT l).\MA(JKD
JIY HKU OWX SHOT
Newport, May 20- The Torpedo
Boat Vesuvius was badly damaged
this morning, and only the prompt
?m'ers of the officers which were
Instantly complied with by the crow,
saved the vessel from foundering.
Whlkt tngaged in torpedo target
practice, the mechnntem of a tor
indo which had been discharged
from the torpedo tubo. vent w.*ong,
UlJ tl|e mltsel turned rnd plunged
Into the side of tho boat, tearing a
?reat holo. The ship was Instantly
beaded for thu short- where she
K'iia beached.
WILSON'S U'KKKIiY TALK
TO THK N KWSI'A I'KKMKN
Washington, May 20 ? Preslden
Wilson had his regular weekly talk
with the newspaper reporters yes
erday.
In speaking of the California alien
laud act, the President said that
the matter would undoubtedly be
settled amicably. Candled phrases,
loaded with dynamite, would be use
ind that thore was nothing in the
talk that a crisis was at hand.
Ho expressed his satisfaction on th
Ut.tude that the powers had adopt
od, that of keeping their hands off
from the affair.
Tho president stated that Sena
tor Borah would probably bo tho
liead of n committee which was to
be appointed to Investigate the Vir
ginia coal strike,
Getting down to domestic matters.
Mr. Wllsou said that Harold How
ard, who had been pestering his fam
lly, was being examined as to his
sanity.
IS
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' Hostility Of Ono Faction A ({ill list
(lie Allen Act Just Signed May
head to the SnIitltuCion of a More
l?rn?tic Mewuw T'cllHom IU>
Ing pr?|MNd.
Sacran'onto, May 20 ? The atoning
of tho A!) on land act by Governor
Johnson him brought about tho
Jumonstrullon o ( much hostility by
t.oso who have bo<'n opposed to
tho passage of tho bill.
It |r believed by many that th<J
<ut will not go into offect t/litll
November of next yoar.
San V ninclsco, May 20 ? Within
the next ten days there will bo peti
tions circulated calling for a sub- j
>titute bill to tlw Wobb Allen land
icv, that will be even more drastic |
than tho one lately passed by the
:c>;lsluture. It is being so drawn up
hut aliens who are Ineligible for
It'zeiiahip will bo prohibited from
;:o'dlng 1'i'ids in the State of Cal- j
i .'fornla.
YOUNG WOMAN' XVAXTS
IXCLK SAM'S I'ROTKCTION
St. Paul. May 2t.--Mlss Mary
Klbabeih Alqulst. 27 years old.
White Boar avenue, a stenograph
er, became a citizen of the United
States yesterday In the district
court. She is one of the few wom
en who have taken out citizenship
papers in Ramsey county.
Judg: brill, who grauted her tho
papers, said ho could remember of
>n.'y one other woman having been
naturalized by him.
"Just because T" # an ted to be a
It lien," was the reason assigned by
Miss Al'iulst. "I wanted also to
have the protection of the United
states."
?Sli KKThR" STOCK I NG8
IIAKRKD IN ZIOX CITY
Chicago, May 20 ? Mosquito bar
Stockings ?nd low-necked dresses ar
forbidden the elect of Zlon City. So
: says nn ultimatum delivered by Vol
iva at Shlloh tabernacle. Vollva
promises lorclble ejection of the
first woman who appears In the
tt mplc wearing the last word In hos
iory.
'The first woman I see In tho au
dicnce wl'.h mosquito bar stockings
and low-necked dress", said he, "I'll
s-y to the usher, 'Here, take that
woman out.' "
The Puclflc Coast Stoamship City
of Seattle will arrive in this port
at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning;,
The latest word to be had by
Agent Lyons as to tho time of ar
rival of tlio Jefferson up to the
tlmo of going to press is 11 o'clock
tonight.
Don't ?
be mislead by CHEAP qual
ity mail order catalogs
Money spent with us for groceries is
a good investment.
The quality of our goods is the high
est and the prices very low.
Quality Considered we invite
comparison with any place.
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P. H. GANTY, Grocer
| Alaska's (iovemor Klocl Arrive*
' Home? Orrvl( d by Thousand Ail
j lulling JVIpihIv? Capital City Guy
ly DMiiKilcd. In Honor of Home
i (Vimlnu
Junaiu, May 20- Governor elect
land Mra. J. F. A. Strong arrived
I li-.'ro at noon today on the I'aclcif
' Coast Sto-iMRhlp Company's stoam
ihlp Cliy o:' Soattlo.
He was met at tlie wharf by
<>/er a thousand admiring friends,
mid escorted up town. The High
! .School band was out and the town
?a'i-s gayly dccorated with hunting
j ,in<t flags.
Major Strong will he given tho
oith of cfllco tomorrow afternoon,
plans' for the Inauguration having
heen ' prepared 'by a committee ap
pointed by 'Governor Walter K.
("lark for that purpose.
SEATILEITE
TELLS FACTS
Jiimc? (iiilSrallli, Says Situation In J
Alnstn Iiiim been I'OHjfyently lliv
togg?s|- 'l.V MytoiioiiK Wltlspci Ill^x
?if Siill-ter Danger*.
?eatti(>, May 20 - Tiie Seattle Post
Inlelligt uccr today contains u thrco
coluuiu N.Ik .which .Tauieg K. Gal
brntth, of thi* firm of Onlhrnith,
Baton & Co., wbolejato coin mlSslon
merchants of tlilti city, made before
tUb. Senalo .jit Washington, repvnt
Tbc article shows that Mr. Gul
lirnilh lias row- Into matters p< r
talning tc Alaska very carefully, and
nay i. that Die Alaska situation has
been persistently befogged befoi*o
the world by mysterious whisperings
of sinister da'ngori' and designs at
all tlnun '.vlitfli legislation for the
dtvcl6|>iu"ni of the Territory war up
before Congress.
The St< timship Georgia sailed from
Jiineau this morning at X o'clock
and is dus to arrive In Ska^wpy .it
'J o'clock tonight.
COAL BIS
LOOK FAVORABLE
lloyd's TeM s Show Fine (Jrmle- Hlj{
^IflK Says Coal Must Ik- Miaed,
While I'lttman Claims Cunstrrn
l ion nils Illegal.
Washington, Mny V9 ? Lieut. Com
mander llOyd submitted Ills report
0,1 the Alaska conl to the So.iate
committal) this morning. Ills report
hI.owh lhat tho Alaska c< d tested
by his department gave better re
.'ultH than Pocahontas coal.
Paymaster Hlgglns tc-slliied before
the committee that In cage of war the
Pacific coavt would be helpless v.1th
In a short time withot the aid of
Alaska coal.
Senator Pittman completely ex
plodes the falacy of Pinchot and
others lhat the elimination of twelve
thousand acres from the Cltlga'; re
strvo by President Taft was n bil
lion dollar steal. Senator Pitt man
further alleges that President Roose
velt's order for the setting aside of
the Alaska coal fields after I hey had
been entered upon was Illegal.
SKtltKT I lll.AI.S A It 10
ABOI1I8HKI) I V KX(ili.\.\l>
l.omlon, May liO ? An was put
today to the possibility of secret pro
ceedings In divorce and other suits
in tho I nlted Kingdom by a Judg
ment delivered by the House jf
I ordn, Bit tfi g art tho highest Court
of Appeals.
The divorce rourt had adjudge.! a
?Mrs. Scott guilty of contempt of
eourt in circulating among her
friends the report of a ca" e hoard,
"In camera in whlcn she had !" on
accused of Infidelity, but had boon
\ l:idlulU- J ? ?
The l-u.d Chancellor's opinion, in
which t : > oilier law lords concurred,
reverses i.;>? Judgment for con'oiipt
of court.
?'?ho !,o.d Chancellor declare
"Every court of justice In the
I.' nil Is open to every subject of the
King, and 1 court has no i><? v. r to
sit otherwise than wlih open doors.
WIKSOX MA KK* XOMIXATIOX
tOlt AfiASKA MAKSHAI.S
| Washington; May 20 ? Pre?ldcnt
i Vlison has sent In the nttmei of
E nmet Jordan for marshal of tlie
| .-.econd division of Alasku, and EJ
v. ard Exum for marshal of the third
I division.
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