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SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER HO, 1911
PRICE, 10 CENTS
UNSPEAKABLE1
LONT-CN". Sept. 30? Diplomats of
many of the foreign countries have
expressed their opinion that they be
lieve that the war between Italy and
Turkey means that Europe is on the
eve of timing from the continent,
the unspeakable Turk.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
ATHENS, Greece. Sept. 30 ? 1 Two
Turkish transports, loaded with Turk
ish troops bound for Tripoli are
ashore at Vonitza, having been driv
en out of their course by Italian bat
tleships.
BALDWIN AND
BURNS FIGHT
(By Alaska New? Bureau.)
SEATTLE. Sept. SO ? Before an en
thusiastic audience of fight fans at
the Seattle Athletic Club last night.
Frankie Burns and Matty Baldwin
fought twenty fast rounds to a draw.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
CHICAGO. Sept. 30? At ten o'clock
this morning all the shopmen em
ployed by the Harriman lines were
called out on strike.
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1IEDIN1 HED 111 BIM
REPORTS FALSE.
SAY THE TURKS
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
CONSTANTINOPLE. Sept. 30? The
report that the cabinet had resigned
or that Tripoli had been. occupied by
the Italians is denied by the govern
ment officials.
JEFFRIESM
FRE SAO NEWS
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SEATTLE. Sept. 30 ? James J. Jef
fries and brother, who have been
hunting for the past six weeks in Al
aska, arrived here last night.
The big ex-champion was greatly
overcome when he received the sad
news of his mother's death.
BOOZE JOINTS
QUIT THE BIZ
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SALT LAKE. Sept. 30? Over a hun
dred saloons closed their doors and
went out of business last night, it
being the last day before the local
option should go into effect. Most of
the salons were in the rural districts.
There will be a special meeting of
the Eagles tonight for the purpose of
initiation. The meeting will be called
to order at 8 o'clock sharp, and all
brothers are requested to be on hand.
Visiting brothers cordially invited.
Elmer Wheelre, VV. R]
Attest: J. M. Keller, W. S.
Food, Water, Clothing and Supplies
Sent Down. To Famished Men ? As
Rescue Draws Near Hope is Regained
(Special to The Dally Alaskan)
FAIRBANKS. Sept. 30? At mid
night last night, the Keystone drill
which was put in operation, with the
hopes of penetrating the caved-in
rock and frozen ground which en
tombed fourteen men lu the 170-foot
level of the Shakespeare placer mine
on Dome creek last Wednesday, pen
etrated to the imprisoned men, and iu>
mediately food, water, underclothes,
candles, tobacco, matches, blankets
and newspapers were lowered down
to the men through the six-inch hole.
The men sent up word that they
wore all well and with the hopes of
a speedy release in sight, have be
| 'come quite cheerful.
| Seventy feet of the cave-In has
I been removed, and there Is still one
| hundred feet of the gravl and ice to
be removed, which will in all proba
j bility take from three to four days,
j The rescue parties working in the
oM shaft 500 feet distant from the
I iollapsed shaft have gone one hun
dred feet along the drift, but as the
1 mine had settled a large amount of
digging is required. The men work
ing at the rescue are still working in
short shifts, and the work has not
been abandoned for one miuute since
the effort at releasing 'the burled
miners was begun.
Sunday morning at an early hour,
a start will be made by Dr. Charles
G. Percival and George D. Brown,
who have been in> Skagway for the
past week, in an attempt, to drive
the Abbott-Detroit "Bull Dog" auto
mobile over the ties of the White
Pass and Yukon Route to the Sum
mit of the White Pass, and if success
ful. the trip on to Whitehorse will be
continued.
From Whitehorse, the car will be
driven over the old trail to Yukon j
Crossing, and from there on to Daw
son.
This attempt to perform this dar
ing and remarkable feat with an autc
mobile is done for the purpose of
demonstrating that an automobile can
be driven over the roads of Alaska
and the Yukon, and they should have j
many interesting experiences. If the \
trip is at all possible, the experience
these two men have had in their
globe-circling tour will surely enable
them to accomplish it
Jack Chambers will accompany the
tourists as far as Whitehorse as of
ficial representative and observer,
and at Whitehorse Herb Wheeler, sup
erintendent of the White Pass Stage
line will Join the party aud continue
on to Dawson.
Jack Keller has been given complet
charge of the arrangements, for start
ing the Abbott and its venturesome
crew off on their long journey and
will look after the verification of the
trip, so that the two men may obtain
proper vouchers certifying to the fact
that they have made 'the first trip from
Tide Water to Dawson in an auto
mobile, going over what is considered
an impossible piece a! automobile
road.
CENTURIES OLD
NAIL IS FOUND
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
COLORADO SPRINGS. Sept. 30?
Seventy-five feet underground in the
heart of a vein of coal thousands of
years old miners have found what ap
pears to be an iron nail imbedded in
a slab of the coal. Scientists are try
ing to determine if the Iron was form
ed by human hands. The find was
made at the Patterson mine.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
NEW YORK. Sept. 30? Dr. James
Hepburn, oldest graduate of Princeton
university, died at his home in East
Orange, N. J., today. He was a medi
cal missionary in Japan from 1859|
to 1892, sent there by the Prbyester
ian board of foreign- missions. He
translated the Bible into Japanese and
wrote several religious works.
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WANT TUFT 10
BE MEDIATOR
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
LONDON. Sept. 30 ? It is reported
in diplomatic circles that the Powers
will ask W. H. Taft, President of
the United States to act as mediator
between Turkey and Italy.
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FAVORS LEASING
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept. 30? At
torney Brandeis, who acted as coun
sel for Louis Glavis in the Ballinger
Controversy, has come out in favor
of the leasing system, as the proper
disposition of the Alaska coal lands.
BANS RAID
TEXAS RANCHES
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
MISSION, Tex. Sept. 30? Bands of
armed Mexicans attacked American
ranches in the lower Rio Grande
Valley today, taking all horses in
sight. A band of twenty visited Ta
basco ranch, near Sam Fondyce, last
night and took twenty-five horses.
Armed ranchmen are keeping watch
over the herds. A guard of thirty
I men camped last night on the ranch
of Ramon Vela, near this town.
The Alaska cable, which has been
out of commission north of Sitka has
been repaired and is once more in
working order. The cable tender Burn
side made the repairs.
DESTROYER IS
DESTROYED
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
PREVESA, Turkey. Sept. 30 ? This
morning an Italian cruiser steamed
usp to a Turkish torpedo boat destroy
er and after commanding it to sur
render, upon being refused, immed
iately captured it and Beading a crew
aboard, blew the ship up.
II ? GIVEN
BIG RECEPTION
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
DES MOINES, la. Sept. 30? Presi
dent Taft was tendered a non-parti
san reception in this city last night,
at which a large gathering was in at
tendance.
ORCHARD TRIAL
STILL DRAGS
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
VALDEZ. Sept. 30? The hearing of
the Lieut. Sam C. Orcard case, which
with the officers of the general court
martial was transferred from Fort \\ .
H. Seward to Fort Liseu-m is progres
sing slowly. It is now thought that
it will require three or four weeks
more to complete the hearing.
The Princess May will arrive in
port Wednesday morning.
Agent Lowle, of the Canadian Paci
fic Railway has just received a very
fine picture of his company's Atlant
ic liner Envpress of Ireland, which
will be put up on the wall of his of
fice along with the pictures of the
other steamships operated by the C.
P. R.. The Empress of Ireland runs
between Quebec and Liverpool, and
is considered one of the finest ves
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