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No. 211. TWELFTH YEAR.
SKAtJWAY. ALASKA. TUESDAY, KEBKl'ARY 8, 1910
PRICE, 10 CENTS
ALASKANS HAVE RIGHT TO RE VOL T, SAYS SULZER
New York Congressman Bitterly Scores Be ve ridge Bill? Com
pares The Condition Of Alaska With That Of The
Thirteen Original Colonies Before The Revolutionary War
(By Alaska News Bureau)
WASHINGTON, D. C. FEB. 8? R EPRESENTATI VE SULZER OF NEW YORK DECLARED IN CONGRESS TODAY THAT IF THE BEVERIDGE
BILL WAS PASSED THAT ALASKA HAD EVERY RIGHT TO REVOLT FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
MR. SULZER SAID THAT THE CONDITIONS IN ALASKA TODAY ARE SIMILAR TO THE SITUATIONOF THE THIRTEEN COLONIES IN
1776 AND THAT ALASKANS HAD EVERY LEGAL AND MORAL RIGHT TO REFUSE TO SUBMIT TO SUCH HIGH HANDED PROCEDURE ON
THE PART OF CONGRESS.
THE PEOPLE OF ALASKA ARE AS PATRIOTIC AND INTELLIGENT AS THOSE OF ANY STATE IN THE UNION, THE NEW YORK CON
GRESSMAN SAID, AND HE ADDED THAT BY ALL LAWS OF FAIR PLAY THEY WERE ENTITLED TO AT LEAST AS GOOD TREATMENT
AS HAS BEEN ACCORDED THE FILIPPINOES.
CONGRESSMAN SULZER CONCLUDED BY STATING THAT INDIGNATION OVER THE BEVERIDGE BILL WAS WIDE SPREAD IN ALAS
KA AND THAT CONGRESS BY ITS TREATMENT WAS DEALING A BLOW TO THE IDEALS AND TRADITIONS OF AMERICAN GOVERN
MENT.
KENDRICK IS
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The funeral of Thomas Kendrick,
the old section man who was killed
Saturday morning at White Pass was
held at 10 o'clock this morning at
the Catholic Church. Father Turnell
preached the funeral service and a
number of friends of the deceased
gathered to pay their last respects
The funeral train left Fifth avenue
for the cemetery shortly after 10 o'
clock. The pall bearers were: Jerry
Quinlan. E. L. Miller. Mike Wusnitch.i
Smith Remlck. Pete Burwlch and
J. Stephens.
SNOW SHOE BLOCKED TRAIN
The train from Sag way did not get
through to Whltehorse yesterday, as
a big snow slide at Bennett blocked
the track. The passengers from th<
Whltehorse train were transferred to;
No. 1 and reached Skagway all righi
V. I. Hahn left for Bennett this
morning to superintend the clearing |
awav of the snow slide.
E.J.
E. J. Kingsbury has resigned his
joint position as electrician for the
! White Pass and Yukon, and the lioni
| Power company to take effect the
j first of March. Mr. Kingsbury has
been made a very good offer by the
Treadwell company which he Intend
to accept. Mr. Kingsbury has many
friends in Skagway who will be sor
ry to learn of his determination to |
leave town.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
STOCKHOLM. Sweden. Feb. 8
King Gustave yesterday was operated
upon for appendicitis. The operation
was successful and the King is rapid
ly convalescing.
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ABSENCE OF WIND SAVED
| SKAGWAY FROM BAD BLAZE
Only the absence of any wind saved
Skagway from a very disastrous fire
' today.
Shortly before noon Frank Muir,
who is rooming in a back room up
stairs in the building owned by Herb
Taylor on Fifth avenue hetweun thu
Portland hotel and the Telephone
building, returned from a trip down
stairs after wood to find the whole
room ablaze.
No water was available so .Mr. Muir
promptly turned in an alarm.
The flames spread with rapidity
and by the time the first hose cart
arrived smoke was streaming from
the building and the fire seemed
about to burst through t>oth the front
and side walls.
Fortunately there was no wind and
after two streams of water were turn
ed on the blaze the flames were sub
dued after about thirty-five minutes
fight.
The damage to the building owned
by Herb Taylor is estimated to be
at least $">00. Mr. Muir lost all his |
personal effects and clothes and plac- ,
es his damage at $200.
A sky light in the Portland house
was broken and considerable water ;
poured in. Mr. Ward places his dam
age at $75.
The damage to the building and
electrical equipment of the Telephone
company will probably amount to $100.
It seems certain that the fire start
ed through an overheated stove pipe.
The pipe was evidently old and drop
ped sparks on the bed which was
near the chimney.
l*roprietor Ward of the Portland
house did good work before the fire
department arrived by playing a
stream froiu a garden hose on the
burning building. He was on the rocf
of his own hotel.
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(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SEATTLE. Feb. 7?' The revenue
cutter Tahonui will sail for Alaska
tomorrow to search for the five miss
ing sailors from the Farallon. She
is taking on supplies today.
The Jefferson sailed from Seattle j
last night.
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(By Alaska News Bureau)
LOS ANGELES. Fob. 8? Sam Lang
ford, the Boston negro, an 1 Jim Flyn
the Pueblo fireman, will fight ten
rounds at Naud pavilion tonight. In
their fight at San Francisco about
eighteen months ago Flynn was
knocked out in the first round.
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B. I BEHRENDS SPEAKS Oil ALASKA
B. M. Behrends fired a twelve inch
gun Into the ranks of the despoilers
of Alnska with the followlgn inter
view In the Seattle Times:
"If Congress will let Alaska alone,
Alaska will take care of herself."
U. M. Behrends, a wealthy banker
o' Juneau and a resident of Alaska
for twenty-five years says the fore
going statement represents the idea
of the general and not the special in
terests of the Northland. Behrends
is a guest at the Butler. He leaves
tonight for New York and probably
will go from there to Washington.
D. C., where he will join in the fight
against the passage of the Beverldge
bill, providing a commission form of
government for Alaska.
"We cannot afford either a commit)- 1
sion or a territorial form of govern
ment," said Behrends. "The com
mission form of government is a hum
bug, and such a plan as would be
wanted by the Morgan and Guggen
heim Interests. It is an absurdity to
believe that the plan was not prompt
ed by the special interests and for
the furtherance of political schemes.
"The commission Idea suggested by
Beverldge is a crazy one and the
plan to have four or eight commis
sioners from the states to govern Al
aska emphasizes the fact that It Is
a political Issue and not for the wel
fare of Alaska. I believe, too, that,
the territorial form of government, un
less a mild form, as the one sug
gested by Delegate James Wicker
sham, would be the ruination of Alas
ka.
"I believe that the Guggenheim and
Morgan interests, if given time, would
corral the business and wealth of
Alaska. They are doing nothing to
help Alaska. They are building rail
roads to their coal fields, but they
are not developing the coal and cop
per industries which they control.
They are holding them for a fancy
price and are gobbling up the small
owners who are unable to develop
and ship their coal and copper. If
they wanted to do anything to help
Alaska they would develop their coal
mines so that we wouldn't iiave to
send into Canada from Juneau to buy
coal and pay a duty on it. They are
not trying to get Alaskan coal on
the market, but they are hanging on
to it so that they may reap a big
profll from it in the future."
PUT IB BE PRESENTED MOT
The performance of "My Wife's
Husband" will be given tonight at Elk
hall by the Amateur Dramatic club of
Skagway and the play promises to
be one of the most pleasing produc
tions presented in Skagway for many
a moon.
George T. Snow, a veteran theatri
cal man of wide experience, wrote the
play and has drilled the cast in its
production. The piece has been re
hearsed for two months and the dress
rehearsal held last night went off
without a hitch. Those who see to
night's performance will probably wit
ness one of the best plays ever given
in Skagway and one that will com
pare well with professional produc
tions.
"My Wife's Husband" is a farce
comedy and it is a laugh from start
to finish. The situations are amusing
and the dialogue is clever. If to
night's performance is patronized as It
should be, the intention of the club
is to present a series of pieces In
the near future.
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Heed's orchestra will play several
selections during the evening. The
curtain will rise at 8:30 o'clock.
The Santa Anna of the Alaska
Steamship company will leave Seattle
Thursday with coal aaid explosives for
Southeastern Alaska ports.
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