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sKA(> WAY, ALASKA. FRIDAY, JANUAKY^IS, l'.KW
? PIUCE, 10 CENTS
Engine Stops Twice and
Boat Drifts to Verge of
Breakers? -Came Into
Port Coated With Ice
Three Men Aboard Suf
fered from Bitter Cold.
Coated with thick coats of Ice and
weighted down low in the water, the
Hegg arrived in Skagway at 3 o'clock
this morning after being twelve hours
on the way from Haines and twice on
the verge of being wrecked on the
rocks off Mission point Capt. Pete
Madsen. Matt Sundeen and Fred
Cliff were on the Hegg and all of
them consider themselves lucky to
be alive. $
The Hegg left Haines at 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. A heavy sea
was running, but the staunch little;
craft made good speed until she was I
off Mission point. Then the engine
r> fused to work. Capt. Madsen says
Its failure was due to an inferior
brand of_ gasoline. The waves- washed
the Hegg nearer and nearer shore,
while Capt. Madsen and Matt Sim-j
deen worked frantically to get the
engine started. At last thev succeed
ed and the Hegg gained headway.
They had gone less than half a
mile when the engine stopped u sec
on?l time. This time the spark coii
was brokeu. Again the waves drove
the little craft inshore. Madaen
and Sundeen had a difficult time to
repair the wire for the bitter cold al
most froze their bare fingers. Th<
Hegg was right 011 the edge of the
breakers when the engine was started
Had she been driven ashore th<
three men would have been almost
inevitably drowned.
The Hegg fought her way through
the waves and proceeded to Skagwaj
without farther mishap. She was
literally hidden by ice. however, am.
Capt. Madsen says he thinks the let
would have sunk her if they hat!
much farther to go. Her crew an?
passengers were glad to get ashore.
Fred Cliff froze both his ears atu!
both Mr. Madson and .Mr. Sundcei.
suffered bitterly from exposure. Tin
three men agree that it was the clou
est call they ever had from death.
ILL EXPLORE
ARCTIC II DS
NEW Y.ORK. Jan. 15.? Harry B.
Radenford. a prominent sportsman
and writer on natural history and out
door subjects, announces that he will
leave here during this month and ex
plore the Arctic regions, alone. From
Edmonton, Alberta, he Intends to
continue his journey on snowshoe:
and by means of a sled, with only s<
dog as a companion. In this way he
' hopes to travel 5,000 miles and It
j take three years in doing It.
| .Mrs. Fred Callarniau will give n
i party this evening In honor ot Mr.
and Mrs. E. J. Shaw, who leave for
the south on the Princess May.
! 20% DISCOUNT SALT TO |
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J ous patronage o t our first discount sale t
f we have decided to continue it for one i
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t week longer- All deoartments are af- j
i fected by this sale and include our lines of t
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V l:nderwear and hosiery, woolen, silk and cotton 31
?j- dress goods, blankets, comfortables, flannels, out
X iug and canton, every line brought from a plenti- y
fill market at lowest prices. Your money will go 4.
farthest and buy more from * ^
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The Up-to-DateHaberdashers and Ladies' Furnishings 4.
The Ladies Home Journal Patterns 10 and 15 cent
4. *
(By United Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16.? Floods
are reported In all sections of Cali
fornia owlug to the heavy and long
continued rains. Many wagon and
railroad bridges have been washed
away and the damage to property
has been great. The floods are tin ?
worst know^for years. The rain in j
still falling.
JIM ACQUITS
AL JAMES
(Special to The Daily Afaskan.)
JUNEAU, Jan. 15. ? A1 James, who
shot at "Dago Joe" In Skagway
about two months ago, was acquit
ted by a Jury yesterday of a charge
of assault with Intent to kill. James
was Indicted by the federal grand
Jury. The Shortrldge case fron;
Haines Is 011 today. Shortrldge Is
charged with non-support by his wife.
BERLIN, Jan. 14.? King Otto, ofj
Bavaria, encased in a straight Jacket,
occupies a padded cell in his palace J
at Fuerstenrietl. A few days ago he
became raving mad and his shrieks |
and wild cries alarmed his attendants
For more than 20 years King Otio|
lias been a hopeless Imbecile. For
many years after he ascended the
throne he wa3 very powerful physic
ally. His attendants had to humor
him constantly and pretend to carry
out his orders. For a while he de
rived great amusement from a wooden
gun. When he aimed it at persons
and shouted "Bang"* thijy were ex
pected to drop and pretend to be
dead. It was great fun for the king,
but very annoying to his friends.
Otto is a great smoker and spent j
considerable of his time pushing cig
ars into the eyes of persons about
him In the belief that this was the
proper way to ignite the weed. Two
years ago he shut himself in a room,
refused to eat anything except fruit I
and forbade anyone seeing him.
The heir to the throne is Prince]
Rupert, a cousin of Otto, who may
ascend the throne as regent.
ROUGH WEATHER
HINDERS WORK
Sergt. Keiber stated today that th<
government cable office at Sitka had
not been able to get Into communica
tion today with the cable tender
Burnslde which is repairing the Aba
kan cable off Cape Flattery. ? Sergt.
Keiber thinks that the rough weather
caused by the winds that are sweep
ing the coast has forced the Bum
side to drop the cables and bouy
them up until the sea becomes more
calm. It is impossible to splice the
cable In rough weather.
SHELL BEATS
FREDDIE WEEKS
(By UnKcc! Presj.)
GOLDFIELD, Nov., Jan. 15? Abe |
Attell, champion featherweight of |
the world, knocked out Freddii
Weeks of Denver, in the tenth round
of what was to have been a twenty
round fight here last night.. Weeks
showed groat gamcness and an ability
to stand punishment, but had no I
chancc with the shifty Attell, wlio[
Jabbed hint relentlessly. Attell could I
have terminated the fight earlier had |
he wished.
All checker and chess players li> |
Skagway are requested to meet to
night at the home of Rev, George E.
Good to consider plans for the or^an-|
ization of a checker and chess club.
It is planned to form such a club In I
Skagway and to hold a tournament |
This winter among the local players.
When the best players are solect -d
it is planned to challenge the players
of Juneau and Whitehorse to games.
Devotees of chess and checkers in
Skagway can while av ay many long
evenings by organizing. There are
known to be many good players of
both games in the city and one and
all are cordially Invited to ho at 'he
parsonage at 8 o'clock this <
After weeks of weary labor !
Harrison wishes to announce that uiel
skating rink is completed and in a'
condition to be used. Mr. Harrison j
worked all Wednesday evening on the
rink and early Thursday morning a
near by resident pulled out his dam
because the water was backing up on
his premises. Hot words followed,
but the matter, was finally adjusted
and the rink reflooded and frozen.
Cheaper Titan Bursted Pipe
Wouldn't you like one of these Per
fection Oil Heaters to warm your
bed room or to keep your bath room
from freezing up. They come in
two sizes at
GANTY & FRANDSON
(By United Pr#es.) ,
SEATTLE, Jan. 15.? Dispatches re
ceived her? today from Washington,
D. C., state that the headquarters of
the United States Road .Commission
for Alaska will be removed from
Skagway to Valdez. The change will
be made as soon as possible. Secre
tary of War Wright Issued the order
for the removal to Valdez.
Lieut. S. C. Orchard of the Road
commission stated today that he had
received no advices concerning the
change. "Personally 1 have expected
the change for some time," said
Lieut. Orchard, "but as yet I have
absolutely no official confirmation of
the report. I am sure that Major
RlchardBon would telegraph me at
once If the change had been made.
Of course such a telegram may be
awaiting me now in Seattle. Person
ally I am averse to leaving Skagway,
but at the same time our operations
now are largely in the Valdez dis
trict and I think Valdez the logical
place for our headquarters."
ROJESTVERSKY
mm
(By United Prees)
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 16.? Ad-1
miral Rojestvensky died last night of
neuralgia of the heart. Admiral Ro
jestvensky was commander of the
Russian battleship fleet which was al
most annihilated by the Japanese In
the battle of the Sea of Japan during
the late Japo-Russlan war. Rojest
vensky himself was wounded and cap
tured after his battleship had sunk.
He was released after the war and re
turned to Russia in disgrace.
CONSTRUCTION .
TO BE POSHED
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE, Jan. 15 ? It was announc
ed at the local office of the Guggen
helms that 50 miles of railroad will
be constructed next summer on the
Copper River route. About 53 milee
of track has already been laid. Steel
bridges to span the Copper river have
already been ordered from New York
and the steel will be shipped north
early In the spring. Thirty-five hun
dred men will be employed on tho
construction work this spring.
MILLIONS SENT
TO DENVER
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 14.? Uncle
Sam today completed the transfer
from the local mint to Denver of the
enormous sum of $222,500,000. The
government officials began the wo^k
of removing the coin last August,
soon after the fleet left for the Ori
ent, and the utmost secrecy was
maintained. Special deputies, fully
armed, for over three months have
been quietly leaving San Francisco
on almost every train going eaat,
carrying In Wells Fargo strong boxes
consignments of the treasure. Now
the gold Is far away from the sea
board, where It would be practically
Impossible for any foreign force to
reach It In time of war. The action
of the government in moving the
money was simply a precautionary
measure.
F. F. VV. Lowle stated that the
Princess May was at Ketchikan today
and will arrive In Skagway about 5
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
We have just received
a new line of suits for
Winter trade, that are
excellent, in -quality and
very moderately priced,
$15.00 to $22.50, come
I in and look them over.
See window display.