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No. 67 SIXTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1918
London. May 1 ? Advices from
Austria bring the Information that
t',e Montenegrins are steadfast In
their refusal to surrender Scutari
und are defiant in their attitude to
ward Austria. ? Austria Is concen
trating a large number of forces on
tht frontier, which can have no otli
er significance than a premeditated
attack 011 Montenogro. The war
cloud seems growing larger and
darker and In ciiso Austria attacks
Montenegro, there Is evory probab
ility that a general conflict will en
sue which will embroil other coun
tries besides Austria and the Ual
. ?
X \TIVK ItOV ACODIiXTALLY
KILLED AT PETERSBl'BG
Dan Adams, a native boy 13 years
of age accidentally shot himself Fri
day morning at a logging camp on
The boy who was an orphan, was
raUed by fcls uncles, the Paul Broth
ers of Pe ersburg, who as an occu
pation follow logging.
It appears that this boy was very
fond of hunting and at every oppor
tunity, ho would be out with a gun.
Hie uncles often warned him of the
d.mger, but being of a very klud
disposition, he was never severely
reprimanded.
That morning while the rest of
the family was still in bed, the boy
Slipped out and started down the
beach, and presumably fell with the
g.'n in his hand which exploded, the
shot striking him under the left Jar*
? nd coming out over the left eye. Au
h.>ur or so later, Mrs. Paul, his
aunt, found him (lead. The body was
brought to town and will be lntor
red Sunday. No inquest was held ?
Petersburg Progressive.
MRS. BR VAN COULDN'T
STAND THK PACK
wl'e of the Secretary of tho Inter
ior, suffe?ed a nervous breakdown
yesterday and Is now couflned to
her room. She has been under
considerable strain siaco assuming
tho imoortant social duties attached
to the Secretary's office. Enter
taining the distinguished visitors
and meeting tho hosts of ladles of
tho foreign diplomatic bodies has ov
er wraught her nerves nnd forced
her to spend some time In semi-re
tirement.
RIVER OPEN EOCR
MIliKS IJEIiOW WHITEHORSE
Whttchorse. May l ? The river
Is open to the head of the big bond
about four miles from Whitehorae.
Launches have been put In and the
trip to the ico Jam hns nlroady been
made by a number of poople. Cam
smith launched a boat yesterday,
the first to get Into tho water this
spring.
MEXICO UNABLE TO
PROTECT AMERICANS
New Orleans. May 1 ? Americans
arriving from the City- of Mexico,
are united in declaring that the
lives and property of citizens of the
I'nlted States are not safe in tho
revolutionary country. Outbreaks
are constant and tho government Is
unablj to cope with the lawless
bands of Insurrectionists who keep
t> p couutry In a troublesome tur
A? the Eighteenth.
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CHENEY COMES
BACK WITH OP
TIMISTIC BOOST
Seattle, May 1 ? National Commit- (
toeman-Z. 11. Cheney, arrivod In the
cit> yesterday and loft for Alaska, I
after having spent soveral wooJck'
at tho national capital. Mr. Cheney
Is enthusiastic over the future of
Alaska. He says that there Is ev
eiy renso-i to believe tho govern
ment will construct railroads by
pn^slng tho necessary appropriations
cither at the present session or not
later than the regular session be
ginning In December. Tho bill In
troduced by Senator Chamberlain,
which was drawn by Delegate Wlck
ershani, in all probability will be
the one passed with slight amend
ments and modifications.
Already tho business outlook has
Increased to a point where the fu
ll' re prosperity of the torrltory Is as
sured. Mining Is doubling In both
development and production, and the
flint coal mine Is rUpldly bolng op
euvd .to a point of operation. Al
nskV Is surely showing overy cvl
deuoe of coming Into her own, and
that own will astonish the country
Sacramento, May 1 ? With the
ending of the conference last night
between the California legislature
and So<.rotary W.J. Bryan. It was ev
ident that ho had failed In getting
the lawmakers to modify their bill
foi the creation V>f an antl-allen
land holding law In California.
Upon the opening of tho legisla
ture yesterday morning, the senate
immediately passed the bill which
forbids the holding ? f property in
tht state by any ullen not eligible
for citizenship. This went through
by unanimous vote. The bill went
up for final passage In the house
this moml.ig and will go to Gover
nor Johnson for his signature ut
once.
Mr. Bryan, though visibly disap
pointed, will make no statement re
garding the action of the legisla
ture.
SPOKANE ANNOUNCES 8CHED
I'LE KOlt COMING SEASON
Agent Peterson Is In receipt of
;lio following from the headquart
er of the Pacific Coast steamship
c mpany.
Pleaso be advised -that the Alaska
Cruise steamship Spokano on the 5
trips to Southeastern Alaska for
season 1913 Is scheduled to be at
Skngway approximately as follows,
hours of call 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 prn?.
June 25tli.
July 22rd.
Aug. Cth.
Aug. 20th.
Thrilling Stories of Rescues
Told In Ohio's Principal Cities
Photon copyright. 1913, by American Tress Association.
SURVIVORS of the recent terrible flood* it Dayton and Columbus, O.,
are still tolling thrilling stories of brave rescues. These picture* tell
plctorlally two aides of the rescue work. The upper Illustration shows
linemen employed by the National Cash Register company stringing
cables to save marooned people. In the foreground are seen some who were
rescued. The lower picture waa taken at the state cnpltal of Ohio and shows
rescuers arriving on dry land In n lioat with a family taken off a housetop.
CHICK
FOOD
A L IJ E It S
PROGRESSIVE"
N O W IN S T O C K.
lit) pound Snrk $1.00.
r.o pound Iota $2.23.
Small lots . . 5 cents per pound.
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
DATKS HAVE BKE.V SKT
FOR FLOATING COURT
Judge Overleld has lssue-1 tho fol
lowing announcements from Valdez
of the dates for holding courts In
tho vurious place* to tho Westward.
Spcclul Term of tho District Court
foi tho territory of AlnsKa. Third
Division, has been culled and will be
h< Id at the town of Naknek, begin
ilng ou the 4th day of August, 1913
it 10 o'clock a.m. In the town of
l.ililngham, beginning on tho 4th
day of August, 1913, at 10 o'clock
a IK; in tl(6 town of Unalasku, be
ginning on tho lxth day of August,
1913, at 10 o'ciocKu.m.; in me iowii
of Unalaska, beginning on the 21st
4ny of August, 1913, at, 10 o'clock
*.m.; In the town of Unga, begin
ning on bo 25th day of August,1913
at 10 o'clock a.m.; in tho town of
Cnga, beginning on the 29th of Aug
uet, 1913, at 10 o'clock a.m.; In the
town of K'tdlak. beginning on the
1st day of September, 1913, at 10
o'tlock a.m.; In tho town of Kodlak,
beginning on tho 6th day of Sep
tember, Is* 13. at 10 o'clock a.m.;
Hid In the tow.i of Seward, ln;gln
n'lig on the 22nd day of September,
1913, at *0 o'clock a.m.; and said
Special Terms of Court will con
tinue as long tiiereaftei as the pub
lic welfare may require.
\V\TKUS ARK ABATING
DRY I. AND AWKARINU
New Orleans, May 1 ? The flood
waters along the Mississippi are re
ceding and people are again coming
tack to their homes from refugo In
the hills whore they woro driven by
the numerous outbreaks on the lev
els.
Send tho Skagway Daily Alaskan
homo to the states. 75c. per month
FITS BT FRIST
COAL PROBE
That the results of the trial of
the Alaska coal land cases at Chic
ago will be of lnestimablo value In
hrouslii" the country to the value of
thrt territory to tho nation was the
opinion given by Judge J. \V. Rob
lnson, counsel for the defendants, on
hlg return to Seattle where he told
'.to Post Intellegencer the follow
ing story:
"In a triul which lasted six weeks,
and at which the courtroom was
crowded every day, enough evidence
w-nK submitted to convince all that
Alaska wag entitled to real consid
eration bv tho rest of ths nation,"
"Whon it wns shown that the Tan
i<na vailoy could easily support a
pot ulatiou of 2, 500,- 000 and that It
was so favored by tho Japanese cur
rent, next to astonishment was shown
by those who came to listen, and all
s*-emed satisfied with the verdict.
On introduction of nearly 5,000 let
tH8, written by or on behalf of the
defendant. Frost, showing that $?,
000,000, had been spent on tli?* rail
road for that section, nnd that Mr.
Frost contributed $1,000,000. of that
amount, surely helped us.
Of the eighty witnesses subpoen
aed from Alaska only twenty were
called to testifyJudgc Robinson said.
Jadgo Robinson said that the com- ,
inent of Attorney West, that the
Western section of the country was
inr.de up of crocks, had been exag
gerated, that a statement less mild
was made in tho heat of the trial,
ut that Attorney West had made
uinple apology for his slip of the
i.ongue.v
OUNDKK FK.'HTS KIi7bA\K
TO TWKXTY ItOlM) l>it.\W
1-os Angeles, May 1 ? Johnny Dun
dee, thj featherweight Italian, whose
real name Is Joseph C.irrora, fought
John Kllbun.o to a twenty round
?Iraw night before last. The de
cision did not meet with the approv
al of the crowd, for they hooted it
derisively, It being the general o
plnion that Kllbane outpolutod Dun
dee all through tho fight.
I-ast night's dance at Klks ball
one of the enjoyable social events
?j' tho sf.son. A large crowd was
In attendance.
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