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No. 58 SIXTEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA. MONDAY, APRIL 21, 191S ' PRICK 10 CENT
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I'okio, April 21 ? Roar Admiral
!": go was luts morning appointed ad
ui.tal of a fleet of warships by a
aptx-lal order of tho Japanese govorn
This order is looked upou with
alarm by many of the - European
countries, who take It to meau that
naval demonstrations of protest
?gainst the United State*, because
o; tho proposed action of California
tne Japanese are preparing to make
in passing an antl alleu land hold
Others are of the belief that the
J: panose intend sending a fleet !
o battleships to Amtrlca with
intention of returning the com- .
p -incut when sixteen American war'
\essets visited that country.
Secretary of State \v J. Bryan
h asked the Araerlcau ainbassa
d?- to ascertain whether or not the
Mass meetings that are telng held at'
Tokyo truly represent the feeling of
the rank and file of the Japanese.
Sacramento, April 21 ? The Cal
liortila legislature will take action
on the proposed Allen bill prohibit
ing Oriental aliens from holding land
In this state, at au early date this
posed measure will have to bo mod
ified somewhat lu order not to have
It conflict with the treaty between
the United States and Japan.
Tokyo. April 21 ? Tho Japanese
ire pious oil in being assured from
high authority in the United States,
tli.it the proposed California bill
which threatens to prevent them
from holdli-g land in California, will
not pass in its present form, but wll
h-ivi its objectionable feature prun
ed before its passage. The Japan
ese government strongly objects to
Paving its countrymeu discriminated
against, and threats of resorting to
arms Is frequently made If tho Cal
ifornia excluslou act becomes a law.
Farther Turuell left on the Hum
b 'dt today for a short visit in Ju
were passengers on tho Hegs yester
day bound for Glacier^ Point whore
they will spend the summer on their
C . OPPED HEADS OFF
FAMOVS AVTO BANDITS
Paris, April 21? The three fa
mous auto bandits who struck tor
ror to the city a year ago when they
rode through the outlying districts
">n a career of murder, were gull
Mtined this morning. They went
to their >?eath with composure after
having listened to the admonitions
and prayers of a priest.
TROUBLES OF JOHNSON
AUK PILING CP
Chicago, April 21 ? The trial of
Jack Johtuon, black pug champion
.if the world, for smuggling a dia
mond nocklace luto tho country whlo
he presented to his wife, began this
morning.
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BLOWUP NUTED
TAMMANY CLUB
Now York, Aiirll 21 ? A dynamite
bouib was exploded In the rooms of
the Pohasset club at an early hour
this morning, completely wrecking
the building. That the bomb was
placed there with the intent ion of
taking the life of Nicholas Hayes
is the theory of the police. Hayes
has been a district leader for the
!>nst twenty years and it is believed
tb&t the blowing up of the club
building was th*. work of his politi
cal enemies.
The bomb was placed where, had
Mr. Hayes followed out his custo
mary hab'ts, ho would certainly have
iieeu killed, but fortunately, he had
left the building shortly before the
explosion occurred. Tho police be
lieve that an Infernal machine with
a clock attachment set to explode
at a certain hour, was used. The
Pohasset club Is a Tammany organl
A largo numDer of baseball play
ers and fans were out yesterday
watching tho picked up nine play
tho rnltod States hotel gang. As
our reporter was out In tho woods
kil.ing bear we havo been unable to
g?* a report of tho score.
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104 MILES 10
JUNEA00IIS00W
Au unusual sight was witnessed
yestorday when tho gas boat Hogg
tcwod a scow out of Skagway har
bor upon which rostod a threo
roora house. Passengers on the
bout were Cuptpin and Mrs. Mad
sen and family and Mr. and Mrs.
J. O. McKettrick, the latter going
to their ranch at Glaclor Point,
Mrt. Madsen and children to Haines,
.u < the Captain bound for Juneau
where be will place his bout on a
lot there and mako of It his future
Lome.
Captain Madsen owned the house
In Skagway which was situated near
the beach. He also ownod a scow
and a gas boat. Desiring to remove
to Juneau and engage In fishing and
general haulln<- and boating, he
concieved (he idea of loading his
house onto the scow and towing It
102 miles to the capital city. Cap
tain Madsen In an lntropld skipper
and there is no doubt he will reach
Juneau on schedule tlmo with his
unusual corgo.
(VI,. 1UCHAKDSOX OX THK
SS. HI MHOI.DT TODAY j
Juneau, April 21 ? Col. W. P.
Richardson, president of tho Hoard
of Alaska Road Commissioners, ur
ri td on the Jefferson and will re
main at Juneau until the departure
o* the Humboldt for Skagway today,
wl en he will go to Haines and* Skat;
way. Ho will take tho Alamodn.at
P :.gway for tlio westward. Whii
?n Juneau Col. Richardson was the1
guest of Cov. Walter K. Clark at
the CiNeriior's house. Col. Richard
sou is in the North for tho purpose
of directing, in connection with oth
er commissioners, tho work of the A
aska road commission for the sum
mei.
' The work of tho road commis
sion for this summer," said Col.
Richardson today, "will consist prin
cipally in repairs and maintalnance
of the work that alroady has been
done by it, and in carrying on work
that has been inaugurated.
' It is our purpose to fin^h the
road between Juneau and Sheep
creek, to uo repair and maintenance
work on the road between Juneau
and tho Bar, and to continue the
woik on the Douglas Island road.
"We shull also do tho work ne
cessary for tho maintenance of tho
r<?.d from Haines up the. Chilkat."
The special appropriation for road
purposes In Alaska this yoar was
$100,000 from the Alaska fund.
Some of this last named amount al
ready has been used on brldgo work,
winter trail staking and reconnols
sjnce.
* he commission will, In addition
to Its road work, expend ffiS.ooo ap
propriated for the protection of Vnl
dez from the Claclor floods that
ha\c been an annoyanco to that
1'OI'K WELL ON
ROAD TO RECOVERY
Home, April 21 ? The condition
of Pope Plus X Is very much im
proved and It Is believed ho will bo
well again within a fow weeks. The
Inflammation has left hlB throat and
lungs and he Is breathing with com
parative easo. Au occasional cal
ler Is admitted to his bodslde, and
he Is permitted to discuss some of
the affairs of the church.
SOI.DIKRS WILL CONTINUE
TO PATROL BOUNDARY
Galveston, April 21? The Socond
division of the army will remain mo
blllied along the Mexican border,
until the strlfo botweon the factions
in Mexico are quieted. It is Inferr
ed that the government has taken
no steps towards a recognition of th
Huorta government, nor will It do
fo until ho has sdccoeded In sup
pressing the rebels that are standing
out In opposition to him. Troops
nro to bo maintained for the pro
tection of Amrlcans from foraging
raids acrois the border by roaming
bands of Mexicans.
10H QUOTES
SCRIPTURES III
HIS LAST Will
Now York, April 21 ? The last
will and testament of J. P. Morgan.
l.n? financier and art patron, was
opened this morning in the presence
of his son and members of the Im
mediate .tinlly.
Mr. Morgan's, will was prefaced
with quotations from the Scrip
tures, to which ho added the com
Cii nt that he bellovod he has done
no wrong In life and that he hns
made his peaco with Ood. Ho
leaves large bequests to charity
aud much more to his family. The
will makes his son, J. P. Morgan.
Jr, chief exocutor of the estate,
though no schedulo of what the es
Mte consists of accompanies the
will.
* J. P. Morgan, Jr., will bo tho roal
head of the house of J. P. Morgan
& Company. He will be assisted In
h:s work as head of the house by th
a ics upon whom his father most
dopended, Harry P. Davison and
Thomns W. Lamont, of Now York,
and E. T. Stotesbury of Philadel
phia. They aro reckoned among
the most capable financiers of the
c< . ntry. Other Morgan partners
are William H. Porter, Charles
Steelo, Temple JJowdoln, William P.
II milton, Arthur E. Newbold and
^oration O. Lloyd.
Among tho passengers on tho
Georgia which arrived in port this
morning, wero three traveling sales
men : Emmet McKcnna, \V. K.
Rogers and L. E. Buel.
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lift) pound Snclc $4.00.
50 pound lots $3.23.
Small lotn . . 5 rents per pound.
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I0VEI1T Of
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Uoston, April 21 ? Plum for the
rehabilitation of tho Ropubllcan
puity were Hot ou foot lust night at
a mooting of tho leading Republi
can!, of tho city. Tho first gathier
was held In tho banquot rooms
of tho Middlesex club whoro resolu
tloiiB wore adopted authorizing tho
calling of a big meeting In tills city
on April 27, tho annlvorsary of the
birth of General U. S. Grant.
It is expected at that meeting
measures will bo taken to call a
convention of the Republicans In
8omo city of the middlo west to be
hold sometime during the months of
Soptomber or October. At that
time stops will bo taken to estab
lish Republican headquarters In
Washington, D. C\, and porhaps som
city ou the Pacific coast, the latter
headquarters to be cstiibllshod after
the Washington rooms are opened.
Highly qualified mon will bo placed
In charge of the publicity bureau,
and the work of campaigning press
ed until the election four years
heuce.
Mr. Klndell of tho local wireless
wns In communication with the
steamship .Northwestern at six o'
clock last evening. The big boat
was then east bound 118 miles cast
of Cape St. Ellas
SHE FOR ra
tlin RIGHTS
BRINGS RESULTS
Brussels, April 21 ? The manhood
suffrage strike promises to be call
ed off tomorrow providing the chain
bor of deputies agree to Improve the
pr> sent franchise system In Bel
giim. Tho strike so far has had
the effect of forcing the cabinet to
propose reforms, but the strikers do
dare that some legal HCtion must
be taken to assuro them of an In
tended continuance with the prom
Ises bofore they will conscnt to ?0
to work again. Tho muttor la bo
lng discussed at a meeting of tho
cabinet.
The Socialists claim that tho
strike wag the only moans of secur
ing a recognition of their rights to
cltlzonhood, and while tho msjaus
may seem drastic, there Is a real
grievance behind tho action of tho
workers In Belgulm In ordering a
goi oral strike In order to enforce
their demands for the Institution of
manhood suffrage.
Tho system of plural voting that
obtains In a number of the countries
of Continental Europe cannot but be
a <<ourco of continued unrest and
popular dissatisfaction. It has prov
? d so in the past and will continue
so In tho future, so long as It may
exist.
In several of tho lesser divisions
of tho German Kmpir ? as in Bel
gulm ? a man may bo able to vote
wore than once because of certain
qualifications that are not enjoyed
by tho masses.
For instance, tho possession Of a
high school education, In some caa
tj, is held to be sufficient ground
to warrant the casting of an addi
tional ballot.
Ill others, the head of a family.
If tho owner of a certain amount of
properly, Is accorded tho right of
plural suffrage. In one or more ag
gravated cases as many as throo
votes are perltted, if the Individual
possesses a certain amount of wealth
I'roperty qualifications ns a pre
requisite to the right of tho bal
lot are not unknown In the United
States. Tradition treasures tho ex
perience of tho man who voted for
years on a mule worth $40 ? hi*
dole possession ? and was disfran
chised when the mulo died. A sa
tirist expressed tho view that tho
mule? not t? man ? cast tho ballot.
When the people of tho Teutonic
countries ot Euiopo are making
such vigorous efforts to got a decis
ive voice In the councils of their
g- vernnients and find themselves
thwarted by plural voting laws, re
volt is a logical consoquence.
A pat Instance Is furnished in
G< rmany. The Socialist parly ?
composed, it is said of twenty per
cent socialism and eighty per cout
protest" ? is declared to be over
whelmingly In the majority. Yo\ tho
system of plural voting prevents It
from reaping the bonoflt of its ttu
?perlor numbers.
There certain!"' Is sometjilng rad
litlly wrong with any government
that Is so unresponsive to popular
demands as to necessitate tho c:.-il
ing of a disastrous general strike.
Is ii certainty, the system of mau
hood suffrage hardly could develop
a deadlock undei which tho people
would feel called upon to employ
s.ich n destructive Instrument in or
der to develop needed reforms.
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