?he IJctiivj Jtlashcm
No. 21) FIFTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY ALASKA. THURS8DAY, DECEMBER 5, 1912 ? PRICI 10 CIST
Seattle, Dec. 5 ? J. D. Meenach. a
well known Alaskan who owns some
i-opper properties near the now fa
mous Kllamar mines, began suit to
day against F M. Jordan, a mining
engineer formerly engaged in exam
Ining and reporting on the Kllamar
property.
Meenach says that Jot dan report -
ed to him that the Kllamar mine ,
w is worthless and that the stocks
held by Meenach were of no value, I
in lonsequence he transferred a !
large number of shares which were'
picked up by Jordan who thereby I
gained values to the extent of $250,-'
<>00 through misrepresentation ,
Meenach has asked the courts to
grant him the recovery of the
stocks or to order the payment of
their value which he claims is near
ly 1300,000.
ME LUD WAS
London, Dec. 5 ? In the libel j
suit brought by Harold Grace again
st his relative. Lord Galloway, the
jury yesterday returned a verdict of
$2,500 in favor of Grace.
The suit was the outgrowth of a :
libel In which His Lordship made
the statement that Grace was do- j
ing crooked work In handling the
stocks of some mining properties in
the Yukon. This statement was
proven to be untrue and Me Lud
had to pingle up a cartload of ha
pennies to soothe the outraged feel
ings of Mr. Grace.
1*RKTT\ EVKLYN DKMKN
>HK WAS KYKK A MOTH KB
New York, Dec 5? Rvelyn Nes
blt Thaw, ex-wife of Harry Thaw,
now Imprisoned In an asylum for
the killing of Stanford White, Is de
fendant In a case wherein her dress
maker is suing for an unpaid bill
in the course of her testimony she
was asked If she has any children,
and replied that she had not and
never had.
Skagway Alaskan's Daily Photograph
An A ctv of Herri njt.
I '<i*l Mine l>>ln? Idle.
Here are two Alaska scenes shoeing some of the natural resouroe< of the great country. The top
view show an acre of herring drawn out on the beach at Douglas. Thest- fish are extensively used for
bait in the halibut fi&bing, anil with the exception of Norway, Alaska has the only extensive herring
supply in the world. Unfortunately these fish are being wasted in the manufacture of fertiliser.
Below is a coal prospect in the Matanusksi fields The vein shown is forty feet In width and has
been uncovered for sixty feet up the mountain, with a tunnel extending for a depth of thirty feet. It
has been withdrawn from use b.v the government and the vast quantity of high grade anthracite Is lying
unused, while a few miles away the people are paying eighteen dollars a ton for coal shipped In from
British Columbia and Japan.
SKAtiWAY KXTITLKD TO
ALL KINDS OK PRAISK
The Skagway Alaskan never over
looks an opportunity to boost for
ita town. It pays all the time to
boost, and boost hard, provided you
have something to boost ? and Skag
way has. ? Juneau Dally Empire.
A good Christmas present? the
Dally Alaskan. . .
Overcoat
Season
is now at hand
IF YOU ARK PARTICULARLY
HARD TO ri.KASK \VK WILL UK
PARTICULARLY PLKASKD THK
DAY YOU TRY OX ONK OK Ol'R
\KW FALL AND WIMKR OVKR
<X>ATS WTTH THK CONVKRTIRLE
COLLARS.
PURCHASE IF YOU KIXD WHAT
PLKASK8 YOU. YOU WILL FIND
US ALWAYS GLAD TO SHOW
OUR GOODS WHETHER YOU RUT
OR NOT.
Our Holiday
Goods will
soon be here
,H. J. LYNCH
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PUNK SYSTEM
OF ACCOUNTING
Washington, Dec. 6 ? Secretary
of the treasury McVeagh, In pre
senting his annual report to con
gress, points out wherein the pres
ent system of conducting the affairs
of the treasury is responsible to a
great extent for the occurrence of
financial panics in the United States,
and points out better methods which
he advises congress to act upon.
He says that the locking up of
vast sums of money In the (tovern
ment vault is both unscientific and
unreasonable. lie would have the
money put Into circulation where It
could do some good.
Mr. and Mrs L. C. Gault *re
again in the city having returned
on the Spokane this morning.
\|KT KRKXCH (HAMPIO*
AND TRIMMKP HIM
Pari*, Dec. 6? Papke met and
defeated the French champion, Qeo
Hernard, last night and was given
the decision In the seventh round
of some clever scrapping on both
' sides.
In electric-lighting plants and oth
er places where handling of lire
wires is iiec<*sary, there la always
danger and difficulty present In
picking up wire* carrying heavy car
rents. Tongs hare recently been
invented which are ao made that
they can be used for either large or
small wires, being equipped with
two sets of Jaws for that purpose
The handles are made of Insulating
fiber and equipped with a locking
device at the extreme ends to hold
them together when the Jaws are
set against a wire. Thus all aorta
of wires can be handled without
danger to the operator. A picture
of the device In use appears In the
December Popular Mechanics Maga
zine.
Pop
Corn
FURNISHES ENJOYMENT THKSK
(X)LD DAYS. A 10c PACKAGE OF
THK KIM> \VK SELL WILL AL
MOST FILL A GUNNY SACK AF
TER IT 18 POrPED. WE GUAR
ANTEE AGAINST FAILURE.
P. H. GANTY. Grocer
? a fw ?
"ww OHO
Constantinople. Pee 5 War news
are somewhat conflicting, hut It Is
believed here that the war with
Oreeee will continue
I .on don, I hv S Contrary ?*??
arrived this morning which Indicat
ed that the Greeks are not going
to ilgn the peace terms nntll they
get what tt j want out of tkw
Turks The situation Is becoming
morp rompN?t?l, aa It Is
thai Orwt hM th# fon?#i?t of f??l
*nrU and IVrrlii to rmtllB* th*
fl?ht It la MhrM that th#
Inn of the rM" l^rmw MtM th*
balance of ?h# Balhana h?a a poli
tical *t)tnlftr*nr# ?tnr? Qrmrm r#
fn*#* to h"orr\f a partner to th#
aicr??m#nt ?ad rontlnaoa th* war
? Ifhont protoat from h#r alllaa
WIND AND 11 STORM
DRIVES IDE II 10 PORT
When the Prince** May left port
about midnight last night, tiler*
waa nothing to Indicate that ah#
would be unable to make ber way
to Vancouver without mishap, con
sequently |t waa a matter of aur
prlae when ahe returned a few
houra later and whiatled Into Ska(
way
Upon her return Captain Mcl^eod
reported that they had encountered
a violent hall, anow and wind atorm
when approaching Hainea. which
rendered further procedure Impossi
ble The wind blew a rail and
hailatonca mixed with driving anow
tell until the nlsht air waa filled
with "a thick darkness likened un
to the Egyptian kind mentioned in
holy writ All handa were ordered
on dnty and th? signal w?? gir#n to
about far* and root for Ik* prof#rt
ing harbor of sfcagway. In making
lb# turn th? May <~angkt a broad
?id# wallop from th# wind wklrk
put h#r on h#r h#ama ?n<i and
shook tk# puwwifri ont of th#tr
k#rtha Aft#r to tklg
port and awaiting daylight ?h# aall
H at T o'rlwrk and will doubt l#?g
natk# tk# r>aaa*g# without fnrth#r
lifllrulty
Many of our towngpwojl# w #r#
awaiting Ik# arrival of Ik# Kpo
kan#. and wh#n Ih# May w h t?t l#d
bark, th#y thought It wag th# Part
fir Coaat lin#r. and r|tmb#d ont of
'h#ir warm h#da to m##t kor any
way that ? wkti happ#n*d tt our
houa#
jr. A. T. A T. n?. WIM. NKI.I.
Til TMK WHIT* PAIW
It la announce that the Whit*
Pans A Yukon Rout* h*a obtained
an option to purrhane, on or before
eighteen month* from Noremh^r J#.
Ill ], the warehotnu> and at ore prop
ertie? of the North American Trans
portation A Trading Company locat
ed at Daw non, T. T , with the ?>
caption of the Reglna hotel, asaav
office and bnnfc ho?*e adjoining
aame, and ground aurronndlng Mm?.
recently aold to Joeeph 9?gber* and
other* The consideration has not
been made pnhllr
wmi.n? rmcmrd hit*
nrui *?i.n nn4m<w?
#
fx* ?? Th? #n?lr# ????*
of Colorado hi In tin frip of a
awrw l>li*tard ?hkh l? puffin* a
rrlmp In mom #T#rytfcln* T*?
(Mrmomf^r M ?l thi **ro potnt
and ? wind In blowing ? *?!? T1?l?
i? th# flrat a?r#r? vtorm of ?*?
winter and as nana I haa <-?ntht
mnrh of th* stock wlth??t prnp?r
I, r??< ??*t l?m .
Maator Machanlc Howard Aa1?l?>y
ratnmad todajr on th? Spofcana from
nararal waafca apant on ?!># fonnd
Ttw m>nl ?lfU?h p*?>t>U jn? know
? Ihrar who h?1 ?b* hwl thing* In
KMr thml they ran (iimI ?
who ilon't r?r* whM If rnm'm wmrh
pniplf >ln?'i ??r mmj Wtw
???It*, ntwmtfi than nfl'l* Mll?|
(<TiTf f|*y, miwtf fo? hy
HIRT SCHAFFNER ft 1ARX
WILL
CLA YSON