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No. 108 SIXTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1913 PRICE 10 CENTS
FISH SNARES
SOB WATERS OF
ATLANTIC COAST
Washington. June 11 ? The Bu
reau of Fisheries of tho Department
of Commerce and Labor, are con
fronted vrith tne alternative of pro
tecting the fish of the Atlantic
coast, or witness the destruction of
tlmi article of food. The Depart
ment U alarmed at the wholesale
slaughter of fish by the numerous
v-lu.-g and devices employed for
taking shad, herring, and other flsli '
that make annual runs up the rivers |
Regulation by the Department will
be IssueJ ?oon fcrblddlng the use of
tellies anu traps except under strict 1
Tho prestnt fishing season has
been the poorest in many years la
most parts of the Chesapeake Basin,
and the aggregate catch of the prin
cipal spiinf fish, shad and herring,
will be much less than In recent
Klver. which may be taken am typl
i>l for all the major streams, air
In some respects the worst In 40 :
>ears. The upper reuches of the rlv
er have been almost barren of fish
tbi entire season, and ru-ar
ly all the shad and herring fisher
uen have failed to meet expenses.
LEAGUE I
BASEBALL
NORTHWESTERN LEAGtl
At Victoria ? Seattle, 11; Victoria,
At Vancouver ? Vancouver, 3; Port
At Spokane -Tacoma, 4; Spokane. 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
At Chic igo? Chicago, 3; New York.
At Pltuburg ? Pittsburg, 6; Brook
?..tnggfgt
A.MKHH'W LEAGl'E
At Philadelphia ? Philadelphia, 10;
At Washington? Washington, 3; De
At New York ? Chicago, 5: Now York
At Bocton ? Boston, 7; Cleveland, 3
CXITKD THEY STOOD;
DIVIDED THEY'LL PALL
A ionno, Juno 11 ? Hostilities have
started between tbo Bulgarians and
the Servians. A fight of considera
ble Importance la roported from
Mantrish.
BOUNDARY SURVEY CHUCK
COMING WITH BRIDK
Seattle, Junw 11 ? Thomas Rlggs
Jr., chief of the Alaska boundary
survey. Is heno with a bride. Sho
wus Miss Renew Coudert of Boston
letoro the marriage which took
pi. ico last moatn. Rlggs Is onroute
north and Mrs. Rlggs will accom
pai.y him.
ROYAL STOCK GAMBLER
LOSES HUNDRED THOUSAND
Loudon, June 11 ? King George
yesterday dropped ono hundred
'housam. dollars when he took a fly
er on Canadian Pacific stocks. Ills
Royal Highness guessed wrong and
the stocks dropped fourteen points;
this unforscen and anti-Imperialistic
movement on the part of the stock
market p. it au awful crimp lu his
Majesty's saving bank.
A' Ferry Landing, tho largest seine
on tho river, 1,200 fathoms long, ha .
discontinued oporatlous In the mid
dle of l'ie season owing to the;
scarcity of fish, lu former years,
this celebrated fishing shore, with a
smaller seine, sometime? yielded
?00,000 or more herring at a haul, '
nud up to ten or fifteen years ago
took probably 15,000 to 30,000 fish j
at a haul on an average. Only a ;
few years back, from 1,000 to 1.50"
shad wire frequently taken at ono
set of the seine. This year the larg
est haul was 3,000 herring and 10'> j
inad, while many times only 6 to 2"
shad were taken.
The cause of the present condi
tion Is excessive fishing in former
years, r.n l the lack of even the min- ,
imum amou?i of protection that is
demande.1 by regard for the most el
ementary principles of fishery con
servation. Fish entering Chesapeake
Bay have to run thivugh such a
maze of uets that the wonder is that
any arc able to roach their spawning
grounds and deposit their eggs. The
mouth of every Important shad and
herring stream in the Chosapoake
Kasln is literally clogged with nets
tbst are set for the special purpose
of Intercepting every fish; whereas
a proper regard for the future wel
fare of the fisheries and for the
needs of the migrating schools woul
cause tho nets to be set so as to In- ;
sure the escape of a certain propor- !
Mon of the spawning fish. j
If there were
better ones made *
we would have *
them. +
EVERY PAIR GUARANTEED *
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H. J. Lynch :
The Leading Ladies Furnisher and Haberdaaker of Skagway ?J*
PRES. DICKESON HURRIES TO
TRAFFIC BATTLE-GROUND
Arrives on Sophia and Takes Special
an Hour Later to Take Command of
Steamboat War on the Yukon
The- battleground or the transpor
tation buslncsti of tfce Yukon Is to'
be fought out lu Whltohorse durlug
the next forty-eight hours. That Is
the opinion of atoaiiiboul men and
railroad men wh6 aro discussing the
subject In all Its phases while u wait
ing tho breaking up of the Ice In Le
Iiarge lake, which Is liable to como
at any moment, but indications aro
(hat tho first boat will not leave
Whltehorse for two days yot.
President Dlckeson of the Whlto
Tuss railway arrived In Skagwuy ut
noon today and wus mot at tho plor
by a reporter of the Dally Alaskan,
to whom be granted u short !ntor^
view, b'it said that It would bo noe
to.sary for him to coiwult with Su
1 erlntendent Iluhn and other mom
bers of the operating dopartment be
fore ho could annouueo anything def
inlte regarding tho sallltlg of the
When rsked If his company had
annouueed rate cutting to river
points, Mr. DIckoson said:
"Pa&toni'ors will save money at
iho hljsuer rate via our line becuuse
of soveral days shortor service than
via any other line. Tho way passen
gers have been subjected to delays
auu transfora lu forrnor years "has
been a disgrace, and we made up our
minds wo would provide a uew and
superior .service, which we have
done.
You nay state that our new ser
vice on the Yukon river only marks
the beginning of our policy of ex
pansion and development. The trav
el and trade naturally belongs via
the Skagwoy routo to Fairbanks and
wo will Incroaso our servico na busl
n>!3a warrants.
"This advent will bring the Puget
Sound set oral days In closor contact
with all tho lowor river region at
less rat?.s than ever bofore existed,
and we will stick to the undertak
ing permanently, regardless of the
attempt of aomo of tho ocean lines
to keep this trade In San Francisco.'
A tor consulting with Superintend
ent Hahn, President Dlckoson de
cided to proccod at onco to Whlte
horst- na'l handle tho situation from
there, ami his private car was
switched onto the muin line this af
ternoon and u special is hurrying
to the battleground at Whltehorse.
'Wo are taking up all ticket Or
eo rs Issued by the Independent com
panies a id refunding money to pas
se jgera, expecting to collect from th
ocean lines, becauso there is no oth
er serv'oe available', said Mr. Dlcko
son. "We have Blx boats at White
horse, two of them just launchod,
and another one, practically new, fo
handling the business, while the In
dependent boat, which carries but
thirty p&saen gors, will not bo In
Whltehorse for several days.'
"Going over the lino today are
forty crates of strawberries for use
ou our boats. Kvory lady passenger
*'!U bo given a beautiful souvenir of
the trip and tho gentlemen will be
regaled with freo cigars nud other
luxuries to luako the sailing a mem
I mi Mitchell
ivt KII.KN tonltfUt
WHITE I 'ASS WILli BULLETIN
SAILINGS OP RIVER BOATS
Cashier J III Ier> of tbo White Pass
informs t!io Dally Alaskan that us
uoon as l.ake LoBargo Is open aud
tie boats of tho White Haas are
ro:uly to leave for tho run down the
Yukon, the company will bullotln th
fact In all the hotels and public
rl.'ces In Skagway In- ample time
that there will be no need of anyone
getting left.
In case the lco breaks up and the
river opo.is at an unexpected time,
tho W.jlte Pass company will run
special trains In order to enable
those remaining In Skagway to
catch tho first sailing of tholr boats.
Tho company Is making every effort
to get Its patrons through at the
earliest lime, and will spare no trou
ble or exponso to sec that tbls is
accomplished.
'Daddy' Alowlo Is another enter
prising merchant who Is improving
;ho appearances of his place of
business *>v brightonlng up the build
?ng with a cofft or two of paint.
Edam Cheese --
Imported from Holland
This is considered about
the finest cheese irade.
Will make a special price
of $1 .00 each for the next
two weeks. :: ::
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
HON. K. It. COLLI XB
HAYS VISIT TO 8KAGWAY
Hon. 12. IJ. Colli ns of Fairbanks, |
speaker ot tho Alaska Houso of Rep-1
rcsoritativos arrived from Juneau
last evening on tho Mariposa, and
will remain In tills city until tho lake
opens, when ho will take one of the
first boats for his home.
Mr. ColliiiB Is on his way home af
ter nn absonco of several months,
and "home" to Mr. Collins means
Alaska. He has recently boen In
Seattle out did uot find anything
thcro half so attractive as tho clear
air and iioautif il scenery o f the
north.
lie Informs tho Daily Alaskan tha
tho session laws and all public mat
ter co.nocted with tho first legis
lative session have been printed and
are bein,; bound and will bo ready
for dlsti ll.utlon within a fow days.
JI YKMI K IIOSTOXIAXS
MAKE A HIT
Tho performance of tho Juvenile
UoHtoniaiis lu "The Dream Girl"
fore a packed houso last night at
I'.'lku hull was well appreciated by
Skn?wa/unj judging from the
storms of applause throughout the
rorformauce. Encore after eucoro
was given the pretty maids who were
well versed lu their various parts.
Tho different songs sung by the
corapuny an individually were well
ircelved, "Kow, Row, Row," and
"Moonlight Girl" making u decided
hit. Taking It all In all "Tho Dreaui
Qirl" certainly is tho "hit of the
season."
r. i\ R-s xi:\v princess
SHOWS SO.M K SPEED
Vancouver, Juno 11 ? Tho Stoani
uliii: Princess of Russia, tlio now
ship recently built for the C. I'. R
arrived in this city at 4 o'clock p.
m. last Saturday, nfter making a
round the world trip from Liverpool,
England, lu tne run from yokaham
to this city, the new Princess broke
ill records by reducing the time by ,
one day. flvo hours, and ten min- .
ices. During the run an avernge ;
speed of 111 1-2 knots per hour was
maintained.
TWO XEW PRINCESSES FOK I
THREE CORNERED RCX
Victoria, June 11 ? Tile contract
for building the two new ships for
the C. P. R. Triangular run between
Victor!."., Vancouver and Seattle was
today awarded to Denny &. Co.,
shipbuilders of Dunberlon, Scotland.
The n -w Princesses are to develop
a speed of 22 1-2 knots pqr hour,
;-nd will cost $1,000,000 each.
s
ZENS FALL HEIR
TO
Reward, June 11 ? An association
of Seward business men are now op
crating the Alaska Northern rail
way. This morning Chief Engineer
Swunitz turned tho whole system
over to thpm for future operation,
because tho government demands the
paymont cf sixty seven thousand dol
lars In accumulated taxes.
GROWERS I/OBBIKD TO
KEEP TAX ON 81'GAR
Washington, June 11 ? Former
Governor Ciirter of Hawaii, Is giving
testimony before tho Senate com
mittee of lobby probers. Yestcray
he told of tho efforts of the sugar
growers to raise funds to fight tho
roii'oval of the tariff on sugar
FIREMEN MAKE SOME
CHANGES IX OFFICERS
At the regular meeting o the Skag
way Volunteer Fire Department, tho
following officers were chosen.
J. A. liendor, chief.
J. M. Grelsbach, assistant chief,
(leorgc D. Xlageo, secretary.
J. M. Tanner, treasurer.
II \MA.N AUTHORITIES GET
AMERICAN WIFE MIRDERER
Washington, June 11 ? The Su
preme Court yestorday affirmed the
writ of habeas corpus In tho case of
I'orter Charlton, who has been fight
ing extr.iJltlon to Italy to stand trial
for the hrutal murder of his wife,
three yc.irs ago, whose body was
found in Lake (,'orao.
The (incision of the Supreme
Court means that Charlton will have
to go to Italy with the Italian auth
orities and face the chargcs in that
country.
The Steamship Princess Sophia ar
Wed at 2 o'clock this afternoon with
a large passenger list, 66 being
-.chodulid for the north and nine
t( -.rlsts who are making the round
t:ip. After unloading 2C0 tons of
freight the Sophia will bo In readi
ness to 3all south at 7 o'clock to
morrow evening.
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? CLOTHING 1 " ? ?
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