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N\>. 854 FOrRTKENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1912
PRICE 10 CENTS
TEDOY HINTS
1
CALLS N Y. PRIMARY
CRIMINAL FARC:
F, jvelt Indignant Over Frruds
Pe et rated in New Yo.-k Prima-y
Eli : cn. At>ar?dcns Campa^n in
Mi .ouri.
By Aii-ka News Bureau.)
> ! i AGO, a: March 29 ? Wheo:
iM.-r ? n- 1 on tt.e subject of his
? :? . : Xtn York ;;t the pr:nia-y
> to tli mi Roo>evelt jirt w inii .nant
-J .ec'ared that the primary heid
X w York was a criminal farce.
1* rr.g the inter, it-w hiats were
b> Roosevelt, of t':e forming of
\ .i party to ru:i la opposition to
Tar ind the dcmorrari.- notvittee.
P' LOi is. Mo.. March 2?? Mai
a f of the Roosevelt campaign in
rare a :.?;?(?(?! t day That they
I at-aii i>a the campaign in this
stat
LOF MER CHARGES
CAP: NOT BE OPENED.
1 1 ; \:a.-Aa News Bureau.)
? VSHlNGTOtX, 1?. &, March : ?
la aaaaer to the request made rhat
; r. ? b< another investigation asa n
t S -. ..Mr Lorimer, the investigating
01. :ni which had the last in
quiry .1 hand today reported that
.arete* of fraud in saiu n< his
? to the Sei.a'e fr-nn Illinois.
!. cbfrce-; I-orimer was Ja-e-.
. ??jLhor.- rate'l. cou:d not he opened i
NOICTEO WIRELESS
OFFICIAL IN FRISCO.
i.;? \i^Va News Bureau.)
SW FilANClSCO, Cal . March 2??
l.te "oforest p-ominent official cf
\ii ? '.can \Virele?s Co. arr.ve.l
-
He w;.l a ><?? r to an in.li truent
f.?u- asa.r-t in v-' i h he is
. ii^r ; * th tx . of the inaiis
to d' fra . : It ;> al'es"d that l?e
Fi?re^f the mails in an effort to
-t - k ? 1 was vvor? i
less.
WIRELESS MONOPOLY
IS BEING FORMED
American Msrconi Wirelets Cc. to
Absorb Urited Wireless. Ef?e;ti.e
Throughout America, To Take
PUce at Once.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SEATTLE. Wash., March 29 ? It wa >
announced in business circles yester
day that the American Marconi Wire
less Co. will take over the enti e
holding of the United Wireie. s. ? -
tirtJy absorbing that compai*".
The consolidation will take !'?? e
throughout America. It will be o:: i
effec tive immediately.
AGED LITERARY GENIUS
DIES IN NEW YORK.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
NEW YORK, March 2J-Geor,e
Arms, known by his many lit -ra v
frit-nds as "The So. rates of B~oa -
is dead at the a,e of oi.h y
two years. He has made his ho' <?
in a Broadway hotel for 37 j a
and after his death the key that
\ as Riven to him by the clerk a
1S75 was found in his pocket
Durhig 'he cl\il war Anns mad ?
a fortune manufacturing swords. 1 ?>
later traveled all over the world. I f
iato years he has entertained liter? y j
friends almost daily at the hote
Mark Twain used to be a freque* t
caller. Mr. Arms' collections * f 1
curios is said to be on" of the fln-^t j
??rivate collections in the city.
GOV. DONAGHEY LOSES
PRIMARY IN ARKANSAS.;
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.. March 29 ? j
Congressman, Joseph T. .Robin-, on r*.
ceived an overwhelming ?ranjority o\
er Governor George W. Douaihey -in ;
ihe primaries here for the demoara'i j
nomination for the governorship.
Robinson received a majority of:
thirty-five thousand.
NEW MEXICO ELECTS
REPUBLICAN SENATOR?
(By Alaska News Bureau.*
SANTE FE, N. Mex , March zl* ? A
republican victory is recorded as the |
result of the senatorial election helii ;
here by the legislature yesterday wh?
Albert Fall and Thomas Catron re
publicans were elected to the Sen^*'
f-om this state.
IISVRII MII6 - SIIIHliSiliE,
L
SOMETHING
SPECIAL
i hst is what it is ? this six
Sut*?r shoe ca the sensa
t'ooai 1 usjy iast. and with
t'r. e tlocnco edge, rope
s-titched sole. You cant
beat it {vr style and all
arou J good looks.
There is snap and ginger ia
even.- line of this pattern.
I *iat is what has mad? tt
c ne of t^e h-t?gest shoe hits
in the country among good
dressers.
Better come in. rust as ^uick
as you can, and let us try
on a pair of these ? we
I now you will like them.
To Fit Your
FEET
and
PURSE
H. J. LYNCH
Tha Up-T>Oata Hab arras her and LacMaa Furniahar.
LUMBER JAOKB I
START 11
HOQUI AN THREATENED
WITH MARTIAL LAW
Strikers at Grays Harb.r Ec:omes
Disorderly. Thres e i ttr ke Brea .
ers. Goverr.or Hay Threa'e s to
Send Militia to Kec^ Order.
(By Alaska News bureau.)
HOQVIAM, Wah.. .March 2<J?
The strike of tiie mi 1 v. rke!\, has
i assumed SeJtieus prope: ticus and the
lumber industry on Grays Ha. bor is
at -a standstill as the r-_ Ht cf t .e
strike of the workers In the raw
mills here.
A riot took pla e y ter 'ay follow
! iivg a miml'.T if 1 :.s oil
the part of ti st k < a a'nst mill
?i
i special train fro . T<i ">i?a by the
miH owners.
Governor Hay has e"r word that
I troops w ill be s nt an-! the town wi'l
j he pi. iced m; ! ,r : ar; : 1 law If there
is ay further S:> :i
jon the part of the striker
IMPRISON STRIKERS
FOR SAYING "^HAME."
(By Alaska News Bureau.;
BERLIN, March 1*9 ? Ten thousand
strikers resumed work in the West
phalia coal mines yesterday, but the
liS.oSO still on strike were j ined by
13,000 or more of the, s.ix n miners.
2.300 in Hanover and 3 000 in the.
Saarbrue< ken d'. strict, whi e 3 6 >0
will qui', work in Sehaim' iif ;-LAppe
today, leaking 'he to -a; < h strike'
nearly 200,000.
Thirteen strikers accused of ?ho t
ing "shame" or "strikebreakers" were
sentenced yesterday to one ni^mh s
Imprisonment, and others t ? two
months for creating disturbances
NEW YORK'S COAL
DEMAND ENORMOUS.
NEW VOKK, Mari.h Jj ? ilu- men
ace of a thrt^ueaed coal st. nas
set New York City ft-.urin; as to
now much it speeds a year ft r coa..
One of the municipal s.a.ioti .aosi
declares the following figures are aj>
proxima'ely correct:
Anthracite ? Liou-est-i, . pri.aU h-us
es and small stores, j. > <0,00'> tons; j
flats and apartmcM houses, 2.S50,
! 000; hotels, clubs and theaters, 1.-,
-'oO.OOO; gas aiul electric plants, 1,
; 300,000; elevated and s lrfaoe r,a.is,
650,000; harbor shipping. 400,000; de
, partmeot Stores and of;i.-e buildin s.
650,000; muni ipal departments. 4 0,
000. Total, lrt.OOO.OOO tors.
Bituminous ? St<am trade a :d fa -
i tones. 1,600, OiO tons; steamship coal
ing. 4,330,000; stores and Office build
ings, 440.000; e'evat.-d, surf a e and
subway lines. 810,000; ras a id eler
trie plants. 600,000 t"n>; mu-nlcipal
department. 30.00"; misce'laneous ?s
] es. 90,100. Total, s.mo.ooo tons.
DESTRUCTION BY FLOODS
IN MIDDLE STATES
Incessant R.ins In Iowa And Nebras
ka Csuse Streams to Rise Rapidly-'
Traffic Blocked And Property is
Destroyed.
(By Alaska N?w? Bureau.)
CHICAGO, 111., March 20? Reports
from poin's throughout the Middle
West indicate that great deS-ruoUon
Is being done as the result of in
cessant rains which have swollen the
rivers and are ca;ising the lo*s of
many lives a i:<1 the destruction of;
much property.
Reports received from points in
Nebraska from l>es Moines and from
Ce !ar Rapids de-c'are that the ri .ers
there are rising rapidly. Many
bridges have been washed out fcy j
the exceptiona''y h:gh water. Tra'ficj
in a number of localities is en'Jfs'y |
blocked.
Fears are entertained that 'h^ !
h ivy rains which have prevail d ;
will cause a serious rise in the Mis- 1
sfs^ippi repeating the destruction1
which inevitably accompanies hi^h '
floods in the lower river regions.
BACK TO NEW YORK
IN AUTOMOBILE
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.. March
20 ? J. H. Lehman and J. 11. Nixon,
of this city, have accepted the prop
ositjon made by E. W. Dennis, a
wealthy citizen of New York, by
which they are to receive $2,000 if
they accomplish the task of running
an automobile backward from Win
ston-Salem to New York.
In the event of their failure to
make the run, Messrs. Ivehman and
Nixon are *o forfeit $2,000 which they
have deposited. If the weather per
mits the start will be male April 1.
While no time limit has been fix^d
bv Mr. Dcnnl-. the local automoU'
ists count on making th? run In f f
teen days.
MINIMUM WAGE BILL
PASSED BY PARLIAMENT
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
LONDON. March 20? It is hoped
by those interested in ending the
coal strike which is paralyzing indus
trial activity throujhout the entire
o' England that a p a efi'l settlement
of the difficulties will be made soon.
The coal miners minimum wasre bill
passed the Commons on the first
reading yesterday. It was a'so pass
?d by the House of Lords.
NEW STATE ELECTS
UNITED STATES SENATORS.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
PHOENIX, Ariz., March 28? The
j newly formed state legislature in
joint session yesterday elected Mar
cus Smith and Henry A^hurst to the
I'nited States Senate.
Will Clay son will leave oin the
Humbildt tomorrow for a trip to the
Sound after which he will return to
Cordova.
: CANNED FRUITl
^ ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?g
E (PREFERRED STOCK) J
* This is. the sea - : t'? ?r t inned fruit. "Preferred Stock" ^
* brand means tU* -hoieest goods and beat methods of ^
* canning. Purity and Quality absolutely guaranteed ^
+ strawberries raspberries
t PINEAPPLES BLACKBERRIES *
; QOOSBERRIES PEACHES +
* . LOGANBERRIES APRICOTS *
* PEARS plCjms ; +
+ CHERRIES *
f We also carry a full line of extra fancy +
1 dried fruits *
t P. H. GANTY, Grocer t
b + + + + + + + 4, + 4, + + ^ + + + ,i, + + + + + +,l
OIL OFFICIAL
IS ARRESTED
PORTLAND BUSINESS MAN
CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT.
Samuel Lcveil Sa d to Ha e Concert
ed Fords For The Payment f
Oil Land in Ksta la Oil Fie ds tc
His Own Use.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
PORTLAND, Ore . March 29? A
sensation has been ca-:sed h?re by
the arrest of Samuel Lovell. bus n ss
man of this city and pro re inept In
state poMtics.
Lovc-Il was arretted la-t night cn
the charge of embezzlement from the
C olonial Oil Company. He is sa d
to have converted to his own use
funds of the oil company insteai of
turning th?m over to tho Alaska O.l
Co., in part payment f t oil tan's
situated In the K.va!!a oil fle!<!?
Lovell was arreftel la<t nt bt and
has beun released on ball.
BRIGAND PARDONED:
SERVED 46 YEARS.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
MILAN", March 2'i? Th?* notorious
Abruzzi brigand chief, D'Angelo, has
just received the royal pardon after
undergoing forty-six years' imprison
ment. In the cour e of whi;h he
never aske 1 a fa -.or of anybody nor
broke a prison rule.
He wa* very loath to quit his con
vict home. He has no relatives lefr.
and with $no In bis pocket, the fruit
of hiR long term of toil, was car
ried to 'h? railway station on a lit
ter, because he has become u'tery
paralyzed 'n his lowc- timls. He was
terrified on seeing a pas ing auto
mobile, and when for the first time
he saw a man rldlne a bicycle he
cried out. fearl^jr that the cyclist
would fall.
The officials supplied him with a
rrllroad ticket for his na-ive moun
tain town of Palombara, whert over
half a cen'ury a^o D'Angelo killed
his first victim for besmirching the
character of his sweetheart.
Up to the time of his arrest he
murdered a dozr-n wayfarers. His
favorite procedure was t > leal them
to the edge of a yawning pre ipice
and then put to them the fatal alter
native. "Leap down or I put a ba:l
'hrouch yojr brains."
make no efforts
TO AVERT STRIKE
Anthracite Operators A r? Ir^i.'ferent
to Demands cf Coal Miners. Lat
ter THrssten Strike on April Is*.
Situation Serious.
(By Alaska. News Bureau.)
N0W YORK, March 20 ? It Is un
der&lrrxl here that the ojwa'ors cf
'he anthracite fleMs are making no
'-off rt to ward off the Impending
of the hard roaI miners.
Po!'?o* 'r,g the refusal cf the ope~
lUrs to concede to the demands of
the miners all new! ltlons have been
mailed off. The situation grows ser
ious as a 1 oa! famine at the present
time woiilJ caase irnjfh suffering and
would paralyze cornier la' a tlvlty.
The miners threaten to strike on
, the first, if their delfca-ds are net
! mot hy the operators.
THIRTY-THREE KILLED
IN MACHINE SHOP.
(By Alaaka News Lareau. )
SAN ANTONIO. Texas. March 29?
! Rumor* that the expio.-bn of th*
j locomotive boiler in tb? Southern
Pacific yards here whlrh cost the
lives of thirty or more persons. ?ac?
brought about by dynamlt* or nl'.ro
(tlyeer+n?\ are scouted here
Experts have more or less definite
ly deterr. '.ned that It was a steam
??xpl<*?lon and an ln*'e"'tftta,ion i + b?
| In* male to asrerfain whether a
valre In the locomothre wa* defec'
Ive or had been tampered with
The dead and misainv now nnmber
thirty-three, according to a list revis
ed today. Ten bodies eight whites
and two negroes, are awaiting H?^
tiflratio>n at the morgue
IRISH IMMIGRATION
TO AMERICA FEARED.
(By AJaaka News Bureau j
WASHINGTON. D C., Marrh 21>?
In a letter addree*?d to Prealdent
Taft. the National Council of Dublin
has applied for rigid enforcement of
the American Immigration laws as a
means ot preserving the population of
Ireland The council declares that
Ireland has lost nearly half cK Its
population within the last #0 years
"by unnecessary and abnormal im
migration." and that the obliteration
of tho Irish nation is art ?|!y threat,
encd.
The Humboldt Is due to arrive in
Douelas hi the morning at 1 o'clock.
To make yourself pre
sentable on Eastor.
Stroll into this store
and rig out in one of
the latest
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ians in dependable
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