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No. m. ELEVENTH YEAH. SKAHWAY. ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY H. 19(W PMCE, 10 CENTS
SEATTLE BANDIT CAPTURED
(Unit^J Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
SEATTLE. Wash. May 3? A man
giving the name of Walter Hudson
filtered and with a revolver held up
the Stern Furniture store on Second
avenue at 11:30 o'clock this morn
ing. He secured $?-'.*>. overlooking u
large amount that was in the cash
drawer.
Ho ran out of the store and
mingled with the crowds. The pol
ice were promptly notified, however,
and all the available detectives were
put on the watch for him. lie wa?
captured about an hour later.
The police belelvc he Is the sam<"
man who held up the American lrus
& Savlnp* bank two weeks aK?.
KING EDWARD'S
HEALTH POOR
(By United Press)
LONDON. Eur.. May I? Kins Ed
vord is in very poor health and for
this reason lie has cancelled most of
his public engagements and will go
to one of his country homes for a
long rest.
LONDON. Eng.? The acute stage
or the naval scare having passed, the
Jingo newspaper* are now striving
desperately to work up a new patriot
ii fever.
They are telling weird stories and
making hair-raising predictions based
upon Germany's growing strength in
Zeppelin airships. They assume that
the Z.ppelin dirigibles are capable of
crossing the North Sea and of drop
ping. with perfect safety to them
st-lves, some new. mysterious explos
ive bomb which will destroy not only
naval arsenals but whole cities.
Most Englishmen have grown so
nervous and panicky that they greed
ily swallow these Jingo stories and
are demanding feverishly that the
Government build a fleet of airships.
The question of establishing a tele
phone svste.n in Ketchikan is being
discussed.
CATTLE COMING
ON SANTA ANN!
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE. May 3?" Tho frolnhtoi
Santa Anna sailed for Skagway liti
afternoon with a bin carno for tin
interior. Tho Santa Anna has oi
board liOO hoail of cattle and I0<
sheep which will be taken in t<
Fairbanks.
CASTRO WILL SUE FRANCE
(By United Press.)
PARIS, Prance, May 3 ? Ex-Pros
Ident Castro of Venzuela will sue th.
French government for damages b<
cause he was forcibly expelled t'roi;
the Isle of Martinique.
PANDAS PRESIDENT DIES
(By United Press.)
PANAMA. May 3? Manuel Atnadoi
tho first president of Panama, die<
last night after a lingering illness.
CHURCH WAS COLD
Services wore not hold at tho Moth
odist church last night on acconii;
of the impossibility of making a fin
because of ail accident to the furnact .
Tills will be remedied this week
however, and next Sunday sorvico
will bo hold morning and eveniiu
without fail.
The accident was unavoidable am
was very much regretted by t!i<
pastor and tho congregation.
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LYONS 10 GET
APPOINTMENT
(By United Press.)
WASIIINTGON, I). C. May It? The
:>PI>oliitmcnt of Thomas Lyons of Ju
roan for judge of the First Judicial
division of Alaska will bc> reported
favorably to tlx* Senate today by the
judiciary sub-committee. The charg
.N made by the Nowell interests were
not substantiated.
(By United Press.)
PORTLAND, Ore. May 3? J. P.
Rotors, formerly superintendent of;
the White Pass & Yukon railroad of j
Xkagway, ha.i been appointed super- 1
in tend en I of the Spokane, Portland & i
' Seattle branch of the O. R. & N. i
niilroad. I lis headquarters will be at
Vancouver, Wash.
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VISIT SLICE
(By United Press.)
HKVERLY, Mass.. May 1? Alice
Long worth. wife of Congress man |
Nicholas Longworth of Ohio, and
daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, ar
rived here today at her summer liomt.
Mrs. Longworth is expecting a visit'
from tile stork in a few weeks.
U. S. WARSHIPS
HI! RSI CLIP
(By United Press.)
GIBRALTER. May :i ? The lTnito<l
States battleships Montana and North
Carolina have been reached by wire
less telegraph and will arrive at t'ais
port tomorrow. They are making
very fast time and will proceed direct*
1> to Turkey. They left Cuba sev
eral days. ago.
TALIS 10
FIGHT IT OUT
(By United Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. May 3?
Tony Caponi, the Chicago middle
weight, and Jim Flynn, the Pueblo
fi -email, will fight 20 rounds at Col
ma, Cal., on May 18th for the Italian
heavyweight championship of the
world. Both men are rugged fighters
and a good battle is expected.
NEI SOI WILL
DEFEND TITLE
(By United Press.)
CHICAGO, 111., May :!? Battling
Nelson, champion lightweight of tin !
world, will fight Dick Hyland at Col
ma, California, 1"> rounds on May 29
and has also signed to fight "Cyc
lone" Johnny Thompson at Coluia on
July 1st. This fight will also be l"? I
rounds.
FAMILY FIGHT ABOUT DEATH BED
LONDON, Eng., ? A story that In
sordid horror is equal to any of the
niosi grui'soine creations* of Zola was
told of a family at Le Mans in north- j
e..st Krance.
At the town in question, which lies
on tiie road between Paris and Brest
au old man of eighty named Tournet.
lay dying. I lis son and daughter-in
law aud their four sons were at his
death bed. "Give me a drink," said
the old man. His daughter-in-law re
fused. "lie is as good as dead al
ready ? why waste good wine?" she
said.
Basil Tournot, the old man's son.l
then ordered his wife to give his fa
ther wine and thrashed her when she
refused again. Then the four grand
sons intervened. All four are young
j,iants of ages varying from twenty
lo twenty-five. Two took their fa
ther's part and two the part of thoir
mother.
A pitehed battle raged around old
Tournet's l>ed until the police came.
The mother and her two sons had got
the worst of the fight, but the son |
and two grandsons were likewise bad
ly punished.
All six of them were handcuffed. I
and the police-sergeant sent for a
neighbor to watch by the old man's
bedside. But he had died while his
son and grandchildren were fighting
round him. The whole family remain
under arrest for brawling.
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ADANA, Turkey, May 3? Small
pox liiia broken out in this city. The
people are stricken by the hundreds
and as Adana was almost totally de
stroyed by flro April 28 and 2'J,
there Is no way to relelve the suf
fering.
TEDDY SHOOTS
3 BIG LIONS
(By United Press.)
NAIBORI, British East Africa, j
May 3 ? Col. Roosevelt killed three
lions yesterday and his son, Kermit
succeeded in bulging one big lion.
Col. Roosevelt f?*lt highly elated over
his kill.
SULZER IS COMING NORTH
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, I). C. May 3? Con
' gressman William Sulzer of New
York will make a tour all over Alas
i l:a next summer.
AIDS FOR ALASKAN WATERS
(By United Prees)
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 3? Ma
jor .lames Cavanaugh of the U. S.
Engineer Corps will tour Alaskan
waters next month to place the aids
for navigation in Alaskan waters.
FAVORABLE DECISION FOR
ALASKA SALMON PACKERS
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, I). C. May 3? The
Department of Labor and Commerce
made a decision today to the effect
that Alaska salmon packers may use
the word sockeye on labels. Hitherto
the sound packers have been given
this exclusive right.
A reputable mining publication
says that the graphite deposits in
Alaska are expected to dominate the
markets of the world.
m HAD NOT
FISHED BEFORE
(Special to The Dally Alaskan.)
SITKA, May 1 ? For the first time
j in liis life, Charles A. Haley, the cele
iiraUxl tourist guide, went fishing to
day. Haley was born in Sitka thirty
three years ago and has lived here
; continuously, never having been be
low or further from home than Ju
neau.
When a boy Haley never fished
and as a youth and young man he
escaped the blandishments that lure
the followers of Isaac Walton. To
day, however, a party of friends suc
ceeded In getting Haley to fish with
them.
He caught several big fish and says
that he likes the sport.
Reports received from along the
Yukon river show that navigation
should be open by about the middle
of May. There was running water
on the ice at Whttehorse this morn
ing and at, Selkirk there is two miles
of open river. There is also open
water at Coffe Creek. At Big Sal
mon, Yukon Crossing and Stewart
River the ice is still solid.
RUSTLER ON THE WAY
The Rustler left Juneau at 9 o'
clock this morning. She will sail for
Juneau at 8 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing.
The New England Fish company
now employs 66 people at Its Ketch
ikan establishment.
We Guarantee A Fit
On Every
That Leaves our Store
A Fine Assortment of
Oxford Shoes
Look at our Window
and See for Yourself
Spring
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