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No. 66 SIXTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1913 PRICE 10 CENT
Mushing in from Silver crook with
two footsore dogs limping behind
him, C. F. ( Mason arrived lu Skas
?ajr this morning direct from the
scene of the latest placer excltemeut.
Air Clasen went In on the celebrat
ed "Skooknm Jim Special" about n
month ago, and he prospected .Moose
horse, Silver aud Johnson creeks.
In the early days Clasen made
thi trip over the Dyea trail to Daw
placer mining. Ho has been In
many placer camps and It was natu
ral that he should take a chance ttt
the new discovery. Ho has taken
his chance and is now going olso
Mr. Clasen told a Daily Alaskan
reporter that ho with five others,
volunteered to sink holes on Silver
creek, the scene of the late excite
ment. at the place where Ward, the
discoverer claims to have taken out
tic cent pans, which wcro undoubt
? reek bed not showing promise, they
out a Sa cent pan and then con
structed a rocker. He took out 1
k ' osetio can fulls of gravel wilcli
total wash up amounted to six cents.
N'early thirty people have sunk t>>
bedrock on Sliver aud in all ease
have been disappointed.
Id all his pannlngs of the varl
ous croeki Mr. Clasen got a tw >
?ent color and i number of speck?,
the totht amounting to five cents
? .to. Car nack and Skookum Jim wi.
remain In the country this summc.- t
the Silver Creek district and hav
moved o Teslln and <?tabtlshed ?>
caa>p from which they will do their
prospecting.
are not financially able to stand the
He admits that the country holds ou :
tlluring promises, and It might b<'
wH for ti<cso who are able to take 1
a flyer at it, but there Is nothing to
assure anyone )u making tho trial
He will leave on the next boat for
LABOR LKADBR HAYWOOD
At; A 1 N LAXI>s IN JAIL
Paterson, April 30 - \Vllll?in Hay
wood la Hitnln In the police toll*.
This time his *m\<t cauie because of
hia activity in Inciting riots In tbo
xilk strike now under way In New
JoiWjr. Tlie grand Jury returned In
dlclinculs against The labor agitator
n? <1 as a result he was taken to
court and placed under bonds. Hay
wood demanded an luuuodlato hear-;
Havwoo.l was recently expelled
from the specialist party on account
or his direct notion principals, and
latterly attempted to call out a
strike o? 2,000 school children In
Paterson, J , because the teach
ers In the public schools have made
uncomplimentary remarks concern
?iir the organization of .which Hay
wood Is the leading disturber. Mr.
Haywood has a visionary notion that
he can discipline Paterson in this
iu..nner and incidentally soothe his
outraged pride. Commenting on
him a newspaper says:
No real martyr worthy of the
nnnie, no leader of tbo poople, no
Tighter of wrongs who amounts or
Is capable oi amounting to anything
gives hoed to what 's said about
wood weto a big enough man to
pay no ntteutlon to the gibes and
the curses, the ingratitudes and the
1 r-acherles of the world, he might
be considered dangerous to tho est- ,
HIGH |
THEY LEFI OFF
London, April 30 ? The outcome
of Balkan affairs remains a mystery
to the prophets of coming events
!'he hope- of those countries who fen
the formation of a now Balkan pow
er, lies in the belief that some of
the : llled troops will get to quarrel
ing, and In that event will be easy
? tcllms for some of the Powers to
suppress.
War, howevor, 'has again been re
sumed and Bulgaria, Greece and
Fervia, are training their batteries
a/ain upon the Turks. Soldiers are
l>eliig concentrated and a mighty ef
fort made to drive them off the map
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IN OF MYSTERY OH
ANOTHER STRANGE ERRAND
"Mysterious" Cobb, accompanied
by Mrs. P. W. Cobb, wero chair car
paasengers to tho north on tho Whit
I ana railway this morning. 'Chore
Is notning unusual lu people trav
elln in chair curs to the north,
a. id to look at Mr. and Mrs. Cobb re
veals nothliiK extraordinary in tholr
conduct. Yet they are two of tho
most mysterious people In the world.
Five or six years ago Mysterious
Colib wus editor oftho Nome Nugget.
On ? day he retired from tho newspa
per business, and since that time tho
two have mado annual pilgrimages
to the Interior ofAlasku, going down
or up the Yukon, to some of tho
most desolate places, and loading
th< ir provisions in a small river boa
at somo obscure landing, they pull
iiv.-ny Into the unknown. In the au- '
t'imn they appear perhaps two hun
dred miles from whore they left the
? Ivor steamer, and re-em barking the i
go outside for tho wliuor, only to
return the next season and repeat
tho performance.
When these two strange people,
strange only in this one particular,
take passage on the boats, they arc
1 tcntlfully supplied with money, oc
cupying tho moat expensive quart
ers both on boat and hotel, spend
ing money lavishly. Perhaps tho
most inscrutablo part of tho mystery
which surrounds them, Is the fact
that Cobb, having formerly been an
iHli'or, is now plentifully supplied
v it h money.
Myterlous Cobb Is a well inforniod
man; 'hero is scarcely u subject of
human Interest with which he >3
not familiar. He talks equally well
on politics, geology, history, litera
ture, and the arts and sciences. On
ly on one subject Is he reticent, and
thin perlnliii. to tho roglon In which
ho makes his annual disappearance,
and what'l.c finds there.
tomf timer ho goes up the Yukon
via Nouic and St. Mlchuol. Onco he
tfisombarked ut Kaltug; another
time at Holy Cross, a^aln ho stops
at a wood landing hundreds of miles
rrom a settlement. Then ho will go
In via Skagway as at present, only
lo disappear In the wilds and swamp
lands of the untamed places; al
ways accompanied by Mrs. Cobb,
u:id always reappearing In the fall,
going outside and coming back agai
flushed with money.
Inquisit'.u.- persons have asked the
.Mysterious man If ho was engaged
in gold mining. His reply Invar
iably is thut he has something bet
ter than gold. Ho owns some plac
er claims in tho north, but pays no
attention to them. To a reporter of
tho Dally Alaskan ho said that in
his opinion there would never be an
other gold stnmpedo equalling that
of tho Klondike and the Tanann,
uut says there will be a stampede
som day to the Interior for a more
precious urtlcle, and the coming
stampede will surpass anything- seen
in tho eurly days of gold dlscovor
Where docs Mysterious Cobb go?
Is ho another Deav.h Valley Scot
Has he discovered the volcanic
pipe which anciently belched out dia
monds from tho argillaceous womb
of tho earth?
Ask him, and ho will tell you of
the geological formation of gems an
of tho deposits of precious metals.
He will tell you everything but
what you are must anxious to know."
I'pon that subject he Is a sphynx,
a Wood row Wllso.n.
INDIANS (;KT SIX MONTHS
KOI I MAKING HOOCH
1'rlnco Kupcrt. April 23 ? Naas|
valley hooch Is a most powerful |
medicine. Nans valley hooch
something to scrutinize closely be- 1
I'orc tasting. It is guaranteed to i
kill at forty rods. Beware of Naas
valley hooch.
Sergt. I'hllllpson, who reached'
here yostcrday, has a bottle of this '
dclcctable refreshment as a souvon
ir of his seizure of the still. It is
lemon colored, and If you shake It,
cvon a little hit, a fine bead at once 1
dovelops. In ordor to mako this
hooch, according to t*h"0 Indian Idea,
one must use potatoes, and turnips,
and com and black currnut. The
bottlo that Pat- brought to town ap
pears to contain all of these Ingred
ients, and several other things as
well. The liquid is thick and cloud
y. It Is easy to believe that the es
sence of potato, turnip, corn and
black currant Is all there. There is
also a goodly sediment containing an
assortment of flies and beetles.
Shako the bottlo, and see the dear
departed slowly circle through tho
yeasty stimulant. Remove the cork
and take a whiff.
For operating the still, an Indian
named Alexander and his wife have
gone to New Westminister for six
months. The little distillery was In
the basement of the house, and the
whole outfit wan ot the home-made
stamp
When .Mm. Alexander caught
sight of the officer, she snatched a
glass tumbler and threw It at him,
and followed this up by grabbing an
axe and running in his direction.
When she arrlwd, Pat was not thcr
He had discreetly retired to his can
oe, and wa? well out In the Nous
Itivor. Subsequently the still was
destroyed and the trial hold up
no.-th.
The making of the strong wator is
no new wrinkle on the Naas. The
Indians first learned of the trick
from an old soldier in Ketchikan
years ago.
Catholic Church.
Tomorrow being Ascension day,
Mass will be held at 9 a. m., and
evenln" pervlco at 7:30 p.m.
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i AMFOKMA LKGISLATUItK
IS NOT KKSI'OXSI VK
Sacramento, April 30? W. J. Bry
an had it conference with tho Cal
ifornia legislature last night, but
trom Indications today it looks an
though his mission had failed. He
catno-*from President Wilson with
'he request thnt action on tho antl
alicn laud holding hill be passed ov
er at this session, or delayed until
sou'b satisfactory understanding
could be had with the Japanese gov- ?
eminent. In ease of that falling Mr. ,
);ryan offered ' the suggestion that (
California follow the Illinois law ,
which permits aliens to hold land (
for a period of?six years only, after ,
which time they must become cltl- ,
7011s, if the citizenship laws of the ,
sta'e will admit them."
This morning tho legislature does j
not seem in a mood to acquiesce to j
the wlshoj of the president, and It (
Is believed that a billow 1)1 pass for- j
bidding Oriental aliens from acqulr- j
Ing land In California. In that case j
tnerc is grave apprehension that the
Japanese government will make a
demonstration toward breaking the I
treaty be' ween the two countries.
EARTHQUAKE
OF EAST COAST
New York, April 30 ? A scvcro
earthquuke shook up tho northern
of the stat; of New York and
the Southern part of eastern Canada
yesterday, causing considerable dam
?igc and frightening tho entire pop
ulation
In Ottawa and Montreal houses
v.ere badly shaken, chimneys thrown
over and walls cracked. The dura
tion of tho temblor was but a few
seconds.
KI.KS DANCE TONKJHT
Be sure to attend. Best of music
and dance guaranteed.
Steamship Humboldt Is schedul
ni to arrive In Skagway tomorrow.
Tomorrow is clean up day. But I
with tho cleaning work that has been
Cuing on lately it looks us though i
there would be nothing left to clean i
' Dolllngham, April 30? Jacob Furth
h- Seattle millionaire iintl traction
nagnat\ who was recently found
jullty of aiding the W. K. Shrlck
r bank at La Connor, to ko;>p op
to after ho knew It to be Insolvent,
nit sentenced by Judge Hardin to
r.iy a fine of ten thousand dollars
md the costs of the trial.
In passing sentence upon Mr.
?trih the judge said that he took
n'o consideration the age of the
roiivlcted man and his previous bus
n v? Integrity, and would grant len
eticj "y Imposing a fine inste.d of
mprison incnt.
Washington, April 30 ? Co ng reas
on n Sisson of Mississippi, made a
lrcry speech in congress yesterday
>n the anti-alien law bill proposed by
.' illfornia. He said that he believ
ed in the state right of California to
[.uine any kind of a law that It saw
"It. so long as It did not conflict with
i c constitution. He could sec 110
r?ason why Japan should be consld
?red In the matter, and ho advised
immediate preparation for war with
he little lirown men of Japan, and
o take steps to resent by force of
irms ir.'.y Interference on their part,
lit- was willing to fight and did not
???te how soon the festivities began,
tut he was not ready to be dictated
I Thomas Morgan is anywhere
A'tthln t'ie reach of readers of the
Daily Alaskan, ho Is requested to
communicate with his father at No.
1 Temple Back, Itrlstol, Kngland.
His father, John Morgan Is anxious
to hear something from his sou.
Thomas Morgan Is supposed tohavo
conic north In 1S97-8 since which
time nothing has been heard from
him.
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