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No 8\ TWELFTH YEAH. SKAUWAY, Al.ASKA. THERSDAY, SEPTKMBKIt 2. 19(H) PRICE. 10 CENTS
COOTS H COIISf
OF OHIO OIK F001
Some Say He Found The Pole,
Others Think He Didn't ?
Pres.Taft Pleased And New
York Herald Scores Scoop
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(By United PpmO
COPKNHAGGN, Denmark. Sept. 2
? Dr. Frederick Cook Is now on board
the government steamer Hane Egede
enroute for thin port. The iMuarr
will reach this city next Saturday.
(Ireat preparations are being made to
welcome the explorer who success
fully sought thv' north pole. Officials
In chartered boats will put to sea
to welcome him.
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 1? Dr. Cook
reports Ice fields In the Immediate
vicinity of the pole. The temperature
was only 3?? degrees below zero the
day the pole was reached. Dr. Cook al
so discovered land farther north than
ever reported by any other explorer.
BERLIN, Germaryr. Sept. 2 ? The
morning papers of Berlin make light
of Br. Cook's discovery of the north
pole and apparently are not con
vinced that he reached the pole.
LONDON, Eng. Sept. 2 ? l/ondon
reographera are greatly interested In
the reported disco wry of the north
pole by Dr. Cook. He will be Invited
to Ix>ndon to lecture before the Royal
Geographical Society.
BOSTON. Mass. Sept 2? General
Greely. the arctic explorer pays a
f,reat tribute to Dr. Cook. He says
ihe discovery of the pole Is one of th
epochs of history and marks man's
triumph over the difficulties of natui<?
LONDON, Eng. Sept. 2? The after
noon I/ondon papers refuse to give
credit to Dr. Cook for his discovery
of the pole. They state that he had
only two Eskimo witnesses and that
this Is not sufficient evidence.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Sept 2? Sci
entists here believg, that Dr. Cook
| discovered the north pole. but astron
Icmlcal proofs will confirm tho truth
J of his claim.
NEW YORK. Sept. 2 Tho bulletin
yesterday is tho only report receive!
directly from Or. Cook. Tho Herald
this morning printed a copyrighted
story by Dr. Cook confirming tho
first bulletin received. Tho Herald
refuses to allow the United Press or
the Associated Pros* to use the story.
BEVERLY, Mass. Sept. 2? When In
tervlowod today President Taft ex
pressed great satisfaction that tho
pole was first discovered by a cltl
ten of the I'nlteil States.
SEN! SOUTH
About two tons of virgin gold ar
rived in Skagway yesterday on the
train and will be sent south on the
I City of Seattle. The gold came from)
i Fairbanks and the creeks and is beln
sent through the mail in four pound
packages to the 1'. S. mint at Seattle.
Tho total value of the shipment Is
ihont $800,000.
CITt OF SEATTLE HI 6 P. H.
The City of Seattle is expected in
port about 6 o'clock this evening. She
will probably sail south at about 9
o'clock tonight
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New Fall Goods
Better than Ever
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improve. Everyday we work to make our
^ store better ? more deserving of your patronage.
New linea of merchandise are constantly being ??
? ? added, including' the choicest selections of dress goods ??
? ? All the newest novelties and staple weaves are now on ?*
?f display.
We respectfully solicit a continuance of most
T pleasant business relations with you, we in turn pro
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J that our experience and facilities will enable us to
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-f-H 1 It 1 1 M-I-II-I-1IM 1 1-1-H
JACK CM HAS BABY MOOSE
AND SPECIMENS OF GRAPHITE
Jack Carr, one of the beat known
men In Alaska, who flrat broke the
news of the Klondike strike to Se
attle and who formerly was a mall
carrier on the lower Yukon, arrived
In town Tuesday night and will go
south on the City of Seattle.
Mr. Carr has with him two baby
moose, which h* purchased at Circle.
The moose were captured on a Island
!n the Yukon river by a party of
Slavonians. Th?y are twins, four
months old and wHgh about 200
pounds apiece. They will be exhib
ited at the A.-Y.-P. and later Mr.
Carr will probably donate them to
some public park. He has a special
permit from the government to ship
them out of the country,
Early In May Mr. Carr took a small
gasoline launch over the Ice on Lake
La Harge and went down the Yukon.
He has spent the summer In prospect J
ing on the Porcupine river and brings I
out with him apedmena of high grade
graphite from a mine which ho haa
located 105 mlloa from the mouth of
the Porcupine. He has five ledgea
each five feet wide and th<? graphite
can be mined a* easily as coal. A
rteamer can b? taken to the foot of
the ledgea.
"The Porcupine will be thoroughly
proapected thla winter," Mid Mr.
Carr, "for I know a number of men
who are going up there. It la the
only tributary to the Yukon which Iti4
not been the acene fo a big excite
ment Steamera can go 4S0 miles
up the Porcupine, ao there la no tran
portation problem to cope with. Thero
will be a big ruah there If anything
la found."
Mr. Carr will not return to Alflakft
thla year, but he admitted with a
grin, that although he hm "b"?n
quitting the country " for the pant two
yeara next year will probably find
h m back In t\u "ulh.
HARRY STEEL
BUYS ALASKAN
Harry 0. Steel and wife of Fair-!
banks arrived on the train yesterday'
and will leave tonight for Juneau and
thence to Cordova, where Mr. Steel
has purchased The Cordova Alaskan, j
which he will manage.
Mr. Steel Is one of the pioneer news
paper men of the north. In '99 he
was one of the men who brought the
plant of the Dawson News over the
Ice. Later he was managing editor
of the Nome Nugget and for the past
two years has been pari owner and
editor of the Fairbanks News. Re
cently he disposed of his Interest In
the News and acquired the Cordova
Alaskan.
An experienced and capable news
paper man. Mr. Steel will undoubtedl
make the Alaskan one of the best
papers on the Alaskan coast. He has
great faith In Cordova and believes It
Is destined to be one of the best
towns In Alaska. The newspaper
business at Fairbanks is overcrowded,
according to Mr. Steel.
The school board wish to announce
that there will be no school Monday
on account of I<abor day. a legal holt
day.
Mrs. C. S. Sargent, wife of the well
known Dawson merchant, arrlvtti In
Skagway yesterday and will sail soutti
on the Princess May.
Mrs. A. M. Clay of San Francisco
who has been In Fairbanks this sum
mer, arrived In town yesterday and
will sail south on the Princess May.
DIRS VIEW
01 WRECK
(By United Press.")
SKATTLK. 8ept. 2? The divers wlio
haTe Inspected the wwk of the Ohio
cay that the hull I* filling up with
mud and that bo far they have been
unable to locate the hole In her hull.
More than Ifi.KWK) worth of Jewelry
pnd money has been recovered from
I he staterooms of the vessel. No
bodies have been discovered.
The investigation of the accident
la ended and the marine Inspectors
will make n report In a short time.
More wltnetwes may be called at a
later date. All the passengers who
testified have praised the officers
I
and the crew for their coolness.
BIG PUNTS
ARE BURNED
(By United Press)
TACOMA. Sopt 2? One of the
uorst fires ever known in this city
destroyed the plants of the Pug?-t
Sound Malting company and the
Northwestern Stock Food company.
The total loss will be more than
$230,000. The fire waa caused by spon
taneous combustion.
Subscribe for The Alaskan.
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;;GANTY & FRANDSON j
New York Congressman Says
Alaska Is Entitled To Home
Rule ? Would Create Ter
ritories ? Predicts Statehood
(SpoHftl in tb? I>*IIjr AlMktn)
KKTCHIAKN. Sept. 2 ? Conuro**
man wllllatn Sutler of Now York ar-<
rived In Ketchikan today aft?T a visit
lo hla mine at SuUer, nnd In an In- 1
tervlow with the Ketchikan Minor
stated that ho favored dividing Ala* ;
ka Into throe separate territories.
All north of the Yukon river would
bo called Seward, and all aouth of tho
Yukon would bo ralld Sumner. Sonlh
eastern Alaakn would be called Ala*
ka. Sumner nnd Alaska ahould have
territorial Kovernmerit and fleward
would remain a federal dlrlalon. He
thought that the development of flonth
eaatern Alaska would entitle It to
atatehood within ten yeara.
Oonicreaaman Sato* ataled that Al
aska waa developing rapidly and that
he thought It waa now entitled to ter
ritorial government. He predicted a
more rapid development In the future.
Accompanied by Capt Edward Pred
eri*r of Philadelphia, fongreaaman flu I
rer will aall for flealtle tonight
FISHERMEN 10
HOLD OP PACK
(By United Pre?a)
8KATTI.K. Sept l-TV?f*uw of tJv
depression In tho market quotation* ;
on fl*h the pink salmon pack will be
hold north In an effort to eaiwo a
shortage In the market nnd thu* makfl
the price* higher.
Mr. and Mr*. William l.Jnke of
Fairbanks arrived In town yeaterday
and will nail for Seattle tonight.
Clarence K. Carp?itor, formerly
circulation manager of the Hawaon
Dally N'fwa, arrived In town yesterday
oiid wilt aall ?o..th tonight.
Miss Kmborloy of St. Matlhcw'a
hospital at Fairbanks, came out on
tho train yeatorday and will nail aoutK
tonight Miss Kmborloy la en rout'
to Boston. She is well knowu In
Sk&gwav. where ?he formerly rrsldi-d
HIGH WATERS
JUE FALLING
(By United Pr*??.)
M ATA MORAS. Mexico. 8ept.2? The
t r?*at of th* Rio Orande flood ha*
been reached and the watera are *k>w
ly atib*ldlng. The d^xth llat rannot
bo eatlmated as yet. Many people
rucftfwvi by fleeing to the hi*h landa.
The damage to property I* (treat
Hundred* of head of rattle hare been
drowned.
NO LIVES LOST III FLOOD
(By United Prwa.)
RAWHIDE. Nev ft"pt 2? A ho?w*
to houae canvas* reveal* the fart
Uiat no Uvea were lost In the Raw
hide flood Tuesday night.
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