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No. In: FIFTEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY ALASKA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1912 PRICE 10 CENTS
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10 WO BEITH
Trenton, Oct. 4 ? A horrible sight
met the gaze of the onlookers at an
aviation meeting here this morning,
i harles Walsh, a noted aviator, was
fciviug an exhibition flight and had
;?ttuin?-(l a height of two thousand
feet. After gracefully soaring
around for a short time, the specta
tors were horrified to see the ma
chine suddenly commence dropping
1 and in a moment overturned, then
Walsh, who seemed at that height
1 i.o larger than a bird, shot out
l'rom the whirling wreckage and turn
ed over and over in his death
' plunge to the earth.
When he was picked up there
was nothing left but a pulp. Evary
bone in his body was broken, -ind
?the flesh, a bleeding mass, was tak
en to the morgue.
STKIKKKS ADOPT >E\Y
METHOD OF WINNING
Rly, Oct. 3 ? Four thousand strik-j
trs are preparing to leave the camp
unless a settlement is arrived at,
which means an increase of pay. '
The men nave arrived at the sen-!
sible state in conducting strikes.
They will make no effort to force
things, but will simply leave Che
community by the thousands if the
operators do not come to an agree
ment. It is said that work through
out the country is generally good,
and they will seek employment else
where. It is believed that men can
not be secured to fill their places
and that their resolve to leave will
be effective in bringing peace terms.
DYNAMITERS TO BS
TltlKD It V FARMERS '
Indianapolis, Oct. 4 ? A jury in
the dynamiting case has been se
cured after an examination of aj
hundred veniremen. T^r^^n* con
sists mostly of ?i"'r?cr3 before
whom the governmeut opened KS(
case this morning.
IV\ l't 'H I P OLD MACHINE
IS HADLEY'S IDEA I
Jefferso:> City, Oct. 4 ? Governor
lladley of Missouri spoke in this
city today in the interest of the re- i
publican party. Hadley is a pro
gressive in principle, but like La
Follette, he thinks the party needs
reforming from within and not
without, as Mr. Roosevelt intends
doing. Hadley wants to keep a
grij> on the machine for the purpose
of mending it, rather than starting
in with a new outfit. .
FAIRBANKSANS
BOOST QUIZ
About ninety passengers arrived
in the city last evening from the
north. They were mostly front
Fairbanks going outside for r-he
winter.
Among the number are Mr. ani
?Mrs. L. B. Rhoads. Mr. Rhoads
is one of the noted quartz miners of
Cleary creek. He is the original
optimist who said that the placet's
of the Tanana woulj give way to
quartz and make permanent camps
more valuable than the placer
fields. Subsequent events are prov
ing that Mr. Rhoads was right. Any
way he backed his judgment by in
stalling a five stamp mill something
over a year ago, and with the ex
ception of a short time last wiuter
when they couldn't get water, uhe
mill has been operating ever since.
This spring they sunk a well and
will now be able to operate all win
ter. The run from this mill has
proven highly satisfactory. He says
there will be at least forty stamus
dropping there this winter and th it
the prospects in the Tanana never
looked brighter than at the present
time.
Thi3 is the first trip out in 7
years, and as they have been travul
ing continuously for twenty-six day?,
both Mr. and Mrs. Rhoads are
anxious to get to their destination
so that they may take a good, long
rest.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. McAlester of
th- Summit are iu the city today.
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H. J. LYNCH
Juneau, Oct. 4 ? Judge R- A
Gunnison, W. A. Casey and J. \V.
Bell were named as delegates to
the non-partisan convention at the
primary held last night. Alternates
were J. G. Heid, K. E. Barragar
and Dave Epstyn.
H T. Tripp, the well known min
ing man and former mayor of Jun
eau was endorsed as Juneau pre
cinct's choice for the legislature.
The progressive convention was
called this morning by district
I chairman H. B. LeFever. according
'to the published call, and an ad
? journment taken until ten o'clock
tomorrow morning at which time
it is expected that another adjourn
ment will be taken until Monday to
allow for the arrival of delegates
who are coming 011 the Spokane and
other boats, bringing delegates from
VVrangell, Petersburg and Ketchi
kan.
London, Oct. 4 ? No ultimatum has
been delivered to Turkey from the
Balkan states, though there continue
to come rumors of the gathering of
troops in Bulgaria, Servia, and Mon
tenegro, with the evident intent to
light the Turkish empire.
Out of the number of smaller
states which are arming for the at
tack of Turkey, comes the single an
nouncement that Roumania has of
fered the Turks to provide them
with seventy-five thousand men with
which to continue the fight against
Italy and all others who may at
tempt to engage in the strife.
From Rome the announcement
was sent out today that the Italian
1 government, although at war with
' Turkey, had joined the ranks of the
peace makers and would use its iu
i'lueuce to settle the Balkan cases.
Constantinople, Oct. 4 ? It is re
ported that the proposal for peace
which has been offered by Italy will
be acceptable to the Turkish gov
i eminent. It is believed that an
amnesty will be declared within a
I few days, and that war will soon
give place to tranquility.
II UY hX)P. DYNAMITERS
HARD THIXO TO SECl'RK
Indianapolis, Oct. 3 ? It is unlike
ly that a jury can be secured to
try any of the men charged with dy
namiting before Friday. The exam
ination of talesmen is grinding along
< ight hours a day with but little
success In securing jurors.
HM.'IIPR I I'S MEET
BKFORE MASOXIC ALTAR
Boston, Oct. 4 ? President Tart
and candidate for vice president,
Thos. Marshall, met before the holy
altar of Masonry at a gathering of
the Scottish Rites last night. They
shook hands in a brotherly manner
and were very cordial during the
banquet which followed the as
sembling of the lodge.
Copley Armory, jr , one of the
naturalists associated with the
Smithsonian Institute, having lately
been with the boundary survey
party in the north, arrived in
Skagway last night. He is on bi3
way to Washington.
WILSON SAYS SULZER
IS SUITABLE CANDIDATE
Richmond, Ind., Oct. 4 ? Woodrow
Wilson was seen today by a report
er of the Associated Press, regard
ing the democratic nominees for
New York. He said that he was
highly pleased at the selection of
Congressman Sulzer. That he had
known Sulzer for a long time and
had kept track of his record and he
believed that Mr. Sulzer was an
honest and an able man. He felt
.sure that the old time democrat
would carry the state of New
York, which he had so ably repre
sented for the past seventeen years.
MAY MEAN MURDER BUT
REFORM MUST COME
Chicago, Oct. 4 ? Chicago is un
dergoing a moral cleanup. Warrants
have been issued for two hundred
dive keepers. States Attorney W?y
man says that he intends to close
every immoral resort in the Windy
City. He understands that it is a
hard proposition, and may cause
trouble and perhaps murder as it
did in New York, but he will make
(he attempt.
GREEN
TOM A TOES
A large shipment just received
We sell them at 5c per pound
or 75c per box
Better Order Now if you are
going to put up any
SEASON ABOUT OVER ?
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
MIKE SUES DOWN
nm sub dm
Dover, Oct. 4 ? The ? British sub
marine boat E 2, was run down in
the Straits of Dover yesterday by
the ocean liner Amerika. The sub
marine immediately went to the ,
bottom carrying the entire crew of |
fourteen men to a grave in the
deep. The men are imprisoned in
air-tight compartments and their
death will be slow, but it is im
possible to reach them and specu
lation can only imagine what their
suffering will be before death re
leases them.
LOST CAl IS
STiyiSSlI
Bishop .J. 0. Stringer of the Yu
kon came out last night on his
way to Vancouver.
Mr. Stringer is on his way to at
tend the Anglican assembly in
Montreal. Before leaving Dawson
the Bishop gave out his version of
the "Lost Cabin Mine" story which
has attracted the attention of hun
dreds of people in this district. He
said:
"I have heard so many reports
regarding the supposed 'lost cabin
mines' near the Mackenzie delta,
that I deem it only fair to pros
pectors to let them have the bene
fit of my observations and what I
have heard in that region. I spent
many years near the mouth of
Mackenzie and at Herschel Island,
and traveled with whites and na
tives along the coast. Although
certain parties have gone into
the country claiming they had in
formation from authenic sources as
to the location of the alleged mines,
not one of the parties has found
the properties or any diggings justi
fying the belief such mines have
existed in the vicinity or that there
is any such pay there. I do not
want to discourage legitimate pros
pecting, but, on the other hand, do
not want to see prospectors led on
after mythical bonanzas.
"Men now devoting time to the
chase after the 'diggings' are evi
dently in the best of faith, but
must have been misinformed. I base
my belief on the fact that several
parties have scoured the district,
and have located nothing, and the
further fact that Mr. Firth, the
agent of the Hudson's Bay company
at Fort McPherson, a thoroughly
reliable and honorable man, never
saw the alleged discoverer or any
of his party in the district, nor
met any natives or others who saw
any such party in the Ma<fkenzle
country or vicinity about the time
the discovery is reported to have
been made. Travelers are not so
numerous in the Mackenzie valley
but what the presence of a single
man is most carefully chronicled
and reported. Mr. Firth has a
marvelous memory. He remembers
nothing of the alleged Wifley party.
"The story is that Wifley and
party, all railway surveyors, want
down the Mackenzie 17 years ago.
and, in crossing from the coast
coming back to the Mackenzie,
made a short cut and struck rich
pay while on a creek on the west
of the Mackenzie delta. The moil,
the story runs, then left the
country, none of them ever coming
back. I met the party which went
up the Porcupine this year. They
claimed to have the exact longitude
and latitude, to have gotten it from
Wifley through a reliable connection.
They seemed to dislike it when 1
laughed at the idea of their goi<)g
after the alleged lost mine.
"McRae was there after the
property a year or two, and went
through Dawson recently. He claim
ed to have had the exact longi
tudinal and latitudinal locations se
cured from Wifley in Colorado, but
he did not find the mine. I was
surprised to see he claimed on top
of his acknowledged failure in mak
ing the find that he was going back.
I notice that he claimed also that
lie knew where to locate Wifley in
Colorado.
"I should only be too pleased to
know there are such diggings in
the district, but the story does not
seem plausible to me. 1 believe the
men on the quest have in some way
gotten on a blind trail."
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