WEDDED AT
NOON TODAY
Stu.itsbursr, April 30—The Astor
Huutingtou wedding is anuounced
to take place at noon today at the
bride's fcoiue.
eon to sue
FUEL COMPANY
Sun Francisco, April 30—Civil
suits for the colltction of $272,843
from the Western Fuel Company
will be filed here withia the next
lew Jays by the I'nited States gor
i rnment. The sum represents al
iased drawbacks collected by the
company from 19C>6 to 1913 and
were brought out at the trial of the
Western Fuel officials, recently con
victed of conspiring t.> defraud
I'ncle Sam of customs duties. The
government, it was announced today ■
also ill attempt to collect for :
C raw barks paid for coal dc'ivered to
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company
amounting to $20,313.
On Friday night the barn of the
O. r ;e Company at F.ixson's was
•tally destroyed by fire. It was
i1 ciij'Ud .tt the time by rtob Dow, 1
i'ieman, and 'he flames
made such rapid headway that
Do'a \y i burned to dea'h before he
i oul.l m ike his escape. In addition
> or-H's also lost their lives.
Mity tons of feed and various
"it w~as totally consumed.
■ m s is t»:i the government road
1 ! ti. 'v-s :rom Chitina and 170
'
askati, April 25th.
(!ood floor, sood music, good
e ;ill at the Klk's D:'i'ce, Sat
urday.
The Humboldt re:ich;d Skagway
tord iy with 15 tons
cf freight .1 [i several j assengers.
SUe sailed for r.e south at 6 p. m.
NOT AFFECTED
er
Chihuahua, April 30—Generals
Carranz-i and Villa have upreed that
the attitude of the Constitutional
ists will not be affected by the oc
cupation of Vera Cruz by the United
States troops.
MAPS AND REPORTS ON
HIOII GRADE ALASKA COAL
The high-grade coals of the Mut
anuska valley, Alaska, rre dis
cussed iu detail in the report by
the United States Geological Sur
rey, with accompanying maps show
ing the areas underlain by the coal
strata. The Geological Survey h;'s
been engaged In surveying and in
vestigating the coal fields of Alaska
during the last 14 years. The Mat
anuska field was first explored in
1S9S, and some years l iter it was
covered by reconnaissauce surveys,
which were followed preliminary
reports. As it is one of the most
important mineral areas iu Alaska,
its detailed examination was begun
in 1908. a base map wis prepared,
and in 1909 the coal-bearing rocks
were mapped and studied, the res
ult being the report published by
the Sur\ey as Bulletin 000—"Gey
logy and Coal Fields of the Lower
Matanuska Valley, Alasfei," by G.
C. Martin and F. J. Katz. The maps
accompanying this bulletin show t'ae
geology, structure, and l orition of
the coal beds and the report Rives
detailed measurements of the in
dividual coal seams and analyses
of the different grades if coal.
The maps.which are on the scale j
of 1 mile to 1 inch, will not only
be of assistance to the ra'lroad en- |
gineer, but also provide the co.il !
ciiuor and operator with aa adequate
base for planning the work of pros
pecting the individual coal beds
through drilling, shaft s:nl. nir, or
tunnel driving.
A copy of Bulletin may be
obtained free on application to the1
Director of the United tf!at<s Geo
logical Survey, Washington, 1>. C.
The Dolphin was reported at i
Ketchikan at 9 o'clock tHs morn-1
Ing and will probably re.a h Ska sway
Saturday ni$sht or earl;- Sunday I
morning.
The Victor Company in latest ad
vertisement say "The Beautiful
Blue Danube" is the greatest waltz |
ever written. This is on the pro-1
sram for the Elk's Dane.#, Saturday.
Gentlemen: Our
Spring and Summer
Suits
Hats, Shoes
Rain Coats, Furnishing Goods, Etc.
Are Now On Display
Suits Hade to Your Heasure
At $18 and Up
When in Need of Goods in Our Line Come In
and Look Over Our Stock
No Hard Feelings and No Harm Done
If You Do Not Buy
STORE OPEN ETENINGS
H. J. LYNCH
The Up To Date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41 SKaGWAY
Denver, April 30—A truce agree
ment today stopped the flghing at
Walsenberg. The strikers surrend
ered their arms and were taken in
to custody late yesterday afternoon
.'iter tliey had killed Major Lester
( uf the hospital corps.
1 REPORT IS
NOf CONFIRMED
Mexico City, April 3"—Minister
of War Blanquet today received ad
vices that American warships are
bombarding the port of Manzanillo,
and i hat the wharves and adjoining
buildings have been destroyed; also,
that l itiied States marines have
been lauded at Salina Crvz.
Washington, D. C., April 30—The
War, Navy and State departments
ray absolutely that no adv- have
boeti received here confirming the
above report of the bombardment of
Mauzanillo.
if m Gin
1LI FAMES
Cleveland, April 30—Free muni
cipal d.inces surrounded by ornate
marble halls of Cleveland's new
?5,uu0.f0u city h:>ll; the mammoth
l'Otuiu! for public entertainments.
'J liese things will be a reality if
I'oun v commissioner Menning back
ed by other commissioner, forces
iiis announced resoluiion into a
city ordinance. The city hall will
j=ogi be complete. The tango, dip,
hesitation and others of ihe more
modern steps will not be permitted,
ticcordi: ^ to Meaning. Two stops
and wiltzes would bo the. order. In
addition the county commissioner
suggests: "Let the kids ptoy 011 the
lawns. l<et them tear u-u the grass
if they want to. E\ery foot of grass
killed means that much more life
for *'Onie kid.''
POItMKIt GOVERNOR (LARK
vwoi xcks his rritcHASK
The following card han been re
ceived from the former governor
of Alaska:
"Walter E. Clark announces that
he has purchased the entire assets
of the News-Mail Company and that
having organized a new corporation
under the "name of 'Tilt* Charles
ton Mail Association.' to take over
the newspaper and other property of
the former company, he will, as
president and general manager of
its successor, continue the publi
cation of The Charleston Mail as a
daily newspaper at the capital of
West Virginia."—Juneau Dispatch.
I
Galveston, April 30—^lio Fifth
t-avalary field artillery sailed from
here today for Vera Cruz. When
they reach that city General Fuu
ston will have a camp-ete unite
prepared for an advance upon Mex
ico City.
300 AUTGISTS
i
Naples, Italy April oO—Throe
hundred members of the Italian
Touring Club, with their auto
mobiles, left here today on board
rhe steamer Solunto for a tour of
Tripoli in automobiles. T'I:i1is o[ the
club call for a trip over I'll of Tri
poli that up to tho present inomeat
has been sufficiently wrested from
ihe native tribes by the Italian
soldiers as to permit of' automobile
without the danger of having a tire
or one's hide punctured by a native
bullet.
We, the members of the W. P. A.
flub baseball team hereby accept
th» rhuUenge issued yesterday
Ihrough the columns of the Daily
Alaskan by the "Monkey Wrenchc-,"
for a match game, to take place
on the afternoon of Sunday, April
3d, at the grounds of ;Ite W. P. A.
club association, game to be rill
ed at 2:30:
A. C. Blanchard First Base.
A. Rapuzzl rhird Base,
B. Watts Second Base.
M. Phelps Catcher.
V. A. Peterson .. .. JUght field.
L. Crepeau Shortstop.
C. Crepeau Pitcher.
\V. Bledsoe Left field.
G. Black .. .. . . Center field.
A. J. Baker and W. Crov.ier, Sub.
R. Rapuzzi, Manager.
At the conclusion of the game
Lb ere will be a inciting in the W.
P. A. club gymnasium for the pur
pose of organizing a regular base
ball team to uphold the honor of
Skagway during the coming season
in the various contests that will
likely taka place between White
horse, Skaway, Ft. W. 1J. Seward,
rreadwell and Juneau teams, al
though we are informed that both
the latter teams are this season
Importing considerable profes ional
timber from the outside.
Tho Princess May is due in Skag
svay on Saturday.
"Too Much Mustard," cue of the
biggest two-step hits in recent
years, at Elk's Dance, Saturday.
Christie's Soda Biscuits
These celebrated Canadian biscuits
Can now be Bought from Us At
40c per tin-2 lbs.
Will keep fresh for months
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. - ,
ur
ri-BAGh I;
Washington, D. C., April 30—Sat
urday next lias been f.jn>ointed by
the Suffrage leaders lure as Nat
ural Suffrage Day, and H. is expect
ed that demonstrations v/ill take
place in every state in the union.
ill prPfii/CDiMl
narrow!; jc; . 1 !>ur;,ii alive, l',jr
oz C'abrero, an in- il conductor,
is reported to bo slo\ i;. recovering
from the :.!io>. k in a Barcelona hos
pital. The first :i "■ "its died" his
■
a splendid funeral, mtnks being
hired to say prije a contiguously in
tlie room wh» -re he J.iy in state. On
the second .• . i j supplied corpse
bliddeniy sat tip and shouted: "Go
awayl 1 don'i like i mks. Anyway,
I'm not dead." The monks, panic
strkken, rushed from the room.;
Doctors wei summoned, l.ut Cab
nounced dead. i. :ier, during the
thrown violent!., lo the • round and
Cabrero again appeared., waving his
fists and c.nu tly protesting against
the proceedings. This time the medi
cal treatment v s more successful
and he was removed to the lios-1
Pita I with all t!v chaucw in favor of j
!iis returning ii«3 work in a few
weeks, -
WASH! N< ITOX UliAM.V. !'l-:s
MAK!\U GOOD :v EAST
flfcil>!», A; ril 30—V. nshiugton
men and women wlio have gone
< >t for graduate work have in al
most every instance c ade good
and the splendid re. ordg of those
who have remained in I ho east to
follow ihcir chosen line.-: of work
have do >e much to give V.. shington ;
an em I iblo place in th- scholastic ,
ranks ol' Atiie ' ut uuivtr- ities.
dent Henry L » during his re-1
cent hurried trip of a raonh among'
the princijvl colleges a i unlver-'
sities of the country, ; s he told it1
to the members of the ' nlversity'
Press club when ;hey met in his
office recently for the first time
since his return.
Loudon, April 30—It is thought
that a compromise of the home
rule question is near at hand, as
the leaders of the opposing factions
are in conference today.
Fairbanks, April 30—Fairbanks
is to have a mighty hunter in her
midst this summer, In the person of
August Belmont, accompanied by
one or two companions. Harry Kars
tens, a noted guide, has received a
letter requesting that lib make ar
rangements for the hunt after big
game. He slates that the party ex
pects to reach Fairbanks during the
latter part of July and will try and
leave for the Mt. McKinley country
sometime in August. Mr. Karstens
i-. instructed in the lef.er to get
everal good pack animals, together
with a suitable outfit for at least
four months. Mr. Karstens says that
lie will take the party to the Mt.
McKinley region with a motor boat,
leaving the pack stock to come over
land. The time will then be spent
in tho Tokla*. country.
Dover, England, April 30—Two
hundred members off the American
Hotel Men's Benefit Association to
day were expected to reach Dover,
the third stop planned in the forty
eight day tour to include the larg
er cities of Great Britain and
Kurope. The hotel men planned to
visit also, Ostende and Brussels to
day. A reception at the former city
had been arranged by the Hotel
Proprietors' Association of Ostende.
Sight seeing and inspection of the
great hotels of Brussels will be the
program in that city. Thy Americans
were to leave Brussels late this
evening for Cologne where they
will be honor guests at receptions
there tomorrow.
" Hard to Fit"
Some men are called
"hard to fit;" others
just think they are.
But any man. of
whatever figure, can
be fitted in clothes
here. We have made
special preparations
for men of odd and
unusual sizes; stout
men, very large men,
tall men. Drop in and
look over the line.
Spring' Hats and Shoes
Now on Display
WILL CLAYSON—Clothier