No. 45 SEVENTEENTH YEAR SKAGWAV ALASKA, THURSDAY. MARCH 26, 1914 PRICE 10 CENTS
BILL IS UNDER
CONSIDERATION
Washington, March 26—Consid
eration was begun yesterday by the
Houi-o Public Lands committee of
anot.ier "administration" bill—that
for development, free from monop
oly, of coal, oil, phosphate and oth
er mineral sources of the public
domidn. It provides a leasing sys
tem , excepting Alaskan coal lands,
whica are provided f<W in a separ
ate .ueasui'9. '
Secretary of the Interior Lane
who drafted the bill, was invited
before the House committee® to in
augurate hearings 'ipon it. Presi
dent Wilson has given his approv
al in its general features. Western
- senators aud representatives, who
conferred with Lane also approve
the general leasing plan, which is
adopted as the adiuiaisfratiou sys
tem of opening and developing Un
cle Sam's resources which have
leen locked up tight for years.
The bill proposes that all leas
ing fees shall be paid 'o the In
terior department, half to be us
ed in reclamation projects and the
other half to be given to the states
in which the leased land is situ
ated for public schools, public
works or other state improvements.
For development of oil lands, the
bill proposes "prospectors' licen
ses" for limited areas up to 256
acres and, if oil is discovered, that
the prospector shall receive one
fourth of the tract free for his work
A royalty of 2 cents a ton and an j
acreage charge of from 25 cents to
51 per acre for coal leases are pro
vided. Stringent provisions against
monopolization are included la the
I'll. The hearings will continue I
for about three weeks.
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H ST. LOUIS
St. Louis, March 26—Intended
to reduce the freight rate from St.
Louis to Xew Orleans, a new steel
self propelled barge line, is sched
uled to open service within the
next few days. The line whiich
will be operated by the Alabama
& Xew Orleans transportation com
pany. has been iudorsed by the
traffic bureau of the Business J
Men's league. ' (
f (Dawson News.)
Resident .Manager Charles Boyla
; o' the Canadian Klondyke reports
between 300 and 400 men at work
on the company's propreties at
Bear creek, near Ogilvie bridge, at
Coal creek and elsewhere near Daw
son. The first dredge. No. 4, is
expected to start about March 24,
and the others soon afterward.
Last year it was March 31 wheu
the first diedge started. No. 2
dredge is expected to be ready by
the first of April for operations this
season. Nos. 1 and 3 will be got
ten into shape and start a little
later than the others. No. 4 is !
now near Ogilvie bridge, and No.
3 is this side. No. 2 is near Bear,
and No. 1 is on Hunker.
The Coal creek power plai.t also
is to be started in a few days. A
large crew of men is working there.
The Yukon Gold company has
begun preliminary work for the
season, but will not put on heavy
crews for a little while yet. The
Klondike has all the men required
for the season, and there is nothing
to warrant an influx of labor into
the country this season. However,
for those who want to prospect in
the hills and can bring enough to
outfit themselves there are end
less chances and no end of room.
PREPARES IP
FOR PRESIDENT
Washington, March 24—Alfred
H. Brookes, of the United States
Geological« Survey, is preparing a
relivf may of Alaska to plac ein
the White House for President
Wilarn so that the latter may
study the railroad situation at his
convenience.
APPLICATION MADE FOR
CHISANA TIMBER LAND
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Application has been made to the
kind office at Juneau by D. Mc
Queston for a permit to cut one
million feet of mining timber in
the Chisana river valley. This is
the first official connection that the
Juneau land office has had with
the- Chlsaiia mining district. f
iJDST A FEW NECESSITIES:
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+ for parties going to the New Diggings *
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+ 8 and 12 inch Rubber Packs—Hip Boots +
* Miners' Leather Shoes * !
* Large Size Heavy Wool Blankets * j
f Heavy Wool Sox Sheep Lined Moccasins £
* Fur, Wool, and Leather Lined Mitts *
^ Heavy Wool Underwear—Blanket Lined +
J Coats and Pants and Sweaters *
* Fur and Cloth Caps J
* 7 x 9 and 8 x 10-3 ft. Wall 10 oz. Duck Tents +
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t CEPTION of Groceries and Hardware *
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Cambridge, March 26—No more
of this "wilds of Africa, rosy dawn
in the Orient and camels of Novice"
stuff for Harvard musical come
dies. The Harvard union will throw
another musical treat tonight—all
"home stuff", Harvard Square,
Washington Elm, Wellesley belles
and Crimson heroes. The show
was arranged by Keut Bronley. The
book is by P. J. Ronior. Half a
dozen budding geniuses contributed
the song hits.
AILBOAOS FILE
STATEMENTS
Washington, March 26—Railroads
today filed with the Inter, 'a'.> Com
merce Commission statements as to
tlie amount of free time allowed for
loading and unloading carload
freight. These statements were
made in connection with the com
mission's Investigation of requests
tor increases in rates on Eastern
lines. '
IS IRELAND
Belfast, Irolond, March 25—
rhere was r. riot here early this
aorniug caused by a clash between
British regulars and Ulster men.—
Loudon, March 25—The Kiog is
severely criticised for not &end
ng ar< army against the Ulsterites.
Dayton, March 26'—Exactly one
•ea- ago yesterday mountainous
•orrents ripped open the banks of
:he Ohio cities and its tributaries,
earing through Dayton and other
Dhio cities and villages, left death
ind Inestimable damage in their
)ath. Eighty one lives were snuf
'ed out by the disastrous floods
>f a year ago, and yesterday the
uiniversary was appropriately ob
served here and elsewhere by mass
neetings in ppublic halls and by
special services in many church
rs. President Wilson had been urg
?d to speak here but press of im
portant business of state kept him
'rom attending.
Capt. Larsen, -who has been un
ler the weather for several days,
from the effects of a bad cold is
'gain albe to be around.
COHTESTS WILL
CLOSE TONIGHT
Detroit, March 26—Chicago, Kan
sas City, Indianapolis and St. Paul
today entered bids to entertain
next year's amateur" and profession
al roller skating championships.
This year's meeting which opened
March 12, closes here tonight It
has been conducted under the aus
picees of the International Skating
Union of America, the British Ath
letic Union and the National Skat
ing Association of Great Britain.
RICH STRIKE OH
E. Schink and Tom O'Brien got
in Saturday night from Donjek
and report a strike on discovery
on O'Brien creek by McLaughlin
and partners, running seven to
thirty cents to the pan, with four
to five feet of gravel and soft bed
rock carrying pay. McLaughlin
will be here this week, they say,
to get a boiler. The ground is lo7
feet deep.1—Dawson News.
Boston, March 26—Six hundred
Roxbury citizens will banquet to
night in i Intercolonial Hall and
plan the opening of a twelve day
campaign for a fund of $100,000 to
erect a new home for the Rexbury
Boys' Club.
GREAT VICTORY
Mexico City, March 26—The gov
ernment bulletins here today an
nounce that General Vila, the reb
el commander in chief, was routed
at Torreon yesterday with great
slaughter. '
WILL IT TALK
Seattle, March 26—Major. J. B.
Cavanaugh refuses to comment up
on the report that he may be ap
pointed by President Wilson to |
build the Alaska railroad. '
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We beg to inform you that we have received
a full line of imported Fourres or Austrian dainties
made by Hartwig & Vogel, of Dresden and Vienna,
which contain the true fruit juices the moulds re
present them to be, or if in other forms contain Al
mond Paste, Chocolate and Nut centres.
These goods are are the highest of the confectioner's
art and besides being very delicious to use as -
table decorations for all occasions.
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SKAGAVAY, ALASKA. *
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THEV HAGGLE
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Brussels, March 26—The Bel
gian customs officers on the French
frontier hvae been warned co use
more common sense and less red
tap© iu the future. The rebuke was
the result of a fire in the village
of Les Ballons. Fearing that the
whole place would be swept, the
mayor telephoned an urgent appeal
for assistance to the fire depart
ment of the French town of Wattre
lcs, just across the border. The
Frenchmen responded promptly with
their motor engine, but on reach
ing the frontier they were stopped
by a customs officer. Iu vain they
protested that they weie going to
a fire, but, after consulting with
his colleagues, the officer flatly
refused permission to theui to
cross with the engine, as they were -J
not provided with the required "mo
tor tourists" license.
While they were arguing, the
fire, which was only 1Q0 yards
from the frontier was spreading,
but finally the officers compromis
ed by allowing them to string a
line of hose across the border, the
engine remaining on French soil.
After an hour's, liar.d work they
extinguished the flames, receiv
ed the thanks of the mayor, and re
turned to France.
St. Petersburg, March26—The re-1
cent sufferings of the political ex
iliies at Narym have been made the
subject of a formal protest to the |
Minister of the Interior by the La- ;
bor group in the Duma. A letter '■
describing conditions {here says i
the exiles are in danger of starva
tion, their appeals to the govern
or for relief remaining unheeded.
Among the complaints, the com
missary of police is charged with
having dispersed a group of exiles
who were boarding together, de
claring that such a gathering con
stituted an unlawful assembly. An
sxile named Mme. Solovyoff was i
recently incarcerated in a "punish- !
ment cell'* for a week, together |
with her child, for the offense of ]
teaching the little one to read. •
HOCK SLIDE
NEAR THE SHOPS
On the steep hillsides to the
east of the Skagway valley, be
tween Moore's wharf and the rail
rond shops, at short intervals, there
n ay be seen evidences of earth
and rock slides that have taken
pjc.ce in times gone by.
Yesterday about 1 o'clock as
Lee Gault, ticket agent of the W.
P. & Y. R. company, who lives at
the east end of 22d street, just
west of the railroad track, was
getting ready to leave home for
the office he heard a tremendous
noise and lookng up at the side of
the mountain saw an avalancho of
earth and stone coming down head
ed directly for his dwelling.
Before he had time to take any
action looking toward the safety
of his family, email boulders, some
of them six inches hi diameter,
had leaped the railroad track and
were pounding against the fence
surrounding the yard of the house.
Fortunately the railroad track prov
ed itself a safety barrier, for by the
time the debris had crossed it
the force of tho descent had been
so much lessened that but little
damage was afterward possible.
That there was great force
behind the slide was attested by
the fact that a great stump that
was in its road was smashed to
splinters and almost demolished
while a two foot section was brok
en out of one of the rails on the
W. P. & Y. R. tracks. »
. Washington, March 26—Party
are being wiped out £u the
bitter contest over the question
of the Panama tolls. f
THE BOATS..
The Humboldt was reported at
Ketchikan at 9 o'clock this morn
ing and will likely reach Skagway
tomorrow afternoon. 1
The Spokane will leave Seattle
for the north tonight at 9 o'clock.
Register tonigkt-7:30 to 10
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