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T^~ 073"EIGHTEENTH YEAR SKASWAY, ALASKA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 191S PRICE 10 CENTS
AMERICANS WITH PASSPORTS
BEING DETAINED III AUSTRIA
Washington, Dec. 31—Frederick
Court land Penfield, ambassalor ex
traordinary and plenipotentiary to
Vienna baa sent a report to the
State Department in which he
says that Americans now in Aus
tria witnout birth certificates or
Washington, Dec. 31—The of
ficial note from the Austrian gov
ernment in reply to the second note
aent to that country by America in
the Ancona matter has reached the
State Department but has not yet
been translated. It is :under
stood that it states that the com
mander ot the submarine which
sunk the Ancona, causing the
death cf several American citizens
would bo punished.
BRITISH SHIP
slows yp
London, Dec. 31—The British
cruiser Natal, while lying in port
sunk a9 a result of an internal ex
plosicu -which occurred *his morn
ing. It Is feared that m a. rswult
ot explosion a great many lives
were lost The cause of the ex
plosion is unknown, but it Is be
lieved tnat In some way fire start
ed In *ne magazine.
DIRECT TELEPHONE LINKS
BULGARIA AND GEKMANY
Berlin, Dec. 30—(By wireless to
Sayville.) — Direct communication
b» telephone between Berlin and
Sofia has been established. The
first conversation, by way of Nish,
Orsova and Budapest, was held
by the Bulgarian and German war
ministers about the middle of De
cember.
naturalization papers. Blowing
them to be citizens of the "United
Stales are being detained in that
coimtry through the refusal of the
German consuls to endorse the pass
ports of the Americans when they
are presented to them tor their
signatures.
SHOULD BE EAST
London, Dec. 31—The London
Time* comes out la a ctrong ar-»
title this morning in which It la
strongly advocated that Lork Kltch
eucr be sent to the Eastern theatre
a.i l kept there. The article furth
er iutimates that the defects la |
the culmination of war plans axe
largely due to a lack of unity 011
the parts of the heads of the vari
ous departments.
Aibauy. Dec. 31—Mott Osborne,
wu.rdtm of the State i>«-imaa at Sing
Sing, who is under charges of no
<?W to* duty, due to immoral con
duct, resigned his position yes
terday afternoon. Georga W. Kirch
way, former of Columbia Law
school was appointed to fill the va
cancy.
ALA&KA RAILROAD HAS
AGENT IN WASHINGTON
Washington, Ijec. 30—L. R. Har
ris, an employe of the Alaska Rail
road commission In this city has
been designated as an agent of the
commission to receive official or
ders o* the Interstate commerce
commission. The act under yrhich
the Alaska railroad is being built
plactd i* under the jurisdiction of
the interstate commission for the
rata-making purpose and all notices
issui^' by the commission that af
fect Alaska rates will be served
on Harris.
HAVE Y U : FN THOSE
AT LYNCH'S STORE
They certainly have a fine assortment
to choose from.
Every one a new one.
Come in and ser Them. You'll bu sure
to get an idea for your costume.
HI I W^IS THE haberdasher and
l J« L ri' V ri LADIES' FURNISHER
Broadwav betweer Tl.irr nrd Fourth Phone 41
GREETING
To our Friends who have beea lenient 'with, us during the
year Just drawing to a close, to our Friends who have given, us
support in a financial way, to our Friends who have assisted
ue In gathering the news from all sourccs, to our Friends, the
officers and crews of the various steamship lines operating
into Skagway, to our Friends hi the White Pass offices and op
erating departments, and to those who number us not among
their Friends, we greet you, and sincerely hope that the year
1916 may bring vou all peace, health, abundance and joy.
THE DAILY ALASKAN
G.O. P. ENDORSE
EX-V.-PRESIOEN1
Inidanapolls, Ind., Dec. 31—Chaa
W. Fairbanks, elected vice presi
dent of the United States in 1904,
hag been endorsed by the republi
can. party In the Btntes of Kentucky
and Indiana for the presidential
nomination at the comhig election.
Kentucky and Indiana stronglv
endorsed the policy of the United
States adopting a strong defense
olau.
MASQUE UAL
A number or yonng m«u and wo
iajit evening put the finishln?
touchoe to the decorations in. the
Athletic club ball room for the
grand masquo bal which will take
place tonight.
It is well that the masks are tc
< • removed before the midnlghl
hour, else the New Year would not
•recognize the people of Skagway,
and that would be a hard blow, for
It Is to be hoped that the Year
1916 will be pleased with our town
and show us much favor during the
coming twelve months.
Howsoever, notwithstanding de
nials to the contrary, it is believed
that there will be many persons
present In costume. All persons
wh^haye been questioned by reprr
sentatives of this paper deny that
they are going to mask. Sunshine
Brown admitted 'hat he is going to
try and disguise himself as an
"insurance agent." Miss Edith
Llddlcoat is going to try and de
ceive hor friends by acting the
part of a "hello" girl. Eva says
that she is going to wear the cos
tume of the "tango" maid. Ken
Hanaan will imitate a tennis player
and "serve" frappe.
All attending in costume must
be on the floor one hour bo that
the judges will have ample time
in which to decide upon the merits
of tne various costumes in order to
mate their decisions without er
ror. The committee requests all
who intend to compete for the
prices to be on the floor at 10
o'clock, as the masks will bo
raised at 11 o'clock, thus giving the
senior is
CONVICTED
Los Angeles, Dec. 31—The case
of the State of California vs.
Mathew A. Schmidt went to the jury
late yesterday afternoon. After
; be.ng out but a few hours, the
jury found tho accused man guilty
' of murder in tho first degree, as
having been an accomplice of SIc
' Namara *n the destruction of the
. Tl.aes building in which several
j iie;-sons lost their lives.
judges one hour la which to make
their selections.
The prize waltz and two-step will
be danced after the masks have
been Temoved.
No unmasked person will be al
lowed on the floor until after 11
. o'clock.
| The music will start at half after
I nine o'clock SHARP.
U7(SU HCOUES FOB
WEEK AX ELKS
Durlnjr the past week several
good scores have b*eu made at
Elks alleys, Oscar Selmer carrying
off 'he greatest number of "200
ct better" scores scoring a total
of 1033 pins ia five games, the in
dividual games belasr, 200, 201, 204,
205, 223. Vic Peterson rolled 201,
and Ferry Hern tied Selmer's high
est score of 223, and rolled one
: game of 203 pins during the week.
The ladies are doing well on
; the alleys, the high scores being,
i Mrs. F. H. Uiigefroren, 92, Mrs.
' Pro-ier Henry Ganty, 190; Mrs.
j Oscar Selmer, 184.
NOME ITEMS
i
| Twenty persons who were broke
were sent outside on. the Bear.
Two white whales and a large
hi'-lr seal were taken, in nets al
most opposite the mouth of Snake
river ;ecently.
Sibley and McLeod are taking out
a load of supplies to the Oregon
creek country. They are down, to
bed rock and will be ready to start
hoisting pay immediately.
i Tha Nome Igloo of the Pioneers
''s now completely repaired and re
novated with the elaborate im
provements carried through from
U p to bottom, making this a
most palatial lodge room.
Wishing
A
Happy New Year
to you all
P. H. GANTY
SIX NEGROES REAP, SEVERAL
WHITES WOUB IN RACE WAR
Blakeley, Georgia, Dec. 31 —
Sev-ral days ago Henry Willlplgue,'
a wealthy planter was mysterious
ly murdered, presumably by negro
e«irloy°e, -who worked on the plan
tation. A posse of whites under
the leadership o£ the Bheriff of
Eaily county, was organized for the
rlECORDS SET ON:
YUKON POINTS,
Tho Interior -weather report of
I yesterday surely showed ,?Some
Wt-acher" for river points.
From the White Pass office it
is given out that tho branjl 0f |
weather now prevailing up the
rivers as far as Whltehoree and
down as far as Damson is record
breaking, and would indicate that
King BOTeas is trying to create an
impression on the eve of Leap Year,
and thus prevent him from having
to serve at the front, for only the
unmarried will be called.
Tho slender glass tube showed
thft spirit well up at all points, 18
above being registered at White
horse, LoweT LeBarge, 16 above;
Ilootallnqufc", 14 above; Big Salmon,
£0 above, Carmacks and Yukon
Crossing 13 above; Selkirk, 10
(above, and Dawson 10 above.
A TltAP GUN WAS LATCH
STRIN'G TO THIS CABIX
3i mew here In the Tolovana there |
is a man who is unworthy to be
s'.iiled such. Certainly he is not
I an Alaskan. Surely he dees not
j know the first rudiments of tho
llitvs of humanity. Without any
I feelings, without any sense of
U-!\ame, he must live the life of
. tlaw and a hermit, for no man
v. :o knew him would dare to speak
t.- oiui in public if the public knew
•vh> he was. This man is the
man who lives In a lonely cabin,
awa-' from the world, the only shel
| l^r for mileB around.
To this little cabin on the bank* '
I of the Tolovana Tlver two weary I
I '
pis -pose of apprehending the sup
po ed murderers, and when they
w> )t to make the arrests, they
wive opposed by a largo force of
n< roes. As a result of the battle
vvi U:h followed, Bix negrooa vie re
kil ed and a number of Vhita men
w. mded.
m "hers plodded not bo very long
at . They knew that they would
fi 1 shelter for the night, and as
th> y did not have the necessary
to' I3 with which to Biwaah it, they
m de an extra long mush to teach
th. j haven of shelter.
Jut what did they find there.
Ti. jy found tacked on the door a
si.. □. That sign informed the
re iler that there was Bet on the
iii ide of the cabin a trap gun, and
th t the first man who opened the
di. ir would lose his hoad for do
in so.
i'his is not a fair sample of the
A: iskm prospector or trappre or
ni ier or anyone Alaskan. This la
no even a fair sample of a human
!>• ng. Had the night been a bitter
cc,d one, had the biting north wind
bi-su blowing, those two Alaskans
w. o mushed many miles to seek
sh -iter might have perished from
co d, ot might have been driven to
ta ;ing a chance and died at the
p<. n* of a gun.
Whether there was in that ca.bin
a loaded gun as the sign said
th -re was or not, is immaterial. The
t! >ught is there, and the man who
prt that sigu there would put the
g' .1 behind it to back up the fiign.
X' a spirit is there, and everyone
k: ows that is not the Alaskan,
S] rU.
If Captain E. J. Smythe and hia
tr veliog companions had been
ii ced to siwash it In 40 below zero
w ather they might have destroyed
ti:» cabin. As it is they slept un
d- p the heavens that night and
n islied on, leaving the sign where
tfc ;y found it, unmolested, a monu
E" ut to a brute masquerading as a
n n, but who will never, and never
c: 1, be considered as an Alaskan.
— Cordova Times.
HOP A OIJNEY
Tonight w'll be a good time to
tr r out the new Jitney service.
P ione No. 8 and Clem will call for
y< u and take you to the Masquer
a- e ball.
Hart, Sc haffner
& M arx
Clothing
O'Doiinell
Shoes
will mm
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