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No. 29 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
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D
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Washington, March 6, 3 p. m.~The Alaska Railroad Bill, as re
ported by the conference committee, passed the House late today
and will be sent at once to President Wilson for his signature.
JAMES FLEW
IS EXECUTED
Hartford, Conn., March 6—James
Plew, companion of Bessie Wake
field, "the woman who never had
a chance", convicted with her - of
murdering her husband last
June, was hanged Wednesday in
the "dea;h yard"' at Weathersfield
state prison. Plew and Mrs. Wake
field both were sentenced on No
vember 5, to die on the gallows,
following Plew's admission that he
planned the murder and aided the
woman, who is but 24, carrying it
out. Judge L. F. Burpee passed
sentence.
Immediately the woman was sen
tenced to be hangeed a statewide
fight was begun to save her from
the gallows. The fight soon he
came nation-wide, but Governor
Baldwin declared he could not com
mute the sentence to life imprison
ment. It was argued that Connect
icut has not taken the life of a wo
man by hanging for more than 100
years; that Plew exerted an almost
supernatural influence over the wo
man, wno had been maltreated by he
husband both before and after th6ir j
marriage. She has twc children liv
ing, a bov six years old and a girl
of 4. Shortly after the court order
ed both Plew and Mrs. Wakefield to
be hanged on March 4, the woman's
lawyer secured a reprieve for her
until the court meets later this j
month to receive the complete print
ed r -cords of the case.
COURT AFFIRMS
REEDER VERDICT
Dan Refder's judgment for $5,000
against '.ne Copper River & North
western railway has been affirmed
by tiie circuit court, of appeals at
San Francisco. The judgment was
recovered last May a' the Cordova
term of court.
Reeder was badly injured by the
second cave-in at the Chitina tun
nel, Augiui 7, 1911. He was work
ing on the reconstruction of the
tunnel.
87 CANDIDATES
IK THE FIELD
Flint Mich., March 6—Ninety
seYen names of candidates appear
ed on the election ballots Wednes
day when Flint vo'.era went to the
polls for the city primaries.
iGoyis
ARE NEEDED
Boston, March 6—Archdeacon
Stuck of Alaska declared here to
day that railroads are unnecessary
in Alaska, but that t system of
wagon roads is much needed.
DN IHElAY I
TO CORDOVA!
Maurice D. Leehey, one of the
foremost mining lawyers on the Pa
cific coast, with offices in Seattle,
was a passenger on the Alameda
yesterday for Cordova to attend the
March term of court. He is going
as attorney for James, the discov
erer of the Chisana gold diggings,
by whom he Is accompauied, sever
al of whose claims were- jumped dur
ing the past winter while James
was outside.
FATHER DUNCAN CUTS
OFF THE WATER SUPPLY
Controlling the pipe line from
the high mountains of Annette Is
land, Southeastern Alaska, Father
Duncan, aged missionary to the
Tsimpean Indians of Metlakahtla has
cut off the fresh water supply of
the village as punishment for "his
children" who have been rebellious,
and as an expression of defiance
to the United States government.
JUST A FEW NECESSITIES
Just a few of the Needful Articles
for parties going to the New Diggings
8 and 12 inch Rubber Packs—Hip Boots
Miners' Leather 5hoes
Large Size Heavy Wool Blankets
Heavy Wool Sox Sheep Lined Moccasins
Fur, Wool, and Leather Lined Mitts
Heavy Wool Underwear—Blanket Lined
Coats and Pants and Sweaters
Fur and Cloth Caps
7x9 and 8 x 10-3 ft. Wall 10 oz. Duck Tents
IN FACT, WE HAVE EVERYTHING
FOR THE niNER WITH THE EX
CEPTION of Groceries and Hardware
H. J. LYNCH
The Up To Date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41
SKAGWAY
SHY ELKS
ELECT OFFICERS
Skagway Lodge No. 431, B. P.
O. E., held its regular anuual elec
tion last night at which the follow
ing officers were elected for the
ensuing year:
Exalted Ruler, James Kennedy.
Est. Ldg. K., Lee C. Gault.
Est. Loy. K., F. J. Vandewall.
Est. Lect. K., W. E. Batson.
Secretary, Geo D. Magee.
Treasurer, P. H. Gauty
Tiler, Hugo Ungefroren.
rustee (3 years), W. C. Blanch
ard.
Delegate to Grand Lodge, W. R.
Hiilery.
Alt. Delegate to Grand Lodge, G.
G. Miller.
A fact deserving of mention In
connection with the above is that
James Kennedy, who was elected
Exalted Ruler for the ensuing term,
is the first native born Alaskan
who has ever been raised to that j
position in the territory. Mr. Ken
nedy has the distinction of being
the first white child born in the
city of Juneau.
Reno, Nevada, March 6—Former
U. S. Senator Massey died on the
train4 today from heart failure,*
while on his way to California.
Salem, Oregon, March 6—In an
endeavor *o stop the flow of circu
lar letters into Oregon from alleg
ed "lecture bureaus" which offer to
supply students expecting to gradu
ate from high high schools or col
lege this spring with orations or es
say^ on any possible subject, State
School Supl. J. A. Churchill is on
the trail of the "canned oration"
producers with threats to prosecute
under the law regulaing correspon
dence schools.
Not only do the bureaus offer to
furnish students wi'h anything from >
a "valedictory" to a "class proph- ]
ecy" but they offer to furnish "very j
cleverly written presentation ad
dresses" for the chairman of the.
school board.
The Humboldt was reported in
Wrangell at 2 o'clock this after
noon and will probabl • reach Skag
way tomorrow afternoon.
BOAT SERVICE
TO BE IMPROVED
Vancouver, B. C., March 6—An
important meeting of Feight &
Passenger officials of C. P. R. S. S.
lines was held in Capt. Troup's of
fice, Thursday, February 26th, to
which the Skagway an3 Prince Rup
ert General agents were invited, and j
their views as to business in their I
respective districts were discussed. ]
The regular Thursday sailings
from Skagway will be resumed on
or about June 1st, and the steam
ers Princess Sophia and Princess
May will be augmented by the mag
nificent new 19 knou steamship,
Princess Alice, which will operate
for tourists and other business at
the heigh* of the season, and also
during the fall rush in October.
Special descriptive advertising mat
ter will be gotten out for the Alaska
service.
It has been also now definitely
decided to place the palatial steam
ship Princess Charlotte in the Al
aska Tourist service iu 1915, when
the very finest possible service will
be inaugurated and the very best
class of world travellers catered to,
and for which suitable advertising
matter is being prepared.
Any lessons learned from the op
eration of the Princess Alice in
1914, will be used to advantage in
the 1915 service.
ILL BEAT
IHE WORLD
Howard W. Thompson of Bost
ton, a mining prospector who has
spent the last eight months in the
north, says: "The coast country of
Alaska from Cook's Inlet to Ketch
ikan, will be recognized as the Jo
hannesburg district of this contin
ent within a few years. Even the
people who have traveled that coun
try for years do not recognize its
wealth. The work now going on dn
Juneau will be considered small
in the light of future developments.
Miners have been rushing into the
interior 'or years, but now they
are coming back to *he coast and
capital is taking interest."
VALDEZ HAS TWO
NEW COUNCILMEX
John Biggs and J. C. Martin, of
Valdez, have been elected members
of the city council to fill the va
cancies caused by the absence of
two members of the board from the
city. Councilman Charles McCal
lum is 'u Nelchina and Councilman
Wheat is ill in Seattle. The matter
of requiring voters to register was
discussed but dropped without ac
tion.^ _
Fillets Of Finnan Haddie
Just received direct
from Vancouver.
We offer this excel
lent Fish at 20c lb.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. j
LEASES DOCK
IN SEATTLE
The Swan Navigation Co. has
leased the Seattle Port Commission
Dock No. 1, at the foot of Bell St.,
for the purpose of handling Alaska
freight.
I The Rochelle, the freighter which
came into Skagway Wednesday, be
longs to the Swan Navigation Co.
and was put on to take the place
o* the Bertha. She will sail from
Seattle on her next northern voyage
on the 10th.
BIG lis"
ARE PLANNED
J. D. Meenacb, the well known
Alaskan mining man, has succeeded
in interesting Arizona and British
Columbia capitalists in copper prop
erties in the Kamishak Bay dis
trict. Mr. Meenach developed the
EUamar mine and was the first to
ship copper ore in commercial quan
tities out of Alaska.
KaDfisliak Bay is in the Cook
Inlet country, which is served by
vessels of the Admiral line. In
connection with the opening of the
claims and the development of the
properties, which are said to be the
richest in the entire Cook Inlet
country, Mr. Meenach is planning
the construction of a railroad 16
miles long from the mines to tide
water.
Big shipments of railroad equip
ment and supplies will be sent
north, beginning early in April. It
is planned to build bunkers with a
capacity of 5,000 tons of ore at
either end of the railroad to facili
tate the handling of the shipments.
—Valdez Miner.
The W. P. & Y. Koute regular
train wfcu' out this morning at 9
o'clock with 75 passengers for in
terior points.
Wm. Dritt, the Skagway and Ju
neau druggist, arrived from the
latter place yesterday to look af
ter his interests here. He expects
to return to Juneau on the Hum
boldt tomorrow.
FITTING OUT
Vallejo, Calif., March 6—The re
ceiving ship Cleveland is to be fit
ted out immediately it is stated
here today, and will probably take
U. S. troops to Mexico.
CITY MANAGER
Colorado Springs, Colo., March 6
—Colorado Spr'ngs may follow the
example of Dayton, O., and adopt
the city manager form of govern
ment, it was believed here today, as
the result. of a recent visit of Clinton
Rogers Woodruff, of Philadelphia,
secretary of the National Municipal
League, .since Dayton adopted the
plan, fifteen American cities have
followed suit. Woodruff urged the
plan here.
FOR POLICE
Paris, March 6—Prefect of Po
lice Henn'on today opened his much
heralded school for Policemen. The
basic principal of all courses will be
to train oolicemen to act according
to common sense rather than al
ways following explicitly the rigid
rules set down in the Paris police
manual. All present members of
the Paris force of police will attend,
after which recruits will have to at
tend for from three to six months
before becoming eli^ibit, for mem
bership cn the fores.
Fourteen thousand feet of lum
ber and three tons of boat mater
ial went ever on this morning's
train to Whitehorse, consigned to
Captain Raymond oi that place.
There were also seven carloads
of horsfs for interior points.
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WILL CLAYSON—Clothier