PRICE 10 CENTS
Word was received at the W. P
& Y. Route office here late yes
terday aftruoou that J. E. Dod
d idg \ an unassigned pilot on one
0-; the river boats, had died at
Whltotiorse. Capt. J. O. Williams, of
Whiu-horse, will reach here oa to
1-.iglu s train with the remains, and
v.ill 'urn them over fo Undertaker
1... A. Harrison, who will prepare
them for shipment to the outside
by the time Mrs. Poddndge, who
has beeu notified, reaches here on
The next northern voyage of the
Dolphin.
DENVER GLACIER
IS STILL THERE:
"T o eiln^ior is still thert, and th
trail !•» iu fair shape.''.
; - the report made by Messrs
orli i' :e and Ja- k Keller,
. ;l return Suuday.
e two r~en. armed with cam
.ocxlly lunch, left at six
s r lay morning, and by ten
ock ••'i .re it the foot of the huge
d: ice The day v,as perfect
> mush, and the trail from
r !v y track up to the glacier
v. j exceptionally g.-.od shape
ing ;he early season, snow
^ c:.( ou ered ouly iu a few
places, an I then only iu small
In speak:: s of the trip Mr. Kel
i-v stated to a representative r»f
s paper that undoubtedly the
scenic grandeur of the girder would
be even greated' this year than for
several years past, as the first warm
weather will undoubtedly cause a
J'reat mass of ice to fall out of a
crevasse, forming a greater ice
cave than he has seen sioce he has
been paying visits to the spot. The
lower portiou is still dirty from the
debris whi h collected through the
winter months, and needs a good
rain to cleanse it off, while the
upper part is bright and appears to
be ready to cast immense masses
M«-.--r.-. 1: jagu and Keller reach
t-'l town • > o'clock in the after
- made the distance of
in C'!2 hours. Thty both
•cur 1 son e very fine photos.
THE LAND OF THE
Swinging away from the winter's
snow
And the slanting rays of the sun.
We're entering now the- land of
delight,
The land of the hit and run.
A fresh smile comes to the old
world's face
The days of our longing are done.
As we walk in fields of walloping
might,
The fields of the hit and run.
There base hits sing their sweet
est lays,
There ineshes of errors r.re spun;
In this land we're entering from
the night,
The land of the hit and run.
As announced In yesterday's issue
of the Daily Alaskan a Meeting of
the officers of the Skugway base
ball club was held last i.ight at
Lhe W. P. A. club rooms for the
purpose of perfecting arrangements
Tor the opening of the baseball sea
son here and also for the further
purpose of devisiug ways and mo;:;is
"or the purchase of paraphernalia
tor the members of the 'earn, m '■
mndries for the use of the club.
As one nieins 'of deriving rev
enue it was decided to give a bene
it ball at the W\ P. A. club gym
nasium on the night of Saturday,
May, 23rd, and in view of the
>bject for which it is to be given
here can be no doubt but that a
}anner crowd will be iu attendance
>n that occasion. The boys de
serve all the assistance, financially
md otherwise, that can be consist
ently given them, for upon their
equipment and efficiency will de
fend entirely whether or not Skag
.vay shall retain the proud pos:
ion she has always held in the
ront ranks of contestants in the
ntemational athletic events that
iave been of annual occurrence in
:he north for years past.
On Sunday, 17th instant, if the
weather is propitious, the Skagway
aaseball team wilt play a return
game at Ft. W. H. Seward with the
boys in blue, whom they worsted
last Sunday on the grounds here
after a close battle. The Peterson
will make a special trip for the
purpose of taking the team down in
the morning of that day, leaving
3ere about 11 o'clock
Have you tried candy "pillows"
it. Keller's? Thev arc some candy.
50c the pound. Fresh and pure. A
new Portland product.
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 EVENINGS
H. J. LYNCH
The Up To Date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41 SKaGWAY
The following, taken from the
Chicago Examiner, evidently refers
to Captain James Alexander, own
' or and manager of the Engineer
mine. In Northern British Columbia,
j ho passed through Skagway last
' fall ou his way outside. If the ac
j count be true, which we have no
reason to doubt, we beg t;i offer our
earnest coagratulaions to the happy
! couple:
Miss Abbie Williams, the "pret
tiest nurse in St. Luke's Hospital,"
! tlopcd Tuesday at noon with Cap
tain James Alexander, formerly of
I the British army, said to be a mil
, lionairo and manager of a large
group of mines in Alaska, owned by
an Knglish syndicate.
Tho elopement took place just |
two weeks after Captain Alexander!
became ill and was seat to the
hospital from the Biackstone Hotel.
Miss Williams, who was to have
been a member of the graduation
class in September was designated
to be his nurse.
Captain Alexander left the hos
pital Friday and every day after j
that, including Tuesday, so the'
nuns08 say, "Billie" as i'iss Wil
liams was called by her class mates,
bad lunch with the English army
officer.
She arranged her hours for this J
luncheon and Tu«-sday when 8he
went away she never returned to
the hospital.
"I just wanted to tell you girls I
good-by," "Billie" said over the tele-1
phone Tuesday.
The whole hospital system had |
been re-organized when she failed
to return from lunch and the nurses
were worried.
"I sot. married today at 4 o'clock.
You remember the man I nursed
1 -it week—Captain Alexander. It |
was a shame not to let you girls
in ou it, but I just couldn't. That's
where I've been getting all that I
candy I've been feeding you girls j
jecently.
"Where are we going to live?
Nowhere right yet. I'm leaving in a
few minutes for the west and then
we go to Alaska where I'll stay a
while.
"1 never thought I'd have such |
luck with a husband. It seemed J
from the first day that I couldn't
help loving him, so you rausen't be
shocked over anything happening so
quickly. I'll write you letters. Good
! bye."
And that's all the girls know
about It.
Captain Alexander, who came
from New York to Chicago to buy
| machinery, had been la the city
i only a few days when he became
ill.
Miss Williams, who is an orphan,
came from Milwaukee.
Ed. Harry receeived a message
from White horse this morning lu
| forming him that his ir.othor, Mrs.
Katherine Barry, agel 60 years,
who is stopping with her daughter,
Mre. Jas. Murray, at that place, had
suffered a. stroke of paralysis a
short time before the telegram was
sent. Mr. Barry went out on the
train and was at his mother's bed
side early this afternoon.
II
A!
At a meeting of the people of
Whltehorse, held in that town lJtst
week, it was decided to have the
annual celebration of the birthday
of King George of England oil Sat- |
urday, May 30th, instead of wait-1
ing until the sixth of June, at which
latter time it is probobie that the
river will be open for navigation |
and everyone connected in any
way with transportation business
will have their hands full and be
unable to take part.
Since the above gathering the fin
ance committee has been busy and I
waa expected to report «i a meet
ing called for last night the amount
of money that had been subscribed.
It was also the intention to make
appropriations for the various fea
tures of the celebration at this
meeting.
The committee on music has been j
In communication with Col. McCoy,
commanding officer at Ft. W. II.
Seward, and has been assured of the
attendance of the regimental band
from the post, provided the troops
are not transferred before the dai ■
of the celebration.
The following invitation from the j
secretary of the celebnit'on coi
mittee has been received:
Whitehorse, Yukon,
May 8th, 1914.
The Daily Alaskan,
Skagwav.
The people of Whitehorse wish to
extend to the Daily Alaskan and,
through its inestimable columns, t"
tho people of Skagway, the Skag
way ball team, tennis team and
athletes, a cordial invitation to at
tend our annual celebration in hon
or of His Majesty, King George V
of England, tho same to be held in
Whitehorse, on Jaturday, the 30th
day of May, 1914.
J. A. GRANT
Sec. Celebration Com.
Vienna, May 11—On Uie ground j
that it was dangerous to the state
the Austrian government has sup
pressed the "Culture Club," a cur- j
ious organization of schoolboys thaL;
has existed in the capital for a nun;
ber of years, but which cnly recent
ly applied for a charter.
When a copy of the constitution:
of the club was laid before the
Home Office and the Board of Edu
cation, the officials were horrified
and promptly had the clubhouse
raided and closed.
Among the objects of the organi
zation were: abolition of the home:
election of school-teachors by the
pupils; recall of unpopular teach
ers; members to "put pressure" on
their parents so as to obtain flats
for their own use. investigation
showed that "putting pressure"
meant threatening suicide.
Quality Candy
We have just opened another
consignment of the eplendid "John
ston" line ol package chocolates.
This candy is the most popular in
Skagway, due to the epleudid qual
ity of the goodfl and originality of
the package. Sold frou 50c to
$1.00 according to size.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
0EMAI3G RELEASE
OF y. 8. CONSUL
Washington, D. C.( Miy 12—-Dc
mands have been made for the in
stant release ot consul S>ll!inun.
Milwaukee, May 12—7'iiree are
dead and many injured in a tor- |
nado which swept over Dr.ue county
today.
Fairbanks, May li—The ice
jam in the river l:oro to.'ay broke
serious flood was d'>> ^io-s thereby
averted.
PEKSOXAL.
A. J. Achiscn :'.nd vi'e have re
moved from tho V-. ,.vay laundry
to a house they bnvc recently had
repaired at the northu ■ ; corner of
The Cajfwri;-ht ' nil; , together
with their ho...-,o|icid c'feets and
i. coup of chii ksns, le.'- on this
morning's . rin ,or their hom(*stead
on the east fork of the Skagv.-ay
river.
Joe M;iheron, of the rolger Cof
fee and Sp. e Co., and \\". Aiken, of
the Schilling's Best Coffee Co., left
on the train this monii .g for in
terior points. It i • their Intention
to cottte out by ihe way o? St. Mich
ael and Nome.
ATTKXTIOX K.U.I KS
There will be a special meeting
of Skagaway Airie .m) F. 0. E.
tonight at S:SO p. m. Ail members
are requested to he present.
Elmer Witfeler.
\\\ P.
J. M. Keller
W. Secry.
LEAVE FOR COAST
OK SATURDAY
Washington, D. C. May 12—
Lieut. Frederick Mears and Thomas
Riggs, Jr., of the Alaskan engineer
ing commission, will leave Chicago
next Saturday for Seattle. William
C. Edes, the other memoer of the
commission, will leave at the same
time, but will go to San Francisco
first and join the others later at
Seattle.
ILL ESTABLISH
El Paso, May 12—It is rumored
here that General Carranza is plan
ning ihe establishment of a capi
tal at Saliillo in a short time.
J! jJrico City, May 12—Advices re
ceived here say that the rebels were
defeated in the fight yes'erday at
Tampieo.
ffi mm
IN TK STREETS
Vera Cruz, May 12—Advices re
ceived here today state that men
and boys are drilling in the streets
of Mexico City. The only American
official there is Luis Danton, and
ho is a refugee at the Brazilian
legation.
Washington, D. C., May 12—The
supreme court today dismissed the
appeal from the death sentence im
posed upon the Japanese. How, who,
while working at a salmon cannery
al Dundas bay, Alaska, killed an
American workman uamud Frank
Dunn.
It also dismissed the appeal from
r« years' sentence made by Fusli
imi, another Japanese who was con
victed for complicity in the same
murder.
0# -
K2.V.fWCtfe<D
" 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 haye made
special preparations
for men of odd and
unusual sizes; stout
men, very large men,
tall men. Drop in and
look oyer the line.
Spring Hats and SHoes
Nov/ on Display
WILL CLAYSON—Clothier