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Historical Llhrnry
ii:<1 M ".iftMtit
No. >4 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY ALASKA, MONDAY. MAY 11, 1914
PRICE 10 CENTS
HE VERDICT
IS SET ASIDE
Wellington, IX C., May 11 The
supreme court today set aside the
i onvictioa of llompers Mitchell and
Morrison for contempt e' court, In
the Buck Rang case the statutes of
limtatlons barred prosecution.
personal.
Several officers of Ft. W. H.
Sew a.■>), i:nong whom was Dr. Mc
Krayer, came up on the Peterson
'■ i'ter ! > to witness the j.tll game
betu ctu a team from the post and a
W. P. A. club toam.
Francis, of Pittsburg, Pa.;
\ -orison. nd F. \V. Brink
Id, of San Ftancisco; F
...1 wife and F. Fenton,
i Si "tie, .ire gUt€ts at the
ili.itely after the baseball
te yesterday between the sol
aud home team, a meeting
for the purpose of organizing a
;e! : > ib was held by the lo
wers in the W. P. A. club
.ut:i. After the meeting had
i called to order, J. M. Tanner
w.ts • iected rrsident of the club
■ nil \' A. Peterson, secretary, after
vhiih the following offi< ers were
i'tv! I" Flaherty, manager;
Bert McKeuzie, ciptain and A. C.
t-rs will hold a meeting
■'ti :o in ike arrangements for
.11 ginie yesterday be
1*:. W. H Seward team
V A. club team, was won
iter by a score ol 4 to 3.
i : the way ihroogh the
io soldier boys were
over ou Skagway,
the last half of the
;cs they had tre best of
the 1-1 iy by 3 to 2. When the \V.
. A club team came to the bat
the eighth, however they
. zed out two scores before they
retired, and their opponents
ere unable to overcome this lead
i the ninth. Each side pl.'yed good
ill 11 the way through, regardless
of the fact that a strong south
wind was blowing and interfered
jomo hat wi'h effective throwing
nud batting A ;;ood &>2e<l crowd
• in\c Owing to the
stron, wind he Sk .gway brass band
li d been announc
>1 :n the Daily Alas
kan of Saturday.
Batavia, Java. May 11—Lillian
Xordica, the famous sli-ijer, died
hero to<lay from nervous prostra
tion follwed by pneumonia.
PERSOXAL.
Why not get in line, by smoking
a LOVERA.
Capt J. C. Green, of the B. V. X.
boat The Yukon accompanied by
his brother, D. Green, is at the
Pullen House on his way to White
horse to assume charge of the ves
sel for the season.
Andrew Grimmett, who had been
employed In the copper mines at
Whitehorse, arrived on the train
Saturday, and left on U.r City of
Seattle Sunday morning for the out
side.
A party of three, composed of
Geo. Paydeu and D. L. I.ane Oi°
Everett, Wash., and B. R. Brittaiu of
Arlington, Wash., came up on the
Mariposa, and are at the Golden
Xorth waiting for tomorrow's train
to proceed on their way, the two
former for Dawson and the latter
to Coffee creek, where he has a
brother.
Capt. Walter Langlev. J. II. Lang
ley and E R. Sondheim, all of the
river boat Tana, came up on the
Mariposa and are stopping at the
Pullen House. The Tana last venr
run up the Tanana river from Fair
banks, but last fall o.i the way
down, owing to the low water, had
to lay up at Tetliu about 100 miles
above Tanana Crossing. Cr.pt. Lang
lev and his companions are now
headed for that point to put the
boat iu commission for the coming
season.
P. D. Wurzbacher, who has beer
appointed from the head office of
the W. P. & Y. Route company in
Seattle as jgeneral as-Mit in 8k as
tir ay, arrived on the Mriposa this
morning accompanied by his sou
Harry- They are gueests at the Gold
en North. Mr. Wurzbacher is well
known in Skawav, lie hav'ng filled
the same position here for about
ten years previous to liio transfer
ence to the Seattle oft'ic.- in 1011.
Harry Wurzbacher. now a well
grown young man in his I'-te 'teens,
was practically raised here, as was
also Miss Marion, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wurzbacher. Mrs.
Wurzbacher and Miss Mary are
still in Seattle, but will come to
Skagway later In the seascn.
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 Good* in Our Line Come In
and Look Over Our Stock
No Hard Feelings and No Harm Done
If You Do Not Buy
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;; H. J. LYNCH
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and Ladies' Furnisher
'' PHONE 41 SKaGWAY
HOTEL MEN •
LEAVE VIENNA
Vienna, May 10—The delegation
of American hotel men who are
touring Europe will leave here
today for Salzburg where they will
spend only a few hours before go
ing to Innsbruck for a two days'
stay. A banquet by Americans re
siding here was on the program
last night.
Iaac Lusk, superintendent of
roads, has returned from a trip
along the overland trail between
Dawson and Whitehors?, where he
luade inspection preparatory to be
ginning extensive summer work. It
will be several weeks before the
ground will be in condition for the
work, but Mr. Lusk "s taking time
by the forelock, and when the frost
disappears and other conditions are
favorable he will have a!l prelimi
naries arranged.
The government is to e»>end many
thousands of dollors on the highway
this year. Mr. Lusk says the Yukon
then will have the finest stretch of
roads over connecting the two ends
t' the territory, lie took measure
ments at the crossings for the pro
posed terries, and also got out tim
bers for the Stewart Crossing ferry.
Tlu> timber had to be soeured there
before the river broke, he states, be
cause of the peculiar local condi
tior.s. Timber for the other crossings
will be obtained later.
T!ic cables will accomodate the
curront fevries throughout the open
season, and during the opening and
closing periods will serve for the
suspension of light cars on which
mail passengers and light material
can be conveyed, thus '.•'iminating
the danger in crossing in running
ice in the fall and the weak ice
previous to the breakup in the
spring.
Mr. Lusk had a seveie attack of
la grippe while at Yukon Crossing,
but has shaken the }lnx. and is
himself again.—Dawson Mows.
Washington, May 9—By tonight
i» is expected that tho score of
delegates who have been attending
the sessions here of the National
Association for the Study and Pre
vention of Tuberculosis will have
departed for their homes. There
were no formal meetings today, but
the officials and many delegates re
mained over to clear up a mass of
routine business in relation to pre
liminary working plans for next
year's convention.
BATTLE RAGING
HI T1PIC0
Jaurez, May 11—It if. reported
here that a desperate brittle is
raging today at Tampico.
Several oil wells are said to he
on fire there.
HE IS AGIST
THE exemption:
Washington, D. C., May 11—Pliil- :
ander C. Knox, Secretary of Slate
under President \Vm. II. Tuft, today
issued a statement aga'nst exemp- j
tlon and In favor of ilie toll repeal !
bill.
I1TERIQR ICE
IS GGII OUT
_ —
Fairbanks, May 11—The ice
went out here yesterday nt -1:5m
o'clock in the afternoon. The e*t- !
tire Turner street bridge was car- j
ried away.
Iditarod, May 11—The ice went
out of the river in front of the
town yesterday forenooi>.
LOCAL HKIKKS.
Mrs. H. I). Kimye wliil. out.-idc
purchased a five passenser auto, j
which she .will ru:i this s miner i :
connection with her business here
The dance of the W. P. A. club
Saturday night was only maiieratr y
well attended, but a very enjoyable
evening was spent by tli'se who
were there.
The gan,; of uiiners who left
here Saturday for the Pudlo mine
were switched off at the Macrea
spur this side of Whitehorre ami
taken directly to their quarters at
the workings.
As a result of a high t'de early |
Sunday morning tne wate-s of 11«>
bay covered the W. P. A. club ball |
park rendering it somewhat heav;
work for the pl&ytre at the match
game yesterday to get around.
George Zavorita, the man who
attempted to take his life Satur
day at the White Pass hospital, is
still alive and resting easily, aiul j
according to the physicans has a I
slight chance for recovery, although
such an occurence would verge upon
the miraculous. We understand tha
since regaining consciousness he
has made several attempts to tear
the bandages from the wound on hi
throat.
Jerome H. Declo, government in
spector of hulls and boil'Jjy, is here
on his way down to Lower Yukon
river points. He is at tue Golden
North.
Quality Candy
■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ tm ■
We have just opened another
consignment of the splendid "John
ston" lino of package chocolates.
This candy is th» most popular in
Skagway, due to the splendid qual
ity of the goods and originality of
the package. Sold froiA 50c to
$1.00 according to size.
P. ii. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
New York, May 11—With Presi
dent Wilson us chief mourner, a
million people turned oat here to
day in honor-of the United States
marines \vho were kilted at the
storming of Vera Cruz. The presi
dent made a brief address at the
Navy Yard, in which he said I hat
the men had gone to Mexico to
serve mankind and to ate it' they
could not find sojne way of avoid
ing war. The people of t'to United
States did not want to f'.glit those of
Mexico but wish to serv^ ihem if
they can.
I FURTHER
Trinid. i. Col , May 11—Presi
lent Wilson t«.-d y ;t .ructions
to Co!. Lo Lett to p it no furthor
import, lion o strike breakers into
:!)o danger zone in Colorado.
THE BOATS.
■®»o it ii g iu at Sat
urday nlgiii a.id left at 12 o'clock
midi.ight.
1
day morning and sailed south
about an hour later.
The Peter-on uiuwe a special trip
up to Skartway t.-iay u get the
mail for Ft. V.\ i!. Seward and
ilaine.* vh.i, h • ii -id lie; . on the
The Cily oi c ic- 'led hero
t 1 • I:: ' Willi 12 toils
• oti, l: s< . 2, Joseph Hill, D. R.
UriU.rn, J. i: K'Us, J. a. Pe.-sio,
J 1*. , . J i .tei, U. Green,
Park A. M. i-, .id tight
sPcoi:d ti.i.-i. T: s voiufl sailed
fot ii »if I>:30 a.
ru. yenfeiiby w\ ii the foiicuving pas
senger* far Ska.u'.M; F».:tik K«n
Kiuigi'.y. Tlio b- ■ . wLt'ii it left
Seaitlo had i'.j to':«1 first class
passenger accomodations for 223
people filled, besides parrying a
age She continue ! on to I he west
ward at G a. m. Sunday.
i UTTER LUCK
OF SINCERITY
St. Petersburg, May 11—In pro
moting M. Gregua to be assistant
ilirector in the Criminal Investiga
tion Department the Russian '-Gov
ernment has indicated Its utter lack
of sincerity in its profesaed efforts
to abolish torture iu the prisons
Gregua had only recently been "dis
missed" as chief of the detective
service in Riga as a result of the
.exposure of horrors perpetrated in
the prisons there in order to ex
tort "confessions." In the trial 17
workmen charged with the attempt
ed murder of an engineer four testi
fied that they had been compelled to
"confess," although innocent, be
cause of the unendurable tortures
inflicted upon them unde Gregus'
orders.
It was in Riga that there existed
before the revolution of 1905 the
terrible "museum of horrors" gutta
r.ercha rods filled with lead for
beating, iron Jackets, screwing
cuffs, pincers, and needles, and
other instruments of mediaeval bar
barity. The further use of these
was forbidden after the ievolution
but the prisoners in the recent case
assorted that they were taken by
night, beaten with these rods until
they lost consciousness, and that
moai of the other instruments were
brought into use against them.
V ishington, May 11—The Capital
tenuis season at tlie exclusive Chevy
Chase club is in full sw'ng. It is
the opening invitation tournament.
Some of the best talent of the East
ern states is here to participate. On
May 30 the Middle Atlantic States
tournament i3 scheduled to open
with the arrival of t'ie Columbia
County clu.b team.
According to t lose who have
traveled over it recently the trail to
lake Dewey is) ill need of repair in
many places. As great numbers of
tou"ists visit this beautiful resort
during the summer mouths the
people of Skagway should take steps
to see that the way leading to it is
in first class shave. Even though
strangers do not use It. to any
great extent, it oupht to b~ taken
care of for the binofit of those who
live here.
" 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 over the line.
Spring Hats and Shoes
Now on Display
WILL CLAY SON—Clothier