CONVICT
PRISON
BODY OF BERT
McKENZIE
FOUND
Tipped Way Over
Before Coup
ling Broke
The body of Bert McKeuzie, fire
man on engine Xo. 6S which was
wTeoked yesterday, jya» found this
e«rly morning by a crew of White
Pass employes. It was brought to
Skagway and placed by the side of
his father, W. C. McKenzle, in
the undertaking parlors. Funeral
arrangements have not been defin
itely arranged as yet, but it is ex
pected the funeral will take place
Friday, being under the auspices of
■both the Catholic church and the
Elk's lodge.
Eye witnesses of the accident say
the slide came down without any
warning and with, such rapidity} that
U was impossbile for escape. The
©avenger coaches tipped to an
angle of almost 45 degrees when
the engine was hit, and for a breath
less moment it seemed as if all I
would go over. The breaking of
the coupling saved the coaches.
One of the rocks in the slide is i
said to be a» big as a box car, and
and the place where the accident
occurred is now a small ravine.
A big crowd of local people met I
the incoming train last night but [
aside from talk between them
selves. nothing further of the ac- j
cident could be learned. The bag- j
gage caT, which was coupled next I
to the box mail car that was wreck-1
ed shows signs of having been hit I
by numerous failing rocks, and
one side of the platform was com
pletely taken off. The glass win
dow in the door was broken out en
tirely.
.Mr. W. C. McKenzie was the
senior engineer on the White Pass
Route having been in the employ of
the White Pass since 1899. His
son and fireman Bert, came to Skag
way when but a small boy and has
CAUSE SUB
SCARE
San Francisco, Aug. 29.—The lo
cal board of marine shipping- is un
easy regarding the unusual number
of vessels overdue in this port and
in the orient. Three of the larg
est ships from the orient are much
' overdue in Pacific Coast ports. It
is feared that enemy nation forces
may be contributing to upset the
schedule of Pacific ships, and that
submarines or armed tramp ships
may bp working havoc with Pacific
trade. It was learned recently that
Germany planned to send subma
rines of the Deutchland type to the'
Pacific to destroy shipping.] especial
ly that of San Francisco, and it is
for this reason that so much un
easiness is felt among shipping cir
cles.
Seattle, Aug. 29.—Tlie master of
the S. S. Jefferson wirelessed Seat
tle yesterday that it had! made tem
porary repairs in Swanson's bay and
is proceeding north to Skagway ar.d
way ports. It' t
FIREMEN" MEET TONIGHT
There will be a meeting of the
Skagway Fire Department in the
Fire Hall tonight at S:30 o'clock.
Important matter is up for con
sideration, and Chief Simms urges
a good attendance.
grown up here, being known and
loved by all oldtimerg of Skagway.
He has been in. the employ of the
White Pass for seven years.
Mr. McKenzie was a membfT of
*he local order of B. P. O. E.,
431. Bert McKenzie was a member
ot the local Catholic church.
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VERNON 6AWLF POLLS IIP
RflDlftTOR mo OEIS m
Breaks Penitentiary at Waiia Walla
Caught in Atlin—Escapes Here
—Wears Oregon Boot
1 Vernon Bawlf, said to be one of
the most daring convicts in the
State of Washington, who escaped
from the >Vaila Walla penitentiary,
and was caught in Atlin, and
brought out this week to the Skag
way federal prison enroute back to
the penitentiary, escaped from liis
cell last night at 7:3 U p. m. in
the court liouse jail, and thus far
has made good his get-away.
Bawlf was sitting in the guard
room of the jail watching four oth
er prisoners playing cards, ai.d
was singing, apparently enjoying
life. In a matter of fact manner
he got up, oicked up his coat and
hat, and quletlj; stepped into the
kitchen, pulled up the radiator op
cuing into the basement, and slipped
to the ground below making his
escape out of the back door. He
was wearing an Oregon boot on ono
leg, and hampered with this lie
cannot make good progress.
Posse of .">(> ill 5 Minutes
Three minutes after his leaving
the card table the other prisoners
noticed he was gone and called Mar
shal Miller who immediately sound
ed the alarm b£ firing many pistol
6) ots. Inside five minutes it is
said there were 50 men on liand
and all scattered in different di
tections, searching the houses) Ln the
near-by vicinity, but no traco of
him could be found.
V posse then organized and a
systematic searcn has been mado
since, some men searching the hill
side and country surrounding the
lower lake, others guarding tho wat
er ront, and still more men guard
ing the 'railroad bridges. No 6i{;n
of him has been found, but it is
reported that one of the Wheeler
boys saw a suspicious character neat)
the railroad bridge at "Mile 2 this
morning, and men have been search
ing there since then.
Weal's Oiffjon Hoot
The Oregon boot \vhich the con
vict wears is about an inch and a
half in thickness, and fits from
ankle well up over the calf of the
leg, and weighs 15 pounds. Braces
from the boot reach down under
the foot, making it impossible to
move the ankle joint. Wfoile in
vrison it was noticed that his ankle
was very sore and badly cut.
When the convict walks on a
board walk or pavement the boot
makes considerable noise, and Mrs.
Miller, wife of the Marshal, who
•was in her home near the Court
House at the time heard the man
go up the back stairs of the jail
basement in escaping. Mr. Miller
was in his office across the hall
way, and the first he knew was
when one of th$ prisoners pounded
on the kitchen door, •whic/h was
locked, and yelled that the "bad j
1 man" had gone.
Description
Vernon Bawll is a big man, six
feot, two inches in height. When
ho escaped he wore blue overalls,
a light colored coat, and a khaki
shirt, much after tho style of the
army shirts. He has blue eyes and I
blond hair, and it is not known
whether ho wore a black slouch
hat or a ca'p. Ho is 26 years old.
One of his front tooth >s gone.
Had Xo Weapons
While in prison he liad no money,
or weapons of any kind. He is
totally unfamiliar 'With this part
of the country, but his experiences
as a cow-boy will stand him well
in hand.
Escaped Convict
He wa^ traveling under the
guard of Harvey Horton, of the
Walla Walla penitentiary when he :
was placed in the federal jail. His
acts have extended to practically
ovary state iu the west. He was
sentenced some time ago to serve j
from three and a half to 15 years in
t&e Walla Walla penitentiary for
horse stealing, but on April 29 .
made liis escape. He made his
•way to the Atlin country and was
there caught working in one of the
mines.
A posse composed of Hardy, MiD
ler, Tanner, three prisoners, Page
Acliison, Chambers and others has
been searching the woods for him
since his escape from the federal
prison.
Washington, Aug. 29.—The sen
ate finance committee in session
today decided to increase taxes on
war orofits to 49S million dollars.
An amendment to the war revenue
hill is to be added probably be
fore the day is out which will in
crease the taxes to this amount.
The finance committee made this
concession to the Senators Borah
and Johnson group, ^hich. is
fighting to make swollen war pro
fits pay the higher and! bigger share
of the nation's war bills.
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P. H. GANTY
RIOT CAUSED
Houston, Aug. 29.—Investigation
begun by municipal authorities in
to the riot of negro troops which
•resulted in the killing of 16 whites
aud three soldiers indicates that
the riot was caused by Negro,
troops refusing to occupy seat® set
aside in street cars for their own
use, hut maintained the right to oc
cupy any seats they pleased.
Seattle, Auk. 29.—A letter re
ceived by Seattle agents 6tates tliat
a bomb exploded on the Seattle
built steanuhip Niels Nielson caus
ing a fire of considerable magni
tude in its coal bunkers as it was
departing from Singapore bound for,
Bombay. The ship was not badly
damaged. It was owned by a Nor
wegian company .
Pl'EBLO MINE WANTS MEN
That the Pueblo mine ii expect
ing soon to operate on a large
scale is evident from the fact that
they are seeking employes, includ
ing: miners, muckers and timber
men.
THREE MOKE DAYS IX
WHICH TO REGISTER
Only three more days remain in
which to">eg:ster for the army draf;.
Registration closes orty September 2,
and .Sunday beiiig a holiday, leaves
just throe days. Registrar Vance
wall says that to date S2 men have
registered in Skagway, and that a
penalty of one year's imprisonment
is fixed for failure to jgn up.
mm accept
WORD OF
President Has No
Faith in State
ments of Hun
Rulers
Washington, Aug-. 29. — Tha de
partment of state announces today
that the president^ message In
reply to the Pope's peace proposal
bas been forwarded to the Vatican.
Washington, Aug. 29.—"We can
not take the word of the present
rulers of Germany as a guarantee
of anything that is to end the war,'"
said President Wilson in his re
ply to the proposal of peace made
by Pope Benedict XV.
The reply of the administration
tells the pope that his plan does
not lead to the goal -which hg him
self {.roposes, but that it would
lead to another war just as awful if
not worse than the present one.
The object of this war, according
to President Wilson, is to deliver
hnd free the peoples of the world
from the German military* establish
ment which seeks to dominate tho
world. He said that any peace
plan must be based upon the faith
of all the peoples involved but that
the nations could not accept the
world of the present Hun rulers.
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ping their stocks of K9t goods to
San Francisco, preparatory to tho
district going dry.
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