SENATE OVERWHELMINGLY
APOPT8 PlTTMAX'* MOTION
WaaMngton, D. C., Sept. |4—
By an orerwheiming vot« y» eterday
the senate adODted Plttman's motion j
to make the Alaska coal leasing
measure the first in ordor under
head of unfinished business, which
meaus that it will come up daily
uutli it Is passed,
By order of President Wilson, a
parcel of laud three miles square. j
located at the couflueuc* of the!
, Tunana and Nem&na rivers, hjs beeqf
withdrawn from public entry and,
will be used fo* towult* purposes ;
bv the government owned rillroad
or Alaska.
The German embassy her£ has re
ceived late advices from Berlin that
the French offensive spirit Is weak
ening; that their losses have been J
enormous in the center, which is
retreating before the Germans; and
that verduu is being successfully
bombarded.
In the opeuing debate la the seu
:t*e today of th« Alaska coal leas- .
i bill. Senator Shafroth declared j
that its passage would threaten the
\ t>ry existence of th« government
i'nd its working would cause per-J
sous to lose their individuality, j.
I'ittnuin, favoring ihe bill, appealed
'o the seuate to support the Smoot ,
measure ard said that tta hill
^ould be unnecessary wele It not
for the desire to prevent a monopoly
of the resources of Alaska by In
dividuals.
Secretary of State Bryan today
received advices from Provisional
President Carranza of Mexico which
verify the story that has been in
(irculation here 'or the pest two
days that General Villa h«d declar- ,
his independenc and wou!d make
war on Caxraaza. The i ews has
caused a profound sensation here
and it is thought that the !
order for the withdrawal of j
the American troops from
Vera Cruz will be recinded by
President Wilson until the
crisis is passed. It is also affirm
ed that Villa will refuse to parti- J
cipate in the Mexican national con
vfentioa which has teen called for
October 1st.
president o. L. DIECKsOX
OFF FOR SOUTH TONIGHT ,
President and Mrs. O. L. Dlck»- j1
son and party, composed of Mrs- '
Cedergreen, Miss Reen, John Blanch <
srd, private secretary and Mr. 1
f Mason, stenographer, will leave on
the Princess May tonight for Seat
tle.
Mr. Dickeson will Spend some <
time in thd Puget Sound cities, fat- '
er going to San Francisco »nd from ;
there to the East.
AN'XUAL DINNER TENDERED
EMPLOYES OF W. r. & Y. R.
Before his departure for the out
side ton!gilt President O. L. Dicke
•on of the \V. P. & Y. R. will pre
side over a social function that in
the three years since its inception
has come to be looked forward to
with pleasurable anticipations not
only by Mr. Dickeson b"t by the
employes of the company as well,
viz.: The annual dinner, ot which
the one tonight will be >-he fourth,
and at which everyone iu Skagway
connected with the company, as
well as those who are sojourning
here temporarily, are made welcome.
The dinner, for which about 150
plates will be laid, will t;>ke place
as has heretofore been customary,
at the. Pulleu House, which is a
sufficient guarantee that everything
culinary will be of the best, the
decorations of the banquet room el
egant and appropriate and the table
appointments unsurpassable in the
aorthland.
The service will start at 5:30 and
the dinner be over in time ior presi
ient and Mrs. Dickeson and their
party to take the Princess May on
her southward voyage.
• The menu cards, of very artistic
lesign and printed in two colors by
(killed exponents of the art PrL'
servature, were gotten out at the
Dally Alaskan Job room today.
EXCAVATES FOR home and
FINDS LEDGE OF COPPER
A two-foot wide ledge ot coppar j
>re was found by Frank Waskey,
ormer delegate to congress, while |
excavating for a cabin on the bank
>f the Yukon at Marshall, samples
>' the ore have been sent outside by
Jr. Waskey. The find was made, a
veek ago, when excavation work |
yaa in progress for the foundation
if the new Waskey homa For the
iresent Mrs. Waskey and the cliil
Ireu are making their home iu a
ent high up on the bank of the
Iver.
Plaecr mining is being carried on
>y several operators in the district
Twenty men are at work, and Mr.
Vaskey, iu an opinion vouchsafed
o passengers on the Sarah, said
he production would be larger per
Jkpita than any other camp in Al
iska this year. H« anticipates a
otal output of over ten thousand
tollarB.—Nome Nugget.
Miss Maria Anderson of Juneau,
vho had been in Skagway for sev
>rai days as the guest of Mrs. G. V
linkan, went to Haines yesterday
LUd is visiting there with Mrs. H.
». M. Birkinbine. —
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PHONE 41 SKaGWAY
THE GEITLEMAN FROM ALASKA
James Wickeivii; ni, member of Congress from Alaska, known as
"Fighting Jim" n> His admirers. Territorially he is several times
the largest m.ui over whom the Speaker of the House holds the
ga\ el.
The Te. a mc nitaineer who
to this day casts his vote for An
drew JiickaOii, for president, may
yet hare his lire oiy4e iu the Far
North. At least the biennially de
feated candidates for delegate to
congress for Alaska, and the
many enemies of the present in
cumbent, have bitterly concluded
that the "Sourdoughs" of the
north will continue to voto for Jas.
Wlckershum, an their representative
in the halls of congress, until Alt.
McKiuley is hole in tha ground
and the Yukon river runs uphill.
And right l.cro we get our first
impressio.i of the ueiitioman from
Alaska, Any on J who tun so
surelv inalco i e 01 ' osc htoks of
steel, mentioned hi Shakespeare ia
connection w.< ; ..iendship; any
one who can must-r up sucjj a
host or lusty . :Ue .irics as James
Wi«fcorsh: in, must measure up" as
a man, somewhat ::3 the great em
pire he repress; :s measures up ter
ritorially. Acquiring enemies, next
to the acquisition of friends, is
one of his chief characteristics. An
other is a liking for public positions.
As long ago a 1SS0, the same year
lie assumed tlio responsibilities of
a lawyer and a husband, he went 011
the pay-roll of the census bureau,
back in Springfield, Illinois. De
ciding that a new country would
give a young man more elbow-room
he moved three years later to Wash
ington territory, settling at Tacoma
where he became probate judge,
then city attorney, and, after state
hood came, a member of the Wash
] ington legislature. These were busy
years for Wickersham, about whom
raged some bitter political and
' personal fights—excellent training
| for the activities which were to fol
j low in the north.
After the creation of/the Third
| Judicial Division in Alaska, Wick
ersham was appointed U. S. District
j Judge in 1900, and charged with th
| duty of replacing the miner's la.w
! of the Forty Mile, Eagle, Circle City
and the Rampart Camps along >the
Yukon, with the Alaska Cod®. At
that time Cordova on the coast did
not exist, Valdez was the stragglin
outgrowth of shacks erected two
years earlier when some Klondikers,
seeking an easy route to Dawson,
had attacked the Valdez glacier. Be
tween the Tanaua and Chena rivers,
! where Fairbanks, the metropolis of
the interior, now stands, the moose :
were browsing and the bear were 1
fattening on the berries along the 1
slopes of the gold-lined valleys near
by. It was a princely territory,
this, over which the judge was set
to rule, extending from the Pacific
north to the Arctic ocean, and from
the International boundary line wes*
ward to Nome or tke econd Di
vision on the lower Yukon and Kus
; kokwim rivers, some of the jus
jtice of the Peace precincts, presid
ed over by U. S. Commissioners,
j were larger than the state of Indi
ana, and a chunk the size of the
I Xew England states might have bee
1 lost out of the division without be
I ing noticed.
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THE BRITISH 10 OFFICE
ANNOUNCES ALLIES' VICTORY
London, Sept. 24—The Britis!
war office announced today that i
>a<l reecived advices of the winning
it the batUe of Aisne liy the al.
lies, after the fiercest artillery fighi
;ver known.
The British forces to the north
■ast of Paris succeedcd in capturing
line miles of German trenches
vhicli, after the hand to hand strug
;le for their possession was decid
:d were found to be literally fill.
!d with the bodies of defenders
vho had died at' their posts. Aero
>ianes gave- the British gunners tlu
a age. The Germans charged twic<
n trying to recover their l<**t
rroiuul, hut were driven back.
The reported loss of the three
British cruisers in the North Sea has
roused the people of Great Britain
LE HAS REASONS FOR
HIS REFUSAL TO RUN
The following appeared in the
raldez Commoner of Sept. 12 th,
nd was credited to the Cordova
>aily Alaskan;
:ditor Daily Alaskan;
All discussion about my running
»r the senate this fall or any
ther time should cease. I am
ne of the most unpopular men in
ilaska. No one can get along with
ie, even my wife is going away on
ae steamer tomorrow. My daugb
irs all got married when quite
oung, all on account of my.ill
ature, I am poor and couldn't
ut any boodle in the campaign. I
ouldn't belly Up to the bar arid
reatiie the redistilled perfumes of
eer and whiskey off the nostrils of
ly fellow citizens, as I am a pro
ibitionist. I don't like to kiss
ables and I am so ugly that women
hudder when they see my wrinkled
J<ce and the vacancies in mouth
tiat once contained teeth. Be
Ides ray record is very bad. I
aven't killed any one, but I have
iurder in my heart. Lots of
eople ought to be drowned in
he beautiful cold water of the
ay—they ain't worth tne ccst of
ind funeral. I never was forcibly
ut in jail or prison but ought
o have been there long ago. So
ow you know why I .won't throw
ly hat in the ring. Thanking you
nd the one or two who might vote
or me if they had a chance I am,
Yours sincerely,
C. M. FRAZIER.
> to a frantic pitch and tbey «ra
clamoring for speedy vengesaoo. II
it given out here that 1000 men
men were killed when the trweU
1 snnk.
The Servians have recaptured
Liu bo via after a vigorous fight In
which the Asstrinns retired after
i great losses.
It is reported that » Russian
cruiser has sunk a German orulsor
and two torpedo boats in the Bal
tic Sea.
Fearing attack, especially at
night., the lights of the eaUTo
country have been ordered by the
British war office to be reduced 10
the minimum in ordw not to furaUh
guidance tc Zepplin airship*. Brit.
I ish aviators will fly over V'e ooun
I try at night henceforth by g*«w.
GERMANS WERE COURTEOUS,
SAYS FRENCH PROFESSOR
Seattle, Sept. 24—-Americana ma
rooned in Germany when the war
broke out, and compelled to remain
there until the troopa were mabilla
cd, met with the most courteous
treatment at the hands of the Ger
mans, according to Professor Otto
Patzer of the French department ot
I the University ot Washington. Pro
fessor Patzer, himself, was among
those who had to remain in Munich
until the American government fur
nished special trains to transport
them to Rotterdam. "Pr«r«ssor P*tx«r
. sailed ' on the • steamer Rotterdam,
j A'Ugiist 29, and arrived at th* uni
versity just In time for the ope&ing
of the fall semester.
' "Our detention," he said, "was
< made as pleasant as possible, under
the circumstances. ■ The only thing
j most noticeable in Germany was the
perfect order and dispatch with,
j which the troops were ready to
leave for the French frontier when
I thfe war was declared."
Professor Patzer spent the past
'year in Europe on leave of »b
j sence. Most of the time he was
' studying at t je University of Paris,
| but was visiting near Insbrruck in
Austria when hostilities commenced.
After some difficulties, due to
crowded trains, his party was able
to escape to Munich before communi
cation between Austria and Gremany
was cut off. ' • ;
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