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Discoverer Pans Out Ounce Per Day—Find
Kept Secret For Several Days—Old
Time Stampede Now on
From Whitehorse
Karly t)iis ninrniiiK a rumor nil*
rirt'uUl«<| on the streets of Skag
way thai a rich strike of placer
Xukl hail hceu made near the town
of W'hilehorse, Vukon Tmitutj. A
rcprvsentative of the Daily Alaskan
fiulmvimtl to trace the re|H»i t ilowu
to some authentic source, hut was
unable to do so. He then sent a
x|**ciul message to Whitehorse «-«K-1
ing if there was tiny foundation for
tl»e report. From the answering tel
egram, which was received lure at
S p. m. today the strike is an assur
ed fact, and will o|»eii up within a
distance of one hundred miles of
Skagway one of the richest g'-'d
fields that has been discovered iu
tlie north iu many years.
Whitehorse, Y. T., Oct. M—Great
excitement has beeu occassioned
here over the discovery of rich plac
er ground on three creeks, two
miles west of Dugdaie, the W. P.
& . Route station at the 100 mile
post, ten miles south of this town.
The discovery was made last week
by George Stevens, an old miner,
who has been mining and prospect
ing throughout the section of coun
try lying between Whitehorse and
t'arcross for the past ten or tw.'lve
years. After locating discovery,
Stevens came here and recorded and
make known his find to several, of
his friends, who went out yesterday
and secured claims, among them be
ing \V. A. Puckett, Geo. W. Curtis,
("apt. P. Martin, and E. J. White.
This party returned to town last ev
icuing and after they reached h«r>3
j and the news of the strike got cir
culated about forty men on horse
! back, in wagons, on hand cars and
' on foot stampeded to the scene of
| the discovery and a dozen more left
! on the train this morning.. The
ground prospects one ounce per day
to man working with pick and shov
I cl. The creeks are from twelve
to twenty miles in length.
Old prospectors, who have been
to the new strike and who have
had years of experience in the plac
er fields of the north, pronounce the
appearance of the creeks to be most
promising. I
Two of the three discoveries were
made within less than one miles of
the W. P. & Y. Railroad near Dug
dale station.
WAR SECRETARY
ROASTS S4 >1.1)1 KRS
Washington, Oct. 14—Secretary o
War Garrison, at the banquet tend
ered him last week by the officers
of the army now stationed in Wash
ington or at fortifications, was un
stinting in his praise of the officers
ftf the army and severely rapj'cil the
eulisted men, whom he said were
causing public antagonism by their
own actions and behavior in public
places.
The conduct of many enlisted men
at public places had caused the pub
lic to frown upon the army and h ul
prevented many men ot" better ed
ucation and morals from enlisting,
causing the men who disired to hold
up the traditions of the army, who
were new iu the service, as much
shame as the officers or the gener
al public.
General Garrison hopes to raise
the level of the enlisted man and to
secure enlistments of men who will
make the service a profession and
not a haven for those who are tin
fitted for anything _else and who
take to the army us the last resort
. trom starvation. '
N'KW DKPl'TY MARSH All
APPOINTED AT ( HITIXA
Valdoz, Out. 14—Marsha] Brenne
raan lias announced the appointment
or" \V. E. Wood as deputy marshal
at Chitina, succeeding Joe Brown,
who has held the position for the
past three years.
The change will take effect in
:: few days. Mr. Wood is now in
Valdez and has been receiving the
congratulations of his friends. He
was one of those who applied for
the position and had strong backing
from Secretary Daniels of the N'avy,
I and also the senators and congress
ional delegation of his home state.
Xorth Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Reinert will
be passengers for Seattle on the
Princess Sophia next Thursday ev
ening. They expect to be away
about six weeks, and while gone
will visit at Portland and Eugene,
Ore. I
OUR NEW FALL LINE OF *
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STYLES THE LATEST
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H. J. LYNCH
Loading Ladies' Furnisher and Haber
dasher of Skagway
COM)KMX THK TRl'STKKS
FOR ACCBITIXfi <ilHT
Jackson, Miss., Oct. 14—Tlie St.
I-ouis Conference of the Methodist
Kpiscopal church, South, Saturday
adopted a resolution condemning the
trustees of Yanderbilt University,
Nashville, for accepting a million
dollar endowment from Andrew Car
negie.
The acceptance of the endowment,
which was to enlarge the medical
department of the University, was
vetoed by the Board of Bishops of
the church 011 the grounds that the
Carnegie endowments are condition
ed on the beneficiary colleges being
independent of sectarian control.
The trustees decided to ignore the
veto and to contest in the courts
for their right to control the Univer
sity.
OI.1) TIME SHiNAU SERVICE
SAUCKAXT PASSKS AWAY
Word was received in Skagway
on the last boat announcing the
death of Sergt. Frederick Kieber at
bis home in Brooklyn, Michigan on
July 24, 1913.
For a number of years Mr. Kieb
er was in charge of tho local cable
office, and the announcement of his
death will be received with regret
by the many old Skagwayans who
knew him.
\E(UiO CONFESSES TO
MURDER OF WOMAN'
Uos Angeles, Oct. 14—Burr La
fond, a negro, confessed Saturday
that he murdered Rebecca H. Gray,
a Christian Science practitioner, who
was found dead in her office two
weeks ago. He lead the police to
a rubbish pile from which he dug
up the bloodstained clothes he wore
when he committed the deel. —
NO DISPARAGEMENT INTENDED
OK O. I'. K. SYSTEM
In the article in yesterday's Daily J
Aiaskau in reference to the Skag
way service of the C. M. & St. Paul
railway, there was no intention on |
the part of the writer to disparage
the excellent service of th« same
character by the C. P. U. that has
prevailed here for the past six years.
Our relations with the C. P. It.
people have always been of such a
pleasant nature that we greatly re
; gret that even a suspicion of crit
icism of their service should have
crept into our columns. Below wc
| publish a communication 011 the
above mentioned subject from Mr
' P. F. W. Lowle, the Skagway repre
I sentative of the C. P. R.
Skagway, Oct. 13, 1913. I
j Dear Mr. Editor:
. A stranger to the North, after j
reading the write-up in your issue
[of 13th inst, \v9uld be justified in
thinking the C. M. & P. S. H. II. [
was giving the residents in the
North opportunities never before of
fered, but, happily, most Alaksaus
and Yukoners are aware the Skag
way Agency of the Canadian Pacific
Railway can arrango a trip from
Skagway to any point in this world.
We arc able to substantiate the
statement that this office offers
greater facilities to the traveling
public than any Agency north of 54.
The Skagway Agency of the Cana
dian Pacific Railway have almost
daily for the last six years been
ticketing passengers through to all
destinations. The actual rail and
sleeper ticket is furnished here and
baggage checked through, so that
110 matter whether passenger is des
tined East to Europe or West to
China or New Zealand he steps out
of the Skagway Agency fully equip
ped for his trip without further
trouble or expense.
The Skagway Agency 01 me uanu
dian Pacific Railway is the only
transportation office in the north
completely equipped with rail, sleep
er Atlantic and Pacific Ocean tar
iffs and tickets and are also Agents
in full capacity for the famous Cu
1 nard Line and the P. & O. S. S.
I Co. and a through bill of lading 011
; freight can be issued*as far as
: London, England, as is done regular
i ly on furs from the Yukon,
i Therefore, -Mr. Editor, I know
j you will agree the C. P. U. have
j been and are a blessing to the north
in that they have set the pace in
transportation matters both rail and
steamship and plans are already
matured to improve on this.
The writer remembers with pleas
ure he had the honour of arranging j
your own trip East and back, which
Ijfthink, was found satisfactory and |
at this present moment is arranging
an arouiui-tlie-world trip for two res*
idents in the Yukon.
Yours faithfully,
F. F. W. Lowle,
General Agent for Alaska & Yu
kon. Canadian Pacific Ry. & S. S.
Lines.
Mrs. Charles Boyle, of Dawson,
will arrive in Skagway in time to
sail on the Princess Sophia for the
States, t
iNew Crop Ripe Olives
* We have been waiting some
* time for these. They are worth
* waiting for however and we
* are now able to supply your
* wants with the famous "Gro
* gan,f Ripe Olives, full quart
* tins at 50 cents per tin.
* P. H. GANTY, GROCER
WARM MUNICIPAL FIGHT
SOW <)\ IX CLEVELAND
Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 14—What
promises to be one of the hottest
campaigns ever witnessed in Cleve
land, even rivalling the famous Tom
L. Johnson "election wars", began
in earnest Friday with the opening
of tent meetings all over the city by
the Democratic organization which
is. solidly backing Mayor Newton D.
Baker. Speeches will be made in the
tents e\try evening from tonight un
til election. Mayor Baker himself,
will make from two to four speeches
in as many tents every evening. The
Republicans will open up their or
atorical batteries in a few days.
Considerable speculation is .rife
among politicians as to the outcome
of the contest sinco it will be the
first municipal election in which the
non-partisan ballot will be used. N<
primaries were held this year, the
candidates getting their names on
the ballot by petitions with no par
ty designations.
The successful candidate will take
office under the new eity charter
which is declared to be the most
progressive ever adopted by any
city in ths United States, and the
"last word" in home rule for cities.
The mayor is given direct control
over almost every city department,
lie and thr twenty-six councilmen
are tiie only elective officials. :
rLAIM VESSEL'S DESTRUCTION
WAS DELIBERATE PLOT
Liverpool, Oct. 14—There is a
rumor here to the effect that the
owners of the big liner Volturno,
which was burned in Mid Atlantic
last Friday morning, with great loss
of life, are claiming that the de
struction of the vessel was the re
sult of a deliberate plot on the part
of agents of German and Dutch lines
who wished to break up their (the
Volturno owners) emigrant business.
City Marshal Frank Page at an
early hour this morning shot and
killed a largo owl which he dis
covered perched on the top of the
flag pole over .the fire house on
Sixth street. The bird was one of
the largest ever seen in this sec
tion.
YOUTHFUL MURDERER
SUFFERS EXTREME PEN ALT V
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 14—Leo M.
Frank, youthful superintendent of
the National Pencil Company, on
Friday paid the extreme penalty for
the brutal murder of 15-year-old
Mary Phagan, who worked in the
factory for a few dollars a week.
' Frank, who was sentenced to death
'on Aug. 27, after a trial lasting
five weeks, leaves a mother and
young wife who live in Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Frank's crime was particularly re
volting.. Mary Phagan's body, bearing
evidence of the fight she had made
to preserve her honor, was found in
the cellar of the pencil factory, of
which he was superintendent and hia
uucle is president. At first the po
lice were completely baffled. Then
came stories from girls in the fac
tory that they had frequently seen
younger girl employees called into
Frank's office after the factory had
closed at six o'clock. On these oc
casions, the girls said, a negro guard
stood outside Frank's door. The
visitors always weut iu singly. Some
of these visitors were located by the
I police. They told the details of the
visits and Frank was arrested after
one of them said Mary had told her
she was going to see Frank. Frank
protested his innocence throughout
and his mother.and girl wife stood
by him even after sentence of death
was pronounced on him. Under a
I grilling .cross questioning, however,
j the negro guard was forced to ad
! mit that Mary Phagan had been
! coaxed into Frank's office the night
[ before her body was found.
| JONES CASE POSTPONED
UNTIL NOVEMBER 5TH.
Indianapolis, Oct. 14—The pre
liminary hearing in the case of Har
' ry Jones, confessed dynamiter, ar
' rested in New York a few days ago
by ! secret service officers, was to
day postponed until November 5th.
Judge MacAuley, I after holding
court in the Yukon during the past
summer will arrive on tonights train
and will take passage for . the south
on the Princess Sophia. Mrs. Mac
Auley will accompany the Judge to
the outside. I
* Get your fall suit as
* early as you can and
* have all the good of
it from now on. Hart
* Schaffner and Marx
* have made some of
t the snappiest styles
* tor young men we've
* ever shown. Better
t see them, they have
* just arrived.
I CLAYSON