Washington, June 1—Secretary of
'he Interior Franklin K. Lane, to
.:iv gave Senator Key Pitt
an, of Nevada Represent
ative Ww. C. Houston of
Tmmhssoo a report urging the crea
tion of an Alaska development
■ ">aru which would have the gen
: conduct of government affairs
ai.d also the resources of the ter
; tor> ,:id the abolishment of the
divided bureau control which has
heretofore retarded the develop
ment of the country,. It also favors
ore aid for homesteaders and an
Alaska budget lor the accounting
of Alaska funds.
Washington, June 2—Senator
W. : l savs that Secretary's Lane's
ccommendation for an Alaskan de
velopment board cannot be acted up
on at the present session of con-!
grtss for the reason that the coal
tauing bill Is of far more import
ance and will have to be taken
hold of first.
TRUSTIES HE I
II PET SM
Cleveland and Fred C. I
I, ' >kv ch v. itU the jailer this J
> made a quiet sneak.
The n:ea -ad been up stairs doing j
iitc wo:k about the court house,
- they h. e been accustomed to
<lo, a 1, Taking advantage of the
i' i . poxed hi them made a
- soldiers, and were
ri a v\;:h breaking into a house
it H. iaes. They were indicted at
tc'.. k , pleaded guilty and were,
sentenced to ore year in jail each. !
W d rec d Skagway yesterday'
■.a had stowed away
boaru Stetson after making
their get: . y, had left the boat j
.j here and were mak- j
r w y to the international |
lino at the summit of the I
i'ass. pl.jter in the day the
P. sent notice to Deputy
States Marshal Fouzo that
tii-n liad been stopped at
t; lumit and were then on their,
■k to Skagway. The deputy;
marshal struck off up the valley
to Intercept them as soon as he
received the news, but In some
manner missed them and when he
got back to town, at 10 o'clock last
uight, fouud that the fugitives
ha : come in some time previously
and surrendered to Town Marshal
Poro. who had locked them up in
the town jail awaiting Mr. Fonzo's
return.
The me will bo taken to the
; 'eieral prison by the deputy mar
shal on the next southward sail
of the Mariposa at 11 o'cloc k
tonight.
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San Francisco, June 2—The N' i
tloual Elstedifod of Wales, ore of
the most marvelous musical organ
izations in the world will meet at
the Panama-Pacific International
Exposition at San Francisco in 191-".
$10,000 will be offered for the chief
ehf»ral competition in which great
chairs from every part of the earth
will take part, and $3,000 for the
male choir competition. There will
be also a large prize offered for
'he Bard of the Eisteddfod, who
will be "Chaired" according to the
ancient Druidic practice.
HE PROGRESS !
OF Mi
San Francisco, June 2—The "Col
umn o£ Progress" which will stan I
north of the Court of the Universe,
betweeu the Court and the Jay o;'
•?aa Francisco, at tho Panama-Pac
ific International Exposition, will b
ifce collaborative work of Isidore
Konti, who will execute the frivz,
o' the pedestal, aud H. A. MacNeil.
who has modeled the magnificien
group "The Adventurous Bowman"
which is to cnJVu the column. Mr
Kontl's frieze will typify the pro
gr*«s of the nations through the ,
ages.
FIWERAL NOTICE
The funeral of "Stumpy" Hentl-j
ri-.-kson, the longshoreman v !io die i
at the White Pass hospital yester
day morning, will take place froir.
the morgue of the L. A. Harrison •
undertaking establishment tomorro
at 10 o'clock a. m.
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 DojNlot Buy
STORE OPEN EVENINGS
H. J. LYNCH
The Up To Date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41 SKAGWAY
PIEJMf
The arrival at Whitehoree yester
day of the Canadian from Dawson
marked an earlier breakup of the
ice on Lake LeBarge than usual,
although lu 1912 the first boat
>co1 through the lake on the same
day of the year (June 1st) but a
low hours earlier in the day. Last
yoar the first boat got through on
the 13th of June, which was some
vim behind the usual time.
Seattle, June 2—The Alaska rail
. ;.d engineering commission is send- [
lug a party of five iu charge of W.
Guerin to make a topographic sur
vey of the harbor aud shore lauds
of Portage Buy for the use of tho
i jmaiissioti. The party sailed north
f'.tturdi:; night ou the Alameda.
Guerin is taking a big outfit on !
the Alameda which will be (Tis-1
charge at Portage Bay.
Sau Francisco, June 2—The Pan
. ific International Exposition
iUthoriiies have jet aside $l,06tv
1 '0 for the building of a huge
.iNliioriuni of pertuanent fire-proof
instruction on the site of the San
f-Vancisco civic center, and here the
■.ri-at conventions of the exposition
a- will bo held. The main hall
•ill seat 10,000 and several lesser
lulls from (J00 to 1000.
DRErMf
DOTS III JAIL
George Horn, a Sheep creek mili
ar, upon his arrival here from Ju
ner>u the latter part of last week,
proceeded to get glorloualy drunk,
and when he is In that condition, as
Marshal Page found, he has any
thing but a gentle dlspoition.
Saturday George raised such a
disturbance around town that Mar
.' ;il Pago had to take him in charg%
wl.ich he did, and after a strenuous
'Miie landed the belligerent miner in
th<- cooler.
After placing Horn in One of the
cells .Marshal Page had to go
down town for a short time. On his
return, when he neared the city
jail, hp heard a terrible racket in
s:de. Upon investigating as to the
causo of the disturbance lie found
that tho prisoner had through some
moans got out of his cell and into |
tho corridor where he was having the
time of his life in smashing every
thing in sight. He had broken the
water pipe, ..the etovo and stove
pipe, table, windows, a big meat
platter belonging to the Pack Train
restaurant, and was looking around
to see what other damage could be
done when the marshal appeared
end put a stop to his fun.
Shortly afterward, when Horn ap
peared before Judge Martin '.Con
way, he was awarded $40 fine and
and costs amounting to ?4.20, with
the alternative of twenty days in
jail. Not having the necessary cash
to meet the fine he is serving out
tlie jail sentence.
REN THOMAS
BREAKS RECORD
Indianapolis, June 1—Ren Thom
as, driving a Delege car, today w o i
the 500 mile race in six hours, thin
minutes and forty five and nine
five one hundredth seconds, break
ing the rocord.
REPORT HARBOR
AS ICE HO
Nome, Juno 1—The revenue en -
ters Corwiu and Be:ir report the S
I^iwrence island harbor iceboun 1
and that boats reaching there will
undoubtedly have to discli o-f. o
the edge of the ice.
R.B.fCLiE
IS AJUICIDE
Yonkers, June 1—R. Bruce Mc
Clure, a brother o£ the publisher of
MoClure's magazine, committed siii
dde here today by firing a bullet
through his brain. There is no
known cause for the act.
HOMER CO.
ELECTS officers;
At the regular annual meeting o'
stockholders of the Home Power I
Co., of Skagway, yesterday the fol
lowing officers were elected for th<
ensuing year: M. D. Cleniinge:',
president; Phil. Abrahams, vice
president; L. A. Harrison, s^cre
taiy-treasurer; Charles Nye, man
ager; and Jas. Nettles to the vac.in
seat on the board of directors, the
remaining fowr members of the!
board being comprised of the elee- j
tive officers of the company.
Everything Perishable
In the way of vegeta
bles and fruits arrived
on the Humboldt, in
cluding Strawberries
P. fi. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
Ottawa, .Tuno 2—The 'jill before
th? Canadian piirJi;-.tucjiic jiuthoriz
:tj# 'ft ugh tr.vosii ticn tnio who
\v;i3 ri sponsible for the disaster to
ill-. Empress oi Ireland, whereby no
in any human liv.; wore lost, is being
pushed through to its third read
ing
Vera Cruz, Juuo 2—It is report
.:£ the Mexican dictator, aeeotiipau
"i by her children, is aboard the
stuamer Yplr ; a, v, hid. sailed
yesterday \ia. Havana.
■Washington, June 2—The United
>eivato Saturday confirmed thenom
niition of Harry A. Bishop as Un
tcd Sta\-s am.'hal of the First di
■ i£ ion in AJtsska, with headquarters
It JlllHflU.
New York, June 2 —I)isfiut At
oii'oy Wliitinui today announced
nis e.ti'Ul'.Uiey . >r governor of this
sta'e cu tiio republican lickot.
v ymk i.ri.i, < i \:uMAV
OF VOCATlOXAFi UODV
Dr. Il<Tb>.rt O. Lull, professor
3f education in the school of educa
:i>:n of tlio University of Washington,
:tr.s been named chairman of the com
r.li '-tion appointed to outline a sys
I "m o£ vocational training in the
1 schools of the state.
The commission will hold a con
ference In Tacpmaa, June 24, with
50 to GO teachers, business men
and leaders in other Hues of ac
tivity present. The state superin
tendent of education has expressed
the hope that out of this confer
ence will come specific recommen
c'aiion to the next legislature for
vocational legislation.
Other members of the commission
of which Dr. Lull is chairman are
W. M. Kern, superintendent of
S* hools in Walla Walla,.' Wash.; B.
j Vv", Johnson, supervisor of manual
training in the schools of Seattle;
j Professor Frank C. Kreager, Wash
ington State college, and Miss
Let a Kohne, superintedent of coun
ty schools, Island county,
EOESllVES
INJEATILE
Seattle, June 1—Chairman Edes
of the Alaska government railroad
engineers reached Seattle today.
ME ADDRESSED
8? PRESIDENT
Washington, June 1—President
W'lson on Saturday deliverel a
nviiiorial address to G. A. R. vet
eians ai the Arlington cemetery. 1
VwHITEHORSE
Miss Carrie Sundeen and William
Ar er, both well known residents o£
Skagway, were married in White
horse on Saturday of last week
wnen they went over to attend the
cLiou.a'ion of tho King's birthday.
i'liO Daily Alaskan begs to offer
its congratulations and to wish
them all manner of happiness and
t'l sperifr,* during the years fo come.
Aheavy frost last night nipped
many of tho flowers and plants in
ihj gardens around town.
IV e thermometer registered 32
above.
" 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