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N : SEVENTEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1914 PRICE 10 CENTS
THEY DEMAND
SPEECH ACTION
Washington, April 2—The Sen
.iro <>a&(*Vs arc making a demand
or speed in the action of the
L'uafe on Panama tolls exemption
rn-peal measure.
START RIOTS IN
FRENCH CAPITAL
Pari*, April 5—Revolutionary an
archists today started riota in the
stree'-sr- and the police have been
ror»\l '.o adopt strenuoua methoda
for their suppression.
REBELS ARE IN
POSSESSION
Mexico City. April 2—It has
bven persistently reported here
thai Torrcon has beea in possess
ion of the rebels since Sunday and
that General Villa is directng the
j;dvance of a considerable force to
wards iJw city of Monterey.
ELK'S DANCE
Although there is not much like
ii d of . ayone who t*vs received
invitation to th© Elks dance to- j
- . :. r;fcting it, we *re n«T«r
iheh-xs calling attention to K
. s.ii; Good muic will be fur
i by Seimer's orchestra besides
ii numbers which will be ren
• r.-d by .the Skagway brass band.
h organization, by the way,
. re beginning to feel rather
tud puffed up Besides there
* ' cne of those dainty lunches
Kites are locally fa
mous.
l>ESTF.l CrTYE BMOTIOS
OF JAPANESE VOLCANO
Although th eruption of the Jap
anese volcano Sakura-Jima, did
not result In such great loss of life
as was first reported, the destruc
tion that followeed in its wake
was serious enough to make this
rank as one of the inost disas
trous eruptions of recent times,
says the April popular Mechanics
Magaxine in an Illustrated article
relating to this catastrophe. From
official Japanese sources it is
learned that 31 persons were kill
ed. that over a hundred wore
seriously injured, and that from
10,000 to 15,000 were rendered
homeless and destitute as a direct
result of the eruption itself, while
no estimate can be made at the
present time of the damage and
distress caused by tne series of
earthquake shocks that accompanied
and followed the eruption.
This volcano, which had lain
dormant for a period of 135 years,
burst Into sudden and violent ac
tivity on the morning of Jan. 12.
1914. The eruption was preceded,
on the day before, by a succession
of earthquake shocks, but these
were too light to serve as a warn
ing of the approaching calamity.
The volcano is located on the small
circular island of Sakura-Jima. from
which it takes its name. This is
land lies In the landlocked harbor
in front of the important city of
Kagoshima, which was also damag
ed greatly by the eruption and re
sultng earthquake shocks. The
name Sakura-Jima, literally trans
lated, means "Cherry Island", an
appropriate name for this, one of
the most beautiful and fertile of
all the islands of Japan. As a re
sult of the eruption over two thirds
of its area is now covered with
volcanic ashes, and made perma
nently unfit for habitation.
B. C. PREMIER
IS MENTIONED
From a prominent Canadian who
was a passenger north on the last
Toyage of the. Princess May it is
learned, though not yet officially
announced, that Sir Richard Mo
Bridel premier of British Columbia,
is almost certain to receive the ap
pointment of Canadian High Com
missioner in London to succeed
Lord Strathcona and Mt. Royal,
whose death occurred last month.
JUST A FEW NECESSITIES
Just a few of the Needful Articles
for parties going to the New Diggings
8 and 12 inch Rubber Packs—Hip Boots
Miners' Leather Shoes
Lar^e Size Heavy Wool Blankets
Heavy Wool Sox Sheep Lined Moccasins
Fur, Wool, and Leather Lined Mitts
Hea\y W ool Underwear—Blanket Lined
Coats and Pants and Sweaters
Fur and Cloth Caps
7\oand8x 10-3ft.Wall 1002. Duck Tents
IN FACT, WE HAVE EVERYTHING
FOR THE HINER WITH THE EX
CEPTION of Groceries and Hardware
H. J. LYNCH
The Up To Date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41 SKAGWAY
Us FOR
EXPOSITION
Before her departure from Skag
way a few days ago Mrs. Mary E.
Iiart, who had been liere for a
couple of weeks arranging for ex
hibits for the Alaska Cruise club
at the. 1,'anaiaa Pacific Internation
al lC\j»oaiuoa at San Francisco next
year, had secured the premise of
peopjte 'from various towns along
the Southeastern Alaska coast to
gather up and forward to her at
j?an Francisco small collections ol
all manner of articles and curios
which gave promise of teing of
public interest and educational mer
it. "C
Thos. J. Ryan, the Ssagway
j.oet, has uuder preparation a spec
ially written song, entitled ••Mush
ing "Through Alaska", tho words of
which will be set to music and
played in the afternoons and even
ings in the literary department of
tile Cruise club, to which organi
zation the song has bee» dedicated.
In addition to the above Mr. Ryan
wll forward several original poems
before the opening of the exposi
tion.
Frank Page of Skagway, who
n.ig had remarkable succcss in a
process of his own in pressing and
arranging flowers so that they
w.tl keep their natural color, will
prepare a large framed floral bo
's uct of various flowers grown in
Skagway.
Keller Bros. Drug Co. will fur
uish a number of Skagway photo
graphic views, also a lot of native
carios.
.Mr. case or Juneau w»: torwara
a lot of native work.
Rev. Corser of Wran^ell -will
send a collection of photos and
samples of native art from that
section.
Robt. Hechman of the Loring
hatchery near Ketchikan Is going
to send an exhihit of salmo» eggs
in various stages of development.
In addition to the above it is
prob-vble that Mrs. Hart on her
return trip to the outside secured
many other exhibits of which we
have no knowledge. I
Upon her arrival in Seattle Mrs.
Hart was interviewed by a Daily
Times reporter, to whom she gave
the following story of Pyea:
"Fur. from the turbulence of the
cit'es, amidst a setting of scenic
grandeur that leaves no room for
regrets for the life she has left,
Mrs. Ernest E. Richter, a pretty 18
year-old bride, reigns as undisputed
queen of Dyea, on<e gateway to the
interior Yukon. She is more than
queen. She is the whole thing. There
is not another white woman in the
town that formerly looked with
scorn on the struggling Skagway.
" Mrs. Richter is a Tacoma girl.
She was married only two mouths
ago. Her husband owns forty acres
of what in early days was the bust
ing waierfront of Dyea. The land
is surrounded with a fence and in
side tne fence Richter is building
un a fox farm that promises to
place him and his pretty bride in
the income tax class. Richter is
three years older than his bride
and they are living a life that
would furnish much material for a
(Continued on Page 3.)
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
CONSTRUCT STEAM EXGINJK
Seattle, April 2—Students at the
University of Washington are mak
ing steam engines, electric furnaces
and laboratory instruments as a
l>art ol their training in the engin
eering courses. Probably the most
pretentious giece of work ever at
tempted in the shop is an electric
I furnace, to be used in the distil
lation of wood. The furnace or
retort _ was designed, the plans
drawn, th© models, molds and cast
ings made by Edward Grady and H.
i R. Rogers, students in-the electri
cal engineering department. The
retort is nearing completion and
| will soon be placed In use In the
: Industrial chemistry department.
Leon Wheeler and Ray McCoy,
students In the mechanical depart
I ment, recently drew the plans for
' a steam engine. They made the
I patterns, fashioned the molds, and
! yesterdaay finished casting the
frames for the engines in the un
iversity foundry. The students have
had great success iu their work so
far, and expect to' have the engine
j ready to operate within a month.
lustruotor S. M. Kane, In charge
of the machine shop, recently said
that an unusual amount of interest
was being manifested by the students
in • the shop work this season.
Some delicate instrument have been
manufactured for the laboratories
by students, the most complicated
of which are a set of expanding
mandrels, used In Tepairing pulley
wheels. The shop in which the
work i3 done is owned -and main
tained by the univerei'y. It con
tains lathes, drills, presses, saws
and an up-to-the-minute foundry.
St. Johns, N. B.. April 2—The
steam whaler Southern Cross ran
into a large Ice floe off Cape
Race Monday and sank Immediate
ly, carrying down with -her nearly
the whole of her crew of 170 peo
ple. Those who managed to es
cape spent two whole days in life
boats, in freezing weather, before
t*" received assistance.
LINO 10 RETURN
TO WASHINGTON
Washington, April 2—John Lind,
American diplomatic representative
in Mexico, will leave Vera Cruz for
this city tomorrow. He has not
beeen recalled by the administra
tion but is returning to the north
to recover his health, which has
been impaired by the strain and
anxiety which he has undergone
for the past few months.
Mrs. Kemp of Forty Mile, who
had been here since Tuesday, left
on the Princess May yesterday for
the outside. J
To Our Patrons
We beg to inform you that we have received
a full line of imported Fourres or Austrian dainties
made by Hartwig & Vogel, of Dresden and Vienna,
which contain the true fruit juices the moulds re
present them to be, or if in other forms contain Al
mond Paste, Chocolate and Nut centres.
These goods ate are the highest of the confectioner's
art and besides being very delicnus to use as
table decorations for all occasions.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGU'AY, ALASKA.
ARE DISCUSSING
PENSION BILL
Washington, April 2—The "mem
bers of the house toda^ have un
der discussion, the pension appro
priation bill, carrying $16M,000,000
expenditure.
101 MfiOIH
IG1AT1
Juarez, April 2—Gen. Carranza
is,not giving out any information
as to the operations or whertj
abouts ol General Villa.
Later—Juarez, April 2—General
Carranza stated this afternoon that
General Villa, had occupied Torreon
since Tuesday noon, but that two
small garrisons of federals were
still holding out. ,
■ WATER .
15 REPORTED
Albany, April 2—Freshets are re
ported over the entirfe northern
'part of the states.
EIGHllflEN
FOR OEASE LAKE
.
The opening season for the great
interior mining section Up" the Stik
ine is nearing and every boat from
the south is bringing in miners
and prospectors bound' for that sec
tion of the country. Capt. Johan
ser. took a party of 18 men over
to the Stikine last Sunday all
bound for that part of th* country.
There was over 20 dogs along with
tho party, which will bo used to
take in the season's supplies to
[>eftse lake.
These men are nearly all old
timers in that section and all have
the utmost confidence tUui it.is the
coming mining district.—-Wrangell
Sentinel. j
' SYSTEM FOR TEACHING
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
j In a London school foreign lan
, suages are taught by a novel sys
tem, using sounds charts and mir
rors. The charts show, scraphically,
how the lips and tongue are placed
to produce, for example, the vowel
"a". The pupil stands before the
chart, mirror in hand, and tries to
form his mouth and tongue in the
j manner indicated in the chart. Les
| sons in which the whole class sim
ultaneously go through the same
: exercise are given. In six months,
j two-thirds of the class could speak
j French correctly, while in other
' schools, not using this method, only
| a few of the scholars, after a sim
iliar length of time, could pro
nounce French in an Intelligible
manner.—From the April Number
cf Popular Mechanics Magazines.
hi sue
Reports have been received by
Major Moodie of the Mounted pol
ice, from the polce on the White
river, that 41 placer claims were
recorded at Donjek for the week
endiing March 14. They were locat
ed chiefly on O'Brien creek and
tributaries and streams of the vi
cinity, including CaleJouia and
Goodfellow. The getting to bedrock
«nd finding of good prospects oti
discovery are supposed to have
stimulated < the staking.—Daw
son News.
I
FOUND GUILTY
Winnipeg, March 31—The jury,
Inst week after a sensational trial,
found Percy F. Hagel, Winnipeg
lawyer, formerly of Dawson, and
•Tohn H. Westlake, also a former
Klondiker, guilty of assisting John
Krafchenko to escape from the
central jail, where he was confin
ed pending trial for the murder of
H. M. Arnold.
Hagel is a young man, and was
admitted to the bar in the Yukon.
Shortly afterward he moved to Win
nipeg.
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WILL CLAYSON—Clothier