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®he Alaskan
No. 304 SIXTEENTH YEAR
: WAV ALASKA, WEDNEDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1914 . PRICE 10 CENTS
Congressmen Place Patriotism Above Par
tisanship and Pass Rule For Substitution
Washington, Feb. 4—At a late
hour yesterday afternoon the House
of Representatives adopted rules
whereby the Senate Alaska Rail
road bill was substituted for the
Wickersham bill.
By this action, the Chamberlain
bill is now before the House as it
passed tile Senate.
In advocating the adoption of the
rule permitting the substitution of
the Sena'e measure for the house
bill, the argument was used that
patriotism should be p'aced above
partisanship, and when tl'-e adop
tion of the rule was p'aced on vote
it carried by two hundred and three
to fifty four votes.
Immediately after the adoption of
the rulo substituunj tl>e bill, ;ld
jourameat was taken until this morn
ing. When the house convened to
day, the- details of the Mil were tak
en up for consideration, aild the en
tire days session was, occupied
with the debates on the bill.
15 SATISFIED
London, Feb. 4—It was announc
ed iu diplomatic circles that Eng
land would not send a minister to
Mexico to succeed Minister Carden
for some time. The British govern
ment has expressed its entire ap
proval of the attitude of the Uni
ted States towards Mexico, and
that it will abide by any action tak
en on the part of President Wilson.
SHI. FIRE
ill
Word reached town today that the
cabin occupied by Charley Van S"um
mre at Caribou, caught fire last
night, and before the r'iames could
be extinguished, the entire roof was
burned away. The damage and less
wag coi .ined to the building, is
willing volunteers removed the con
tents of the building to places of
safety eefore the flanus could do
any damage. The weather was so
intenslv cold that the water formed
into ice before it could reach the
flames, and it is known that a num
ber of the "irefighteis froze their
hands in their efforts to extinguish
the blaze.
Pittsburg, Feb. 4—Dr. Edward
Reynolds, :i prominent physician of
Bos'on, appearing before a meetitiK
o** pliy.-i -inns in this eity yesterday
denounced radium as a cure for
cancer.
In his speech before the physi
cians the Boston practitioner stat
ed that the only remedy for cancer
was an operation whereby the
growth was entirely removed.
•KAKU'K" I,IKK IMIESERYKR
1'H JvKD 1*1* AT K1VALIXA
Washington, Fob. 4—W. T. Lopp,
Chief of the Alaska Erreau of Ed
ucation, today reports that he had
received advices that a life preserv
er, bearing the name "Karluck" had
been picked up on 'he shore at Kiv
aliaa where it had been washed a
shore.
The Mariposa arrived in Skagwa>
at 12:30 this mornint, and S;iil
ed to the westward at 0 a. m. S'.ie
had 25 tens of freight lor this port.
Master Victor Grimm is confined
j to his home suffering with an iu
I jury to his leg. Just what the
trouble is, the physicians have not
i been able its yet to determine, but
it is believed that the young man
| will be able to be out and take an
;:etive part in the winter sports wih
I in a few days.
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Large Size Heavy Wool Blankets
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Fur, Wool, and Leather Lined Mitts
Heavy Wool Underwear===Blanket Lin?d
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PHONE 41 SKAGWAY
Mcxico City, Feb. —The lift
ing of the embargo against the
exportation of arms anil munitions
war from the United States is not
construct! to mean tnai O'Shaugh
iK-ssy is fiiveu a i>ass port.
It is expected that all aliens now,
withing the fcorile.-s o'" Mexicc#u-ill
start for the coast hcioie the em
bargo is lifted.
1m]. .(ulinson, of Nome, and J. Han
son, n Yukon l't ospei lor, Will (•<>
into Tile New Cnni|i.
Ed. Johnson, formerly of Nome,
.nd J. Ranson, who prospected and
Mined on the Yukon for many years
readied Valdez last Thursday and
will s art for the N( iehina coun
try within a few days, says the
Valdez Prospector. Doth men are
old time prospectors.
Mr. Johnson states that from
friends now in the diggings he has
received word that they give every
indication of becoming one of the
largest ramps in Alaska and he in
tends to secure several claims be
fore they are all located.
The ojfti* of the tv. o men will
Le purchased in Valdea and shipped
into the camp 011 the .Mcintosh
freighters.
S«,£.->0 ADDED TO PACIFIC
COAST COMPANY'S FINE
Owing to an error in ye3terday's
dispatches, this paper stated that
the fine imposed by Judge Jennings
in the Transportation case a
gainst the Pacific Coast Steamship
company was $1,250.00. This should
have read $7,500.00.
PIE
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P. Jit. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGMAY, ALASKA.
POWERS THINK
Will NECE3SKHT
Paris, Feb. 4—The Powers today
signified thiir approval of the ac
tion of America towards the settle
ment of the Mexican trouble.
It was declared that the only way
that peace and contentment oould
be restored within the Mexican re
public would be first through civil
war and then by domestic counsel.
TANGMHT
SAYS THE POPE
Had Couple of the Nobility Dance It
For Him—Says Dame is Hardship
—Annuls Edict.
Home, Feb. t—P.>pe Pius X, the
bead 01' t>'c Roman Catholic church,
tot'iay ordered a couple of the Ital
ian nubility to dance the tango for
Iiirn iha< lie misht judge whether
it were proper for young Catholic
Ptople to flnuc.e. The tango and a
number of the o'ber new dances
were exhibited lu ii < holiness auft
after the couple had finished the
Holy See said: '"The Tango is the
dullest dance imaginable. It would
be treaflnp sinners harshly to com
pel them to dance 'he tango as a
pi nance."
The Pooe then issued an order
cancelling the edict of the church
against the new dance.
WOl'LD SOLVE PROIILKM
OF LOGGKD-OFF LANDS
Seattle, Fob. 4—Chemical utiliza
tion of sumps and other waste
woods as an isolated industry will
not solve the logged off land
problem. This is the opinion of
Professor Henry K. Benson of the
department of chemistry in the Uni
versity of Washington, expressed in
;irticle on 'Chemical Utilization o
stumps •in'1 Other Waste Woods",
which appears in the current issue
of the Northwest Horticulturist.
Dr. Benson shows .hat while var
ious processes of utilization of
v ;;ste products indicate a possibility
of fair pro'U, they must, as else
where, be developed along with oth
er industries which are dependent
on the by-products for raw materials
As an Isolated industry, he believes
that it will not prove much help
to the farmers and owners of logg
ed-off lands for the disposal of
stumps in tho immediate future. Ul
timately under stimulation from oth
er industries, conditions may be re
versed and stumps become a valu
able commodity.
Dr. Benson, in his article, summa
izes the conclusions that have been
reached as the result of 'nvestiga
tions carried on by the University
o' Washington.
J. Olefson, of Haines, arrived in
| town on the Peterson today, and
i will sail south 011 the I.iaquinua to
' night.
ALASKA GABLE
CHANGE JULY
Indications Now Point to the Trans
fer From The War to the Postal
Dept. June 30, 1014.
Iu the annual appropriation for
the different bureaus in the war
department , no appropriation has
been made for the maintenance of
the Alaska military telegraph and
cable system, and this fact leads
many who are acquainted with the
proposed transfer to the postoffice
department to believe that the
change will take place at the end of
the fiscal year, which is June 30.
At the local office of the signal
corps nothing is <;iven out as to the
possibility of a change in the near
future, and no definite knowledge
can be gained as to when the heads
of the department at Washington
plan of taking over the system.
According to information received
by Falcon Joslin, of Fairbanks, who
stopped in Cordova, on his way to
the states, it was the intention of
the postolfice department to put the
lines under the direction of a super
intendent at Seattle, who would hav
direct charge of the management of
all offices of the system. Should
this go into effect, the office would
not come under the postmasters of
the different towns, but would be in
charge of a locil manager.
According to the military journ
als and magazines, !t is probable
that all troops .in Alaska will be
withdrawn as soon as the lines have
been turned over. According to the
jegulations of the war departments
in past years, a new regiment is
due to be sent to Alaska next sum
mer, but if the recommendations of
Major General Murray are complied
with, no troops will be sent north
in 1914 to replace the outgoing com
panics.—Cordoa Alaskan
Just before going to press, Agent
Lowle received advice from the Ma
quinna that she would not arrive in
this port until about n idnight and
for the accommodation of her pass
engers she will not sail until 8 o'
clock tomorrow moraine, which will
permit them to remain at their ho
tels.
F. R. Bunch, <»ener.il freight and
passenger agent for the Alaska S.
S. Company, who lias been at Jun
eau in attendance ai the "big trans
portation cases" arrived in Skagway
on the Mariposa last night and will
sail for Seattle on the Princess Ma
quinna tonight.
L VILLA
Juarez Feb. 4—Gen Villa has ex
pressed liis appreciation of Pres
ident Wilson in no mean terms. He
states that he believes Mr. Wilson
to be a just man and declares the
United States to be the best and
greatest friend that Mexico has to
day.
Thomas Riggs, Jr., who is in
charge of the Alaska V'ukon boun
dai y survey, has declared in favor
of a system of police for Alaska
similar to the mounted police of Yu
kon. He says;
"Had Alaska a system of mount
ed police similar to that of Canada,
the tragic tales of the trails between
McCarthy and the Cbisana would
never have been told. There would
have beea no deaths at the fording
of the streams on the way; the illy
equipped cheechaco would not be
stumbling along the trail without
food and facing a winter in which
he must either &tarv» or steal, and
the government would not be ap
pealed to later on to rescue these
illy prepared persons. I have advo
cated for years a system of policing
Alaska similar to that which Can
adian authorities have installed in
the Yukou Territory and British Co
lumbia."
Mrs. Al. Henderson of White
horse arrived he.-a last night and
will sail for Vancouver on the C.
P. R. boat tonight.
Tonight at the Elks club there
will be a contest between the Lady
Elk bowlers and the Men's teams.
The contest will consist of three
games, the losers to nrovide lunch
eon at the club for all who may be
present, the luncheon to be follow
ed by an informal dance. The La
dies team consists of Mrs. W. C.
Blanchard, Mrs. L. S. Keller, Mrs.
P. H. Ganty, Mrs. A. C. Blajichard
and Mrs. Hugo Ungefroren.
The personel of the men's team
has not as yet been made public,
but it is presumed to be composed
of those who are considered to be
"all in a class by themselves" when
it comes to rolling bowls. The
game is to be called at nine o'clock
si arp.
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