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No. 210 SIXTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1913
PRICE 10 CENTS
St. Michael. Oct. 13—The Russian I
government steamers Taimyr and j
NVaygatch arrived here today, the
commanders of which report t'ie I
discovery of a body of land, as large J
ab Greenland, extending beyond lat- j
Itude elghty-oue degrees north and
longitude oue hundred and two de
eiLst. The expedition hus been
engaged in exploring the country
for the past year and report the
land covered with snow but with an
abundance of bird life.
Washington, Oct. 13—The nation
al Geographical society of this city
asserts that the discovery of the
new land is the most important of
any that has been made within the
past century.
AIGRETTES
Washington, Oct. 13—Aigrettes
and other plumage whose importa
tion Is forbidden by the new tar
riff law must be removed from hats
of incoming travelers and turned ov
er to the authorities according to
a ruling made by Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo yesterday.
THE C. M. At ST. PAl'L
becoming very popular
C. T. Lyons is not confining his
energy to the sale of steamship
tickets only, for during the past
three days he has sold twenty-five
tickets over the "Milwaukee" to east
eru points, and even went so far
as to book some of his patrons to
Glasgow, Scotland, Finland and Swe
de
This demonstrates that the people
of Alaska, going south for the win
ter, appreciat ethe best there is for
comfort and safety in traveling. Mr.
Lyons is conversant with the safety
appliances as well as the conveni
ences for comfort and luxuury of th
famous "Olympian" and "Colum
bian" through trains operated by th
C. M. & St. P. Ry., and being pre
pared to check baggage through to
any point desired qs well as to fur
nish needed information relative to
transfer points, etc., enabling hiiu
to secure for the Milwaukee many
patrons who might otherwise hesi
tate In buying their rail transporta
tion here, prefering to await their
arrival in Seattle or other Puget
Sound cities.
That sleeper reservations may be
secured, and the worry of recheck
ing baggage and other annoying de
tails overcome, by buying tickets in
Skagway for eastern points, is rapid
ly becoming known to Alaskans and
Yukoners and each season sees more
business being secured in Skagway
for the "Milwaukee".
Alaskans and Yukoners are rap
idly learning that through sleeper
reservations may be. secured, and
the worry and inconvenience of re
cheeking baggage, as well as many
other annoying details of travel
eliminated, by the purchase of rail
tickets for points east over the
"Milwaukee" and each year the bus
iness of the local representative of
J the the C. M. & St. P. continues to
increase.
STATK OK CALIFORNIA
WIRELESS HERO L.U'OED
Washington, D. C. Oct. 10—In a
I letter to the sister of Wireless Oper
lator Donald Perkins of the lost
I steamship State of California, Secre
tary of Commerce Redfield today
eulogized the dead man for his he
roism during the recent destruction
of the vessel in Alaskan waters.
SECRETARY W. J. RRYAV
HURRYING TO CAPITOL
Knoville, Oct. 13—Secretary of
State William Jennings Bryan left
I here liurridly today for Washington.
| It is rumored t!>:»J a critical phase o
.die Mexican peace negotiations have
| been reached and that his presence
I is necessary at the capital at once.
THREE-YEAR-OLD K1I-I.Y
WINS ENDURANCE RACE
Louisville, Ky., Oct. 13—Pando
i rina, a three-year old filly owned by
I Mrs. L. A. Livingston, of New Jer
sey, won the four mile Kentucky En
I durance Stake Saturday. The purse
'was $15,000.
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SAVED FROM ASYLUM
BY "MENTAL CLINICS"
Cleveland, O., Oct. 13—Through
"mental clinics" the Cleveland hos
pitals are daily saving scores of men
and women trom suicide or the in
sane asylum. They are dally con
vincing people who come to them
with the idea that they are victims
of some dangerous ailment that thei
physical and mental health is nor
mal. It is a new idea.—this mental
surgery, but it is working.
Persons who come to the hospital
imagining there is only a dark future
before them ar« questioned along
various lines and given advice and
such recommendations as a change
of work, more play, chang eof resi
dence or mode of liviug and are sent
away filled with hope and ambition.
In endorsing tho "mental clinics"
hospital heads use the argument—
"that it is cheaper to keep a per
son out of the hospital than to care
for one in the hospital."
POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT
STOPS CHICAGO PRACTICE i
Chicago, Oct. 13—Acting 011 the
recommendation of the Postmaster
Geu., Postmaster Campbell has is
sued an order requiring that all let
ters mailed in this city shall contain
the name and number of the street,
ur office building of the addressee.
Business men here have contracted
the habit of having the address on
their stationery limited to the word
"Chicago", depending upon the fam
iliarity of the postoffice employees
with their names to find them. It
is this practice that it is desired to
stop
Postmaster General A. S. Hurle
3on says the improper addressing of
letters costs the government $25o,
)00 a year.
ALLEGED EMBEZZLER IS
RETIUXKD TO ALASKA
Juneau, Oct. 11—Extradition pa-'
[>ers for the return of H. G. Sarn
lahld, an alleged embezzler, from
Seattle to Ketchikan, were filled out
ind signed by Governor J. F. A.
Strong yesterday. They were for
warded by mail on the Dolphin this
mopiing to Deputy lr.^S. Marshal
Warreu 8. Harding, who went to Se
ittle to bring the fugitive back to
justice. Upon receipt of the papers
Harding will formally present them
to Gov. Ernest Lister at Olympia.
Samdahl is accused by Manager
Schlotham of the Northern Machine
Works at Ketchikan, with having
fled Ketchikan, leaving a shortage
3f SG00.00.
run. MINK INSPECTOR
TO MIXING CONGRESS
Juneau, Oct. 11—William Maloue
rerritorial mine inspector, left on
:h Mariposa Saturday enroute to
the East, where as a delgeate ap
pointed by Gov. J. F. A. Strong,
lie will be one of the Alaskan repre
sentatives to the American Mining
Congress which convenes in Phila
delphia Oct. 17 to 2i. Before re
turning to Alaska, Mine Inspector
Maloney will visit the government
mning experimental stations at
Pittsburgh and at Denver.
CLOSE OF NAVIGATION ON
UPPER YUKON NOW AT HAND
For the purpose of getting a late
shipment of freight over to White
horse in order to connect with the
steamer Dawson, the train pulled
out from this city at 6 o'clock this
morning.
The sailing of the - Dawson for
Dawson, marks the close of naviga
tion on the upper Yukon for this
seasou as far as the larger craft are
concerned, but there may be a few
mong trips mlide by the smaller craf
This evening's train will bring ov
er more than a hundred passengers,
who arrived in Whitehorse from
lower river points on the Steamers
Dawson and Vidette, and the fact
that there will be no boat sailing
from this port for the south until
Wednesday, will mean that they will
have to partake of the hospitality of
this city until that time.
Advices from the White Pass of
fices state that ice is running in the
Pelly and several of the other riv
urs emptying into the Yukon. •
JUNEAU NOW HAS NEW
CITY HALL BUILDING
Juneau, Oct. 13—At high noon
last Thursday the national emblem
ivas unfurled from the staff of the
new city hall building in this city.
At the same moment that the
graceful folds of the American flag
were flung from, the staff head, the
indent town bell tolled the hour of
12. Mayor Carter, City Engineer B.
D. Blakcslee and Councilmen Wil
liam Geddes, H. J. Raymond and J.
B. Marshall were present during the
[jxerci&s.
The new building is the pride of
Iho administration and is rapidly
Hearing completion. It has been
erected under the direction of City
Engineer B. D. Blakeslee. I Archi
tect Richard Wulzen drew the plans.
!T. s. SUPREME COURT
(X)MMEXCES OCTOBER TERM
Washington, Oct. 13—The su
preme court of the United States
lonvened here this morning for its
October term. The first decision
will be rendered about the 14th
nid thereafter on Mondays the court
ft'ill hand down opinions. Among the
:ases to be considered are the copy
right monopoly, the excise tax law,
Lhe intermountaiu railroad case, Cal
ifornia land decision, Nashville
jjrain case and the sugar lighterage
advance. I
WILL SEND RELIEF
TO NOME SUFFERERS
Washington, Oct. 13—Secretary of
lhe Interior, Franklin K. Lane and
Secretary of War L. N. Garrison are
each making plans for the relief of
the Nome sufferers.
ARCTIC BROTHERS.
Tuesday, Oct. 14th, at 8 o'clock
the regular meeting of Camp Skag
way.No. 1, A. B. will be held. There
will be installation of officers for
the ensuing term. All Arctic Broth
ers are requested to be prseent.
W. R. HILLERY, A. R.
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We have been waiting some
time for these. 77iey are worth
waiting for however and we
are now able to supply your
wants with the famous "Gro
gan" Ripe Olives, full quart
tins at 50 cents per tin.
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WASHINGTON AND ALASKA .
OFFICIALS MAY BE REMOVED
Washington, Oct. 13—President
Wilson disapproves plans that haye
been formulated for the removal of
twenty-two deputy internal revenue
collectors in the district comprising
:he State of Washington, which alao
embraces the territory of Alaska, to
make places for democratic aspir
ants. Fifty-five deputy United State
Marshals In Alaska, are also in dan
ger of removal for the same cause.
A GOOD DANCE FOR
COLD ARCTIC WINTERS
The latest dance is called "the
Mustard Flutter". It la the sim
plest affair. The man holds his
partner as he likes and flutters
around the ballroom with her with
mincing step and sinuous move
ments of the upper part of the body
the legs being kept rigid with the
chest protruding us in the "bunny
hug". It is claimed for this dance
that it will soon displace the tango
Sri popularity.
TIMOTHY L. WOODRUFF
DEAD IN NEW YORK
New York, Oct. 13—Ex-Lieutenan
Governor Timothy L. Woodruff ia
dead here at the age of 55 years.
Mr. Woodruff has been promin
ently connected with the business
interests of this country and abroad.
He has been a delegate to nearly
every state and local republican
convention since 1885, and made the
speech placing Jas. S. Sherman in
nomination for the vice presidency
at the republican national conventio
in 1908.
CHILDREN'S DISEASE
IS KILLING NATIVES
Fort Gibbon, Oct. 9—An attack of
infantile paralysis ia creating hav
oc among the natives of Cross Chak
at near here. Four have already
died. There is considerable com
plaint because the government has
neglected to make appropriations for
medical or other assistance.
The Alaska Steamship company's |
steamships Dolphin and Mariposa ai^
both due to depart from this port
for the south on the 18th of the
present month.
COLLECTOR J. R. WILLIS
WANTS TO QUIT JOB
Juneau, Oct. ,13—Last Saturday
J. R. Willis, Collector of customs for
the district of Alaska, sent a letter
to Secretary of the .Treasury, Mc
adoo, asking that hla successor be
appointed so aa to qualify on Janu
ary 1, 1914, or sooner if possible.
Attention is called to the fact
that his term of .office expired on
January 31, last, and expresBiona of
appreciastion that he has been con
tinued thus long after the expiration
of the period for which has waa ap
pointed, also for the extremely pleas
ant relations he has enjoyed with
the Treasury Department during hla
term as collector and I during the
thirteen and one-half years of ser
vice in this collection district.
Mr. Willis BayB that he desires to
engage in business and this Is named
in his letter to the department as a
reason for asking that action be ta
ken to name his successor. The na
ture of the business he will engage
in Mr. Willis does not desire to make
public at this time, but he will con
tinue to live in Juneau and be a
part of it. .
A HUSBAND 16 NOT
ENTITLED TO DAMAGES
Vienna, Oct. 13—The Imperial
Austrian high court has rendered a
decision that a husband can not
sue to recover damages for injury or
death to his wife. The court held
that only the wife herself could
bring action for damages and, in th«
event of her death, her children or
parents were entitled to sue but the
husband never.
Percy Pond, of the firm of'Winter
and Pond, Juneau, arrived in Skag
way on the Georgia Saturday after
noon, and was a passenger forlhom#
on the City of Seattle yesterday.
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
the snappiest styles
tor young men we've
ever shown. Better
see them, they have
just arrived.
CLA YSON