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No. 206 SIXTEENTH YEAR
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WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1913
PRICE 10 CENTS
RELIEF SHIP m CflPAGITY
CARGO SAILS FBI! FOR IMF
Seattle, Oct. S—As I he season of:
open water in th© Bering sea is sot
close at hand anil the probabilities
are that the Senator, the boat to be!
sent with supplies for the relief ofi
the Nome sufferers, will "T>o the I
last boat to reach that point until1
next summer, it has been decidedj
to postpone the sailing until Friday,
in order that a full cargo may
be forwarded. As Nome has a'
winter population of 4,500 and n
large number of these have lost ev-j
erything they had, and many of the
business houses have been totally I
destroyed, together with their con
tents, it will doubtless be a prob-,
Itun, even with the large quantity
which the Senator will take In, to
prevent a great deal of suffering
during the long Arctic winter. The
city lies in an exposed position and
the cold winds from the Bering sea
have a full sweep over the snow
covered sand dunes and ice clad
tundras by which It is surrounded
except on the seaward side.
Already word of the disaster has
reached to every corner of the civ
ilized world, and at many points the
work of collecting supplies and
money for the relief of the inhabit
ants of the stricken city has com
menced, and when the Senator sails
she will be loaded to her capacity.
WILL LUiHTKK Sl I'I'LIKS
KKKK OF ClIAKtiK
Nome, Oct. S—The storm which
wrecked the city anil caused such
immeuse damage on the night oi the
6th, has begun to abate, but it will
be several days before the full ex
tent of the damages will l>e fully
known. Tile Sesuon Lighter I o. of
this city has signified its willing
ness to lighter lu all rt'liei supplies
free of charge.
GENERAL 1.1 M AN HEXfl
RE-ELECTED Vlli; PKES.
Pekin, Oct. S—At the Chinese
election which took place today («e
eral Li Yuan Heng was re-eiectel
to the office of vice-president.
Dr. H. K. Young, Minister of Kd
ucation for British Columbia, arriv
ed on the Princess May this morn
ing, and will go to Atlin, which
lies in his constituency, on offic
ial business tomorrow. Dr. Young
w ill return iu time to take the Prin
cess May when she sails for the
south on the 23rd.
The Daily Alaskan will here
after, during the progress of the
national championship game of base
ball, bulletin the press reports in
the frout window of the office so
that those interested may learn the
result of games as soon as the news
reaches here.
DELEGATE JAS. \V 1CliEKSHAM
ON HIS WAV TO .) INEAt
1 Seattle, Oct. S—Hon. James Wick
ersharn, congressional delegate from
Alaska, arrived here today on l»is
way -to Juneau, which is as far nort
'as ho will go at present.
I
IIED CROSS SOCIETY
WILL All) IX RELIEF
Washington, Oct. S—The red cros
society of this city will aid in the
soliciting and sending of supplies to
the stricken, suffering and home
less people of Nome.
I HAW C ASE IS DELAYED
TO AWAIT INVESTIGATION'
Concord, Oct. 8—Ihe Thaw ex
tradition case has been delayed
on aceouut of an investigation now
being conducted in the state of New
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THEN GIANTS PLAY THE GAME
New York, Oct. 8—The Giants
won the second game in the nation
al championship series today by a
score of three to a goose egg. The
batteries were Metliewson and Mc
Lean for the Giants and Plank and
Lapp for the Athletics. The New,
York team made three runs in the J
tenth innings, and during the game
made 7 hits and 2 errors. The Phil
adelpliiaus made 8 hits and 2 errors, j
The weather was ideal for the
same and an immense crowd was
present to witness it. The enthus
iasm was intense but suppressed un
til the tenth innings when the
Giants scored three runs. Pande
monium broke loose then and all
that could be seen was a howling,
gesticulating mob of maniacs who
waved their hats and shouted until
they were hoarse.
roXURKSSMAN JOH N'SOX
TALKS ABOUT ALASKA
Washington, D. C. Sept. 30—Al
bert Johnson, congressman from the
State of Washington, in addressing
the house on Alaska last weekl
said:
"Three great world movements1
are making headway, all tending to J
a great change on the Pacific and to
a new order of things beyond the
ocean. These great movemnets are:;
(.1) The opening of the Panama
canal.
12) The awakening of Asia.
(3) The building of railroads in
Alaska and the peopling of that
great territory.
"These great forward movements
make it certain that the world must
change its point of view. What has
been the back door becomes the
front door. Who will have control?
Who will keep the peace on that
great ocean whose very name is a
synonym for peace? What nation
will have commercial supremacy? O
which side of the broad waters will
be the New York of the Pacific?
Which one of a dozen ambitious
cities will become another Liverpool
What will be the medium of ex
change? Will it be the pound ster
ling or the Japanese yen, or the Uer
man mark, or the dollar of Uncle
Sam?
These great world movements will)
make a new Pacific. Not one of
these movements can happen again
There are no more hemispheres to
bisect, there are no more world
majorities to awaken. There are
no more great domains on this con
tinent to populate and develop.
"For the purposes of this discus
sion the peopling of Alaska may wel
be considered in connection with the
peopling of western Canada. It will
bo well for the United States in its
development of Alaska to walk hand
in hand with the government of the
Dominion of Canada. Particularly
can we benefit by the example of'
British Columbia. We should study
the laws by which that great region j
is being prepared for a full share ofi
the prosperity that mupt come to the
North Pacific under the conditions
which are now making.
"So far as human wisdom can
forecast the future the events of the
next decade will be decisive; the
conditions which they create will be
final—Simply because our planet is
just so large and not larger. If we
desire that these conditions should
be in accord with our wishes, we
must make up our minds now. -
"Thus my remarks in defense of
the House joint resolution 121 will
relate to two problems:
"(1) The development and de
fense of Alaska. --
"(2) The permanent control of
our own destiny.
"The first of these two problems
is of immediate urgency; the sec
ond somewhat more remote, though
of supreme importance. Happily, in
solving the first we shall also take
an important step toward the solu
tion of the second.
The United States has made the
new Pacific possible by cutting th
canal at Panama. The next step
is the development and protection o
Al.-ska, With the tariff bill enact
fd and a currency bill scheduled
for early action, we should, in my
opinion, allow no problem to take
precedence over the question of rail
ways in Alaska. Until the commit
tee on territories makes its report
it would be premature to say wheth
er these railways should be built by
the government or by private capit
al, but no one can have a moment's
hesitation in saying that they should
with the conviction, I feel compelled
with the conviction, I feel compelled
to say a word now, in advance of
the regular discussion. I wish to
point out the need of these railwaysj
from a new point of view, and thusj
to do what in me lies to secure
for the subject the earliest possible
consideration.
"The new point of view concerns
the importance of these railways for
the defense of Alaska "and of our
entire Pacific coast. Everyone re
members what an essantial part
the Trans-Siberian railway played in
the Russo-Japanese war. Had that
line not been in exitence Russia
would have lost not only Manchuria
but Eastern Siberia. Had the line
bt>en double tracked there wouldj
have been no war. Russia's position
would have been too strong to be
assailed with any chance of suc
cess. You see, a railway may be
come a very effective guaranty of
peace.
"We have no railways from the
United States to Alaska, either
double- tracked or single-tracked
In case of war Alaska would be
lost within a week unless we
held the naval supremacy in the
Pacific. Now, I do not for a mom
ent suppose that our navy would
not make a better showing than the
Russian navy did. If we could keep
nil our warships together, no Japan
ese fleet at present could face them.
But could we keep them together?.
We have 8,000 miles of seaboard
to protect. We could hardly leave
our entire Atlantic and Gulf coasts
without naval defense in order to
place our nited navy in the Pacific.
The Japanese navy, on the contrary,
might be free to act as a unit any
where, without having to detach a
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CARPET-BAGGERS APPOINTED
TO FILL ALASKAN OFFICES
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Washington, Oct. 8—The mem
bers of the "Safety Sea" commis
sion have been appointed by the
President as follows: Representa
tive J. \V. Alexander, of Missouri;
Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, of Flor
ida; Senator Theodore E. Burton, of
Ohio; Commissioner of Navigation E
T. Chamberlain, of New York; Com
mandant Ellsworth P. Berttholf,
United States revenue cutter ser
vice; Rear Admiral Washington L.
Capps, United States Navy; Capt
George P. Cooper, hydrographer of
the United States Navy; Capt. W.
H. G. Bullard, superintendent naval
radio service; Andrew Furusetb, of
California, head of the Seaman's Un
ion; Geo. Upler, supervising in
spector general of the steamboat
inspection service.
These men will represent the Uni
ted States at the international con
ference on "Safety at Sea" that will
be held in London beginning Novem
ber 12th. The conference is an out
growth of the Titanic disaster.
single skiff for homo defense, for
the west coast of Japan can only be
approached through five narrow
straits, which would probably be
blocked by mines, while her east
coast is so fortified as to require no
naval protection.
"Says The Navy of June, 1913:
"Japan with her modern built
battleships could wipe out the en
tire force of the United States from
the Pacific as easily as one of our
Atlantic dreadnoughts could destroy
a fleet of wooden meu-of-war of 100
years ago. An enemy could easily
land an army of 100,000 or 200,000
men with impunity on the Pacific
coast and it is questionable wheth
er the coast defenses at Honolulu
could repel a naval attack by mod
ern battleships. Even if a naval]
attack were unsuccessful an armyj
could be landed within a few miles
of these fortifications and the forts
could be invested from the rear."
"The chance of our being involv
ed in a war in the Pacific seems re
mote. But many wars were declar
ed impossible until thye broke out.
If we are sure that we shall have
no more wars, then all the millions
that we spend on army and navy are
thrown away, and we ought to abol
ish those useless establishments at
once. If prudence demands that
they be kept in a state of efficiency
prudence also demands that we fore
cast the emergencies under which
they may be needed, and that we
remedy any conditions which might
condemn our valiant army and navy
to inaction, and by that very fact
invite attack. A stitch in time
saves nine. He who offers his un
protected cheek to the smiter is
apt to be smitten. No sensible man
wants war if it can possibly be avoid
(Continued on Pa©e 4.)
PRES. POINCARE OF FRANCE
PAYS VISIT TO MADRID
Madrid, Oct. 8—President Poin
care of the French Republic has
been in this city for the past three
days on a visit.
Mrs. Norman E. Black will be an
outward bound passenger on the
Princess May tomorrow nigh.t
J. P. Hogan, brother of Yukon
councilman Hogan, arrived on the
May on his way in to Dawson.
Mr. and Mrs. O'Connor, of White
horse arrived on the May this morn
ing on their way home from the out
side.
The Princess May docked thia
morning at 8:55. She brought fif
teen passengers and one hundred an
forty tons of freight.
The Mariposa will reach here
from the westward tomorrow before
3 p. m. She will continue her south
ward journey at midnight.
Manager G. W. Milton of the Tan
talus coal mines will arrive here to
night with a party, all of whom will
leave for the outside on the May.
Mrs. P. A. Ganty, of Tacoma, who
for the past three months has been
In Skagway visiting her son and
family, will leave tomorrow night on
the Prineess May on her return
home.
Mrs. A. L. Grant returned to her
home in Skagway on the May this
morning. She has been for some
time past at Hardy Bay, Vancouver
[sh.nd, where she has property in
terests.
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