Alaaka Historical Librftl?
and Milium
la*hcm
No. 223 SIXTEENTH YEAR
SKAtjWAY ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1913
PRICE 10 CENTS
MEXICAN CONGRESS WILL VOTE
HUERIA OUT OF PRESIDENCY
Should Sufficient Ballots Show Kloc
tion. Vice President Blanquet Will
Kill Office and European Nations
Will Await Developments or I'mle
Sam's Attitude.
Mexico City, Oct. 29—In the event
that the Hueita-Blanqnet ticket be
shown as having been victorious by
polling the greatest number of
votes in the election held through
out Mexico last Sunday, it Is believ
ed here that the Mexican Congress
will declare thj votes cast for Pro
visional President Huerta to be
void and that Geueral Blanquet will
be given the oath of Vice Pcesident,
and he will assume the office of
President until such a time as anoth
er election is ordered and resuUs
in the fair election of a president.
Washington, Oct. 29—The war
cloud was fanned from tlio inimedial
horizon yesterday by the receipt of
adviccs from Germany, France and
1 KugUuul, In which the United States
is assured thai these three powerful
; European Nations will adopt no pol
' icy regarding the Mexican situation
until America submits to them a
1 definite plan u( its future treat
meat of the sitaatiou and the Amer
ican government discloses to them
the nature of the policy which it
I Intends to pursue towards the re
establishment of peace, if any, with
in the borders of the Mexican Re
| public.
A definite policy outlining in de
: tail the attitude of the United States
toward the revolution-torn republic
of Mexico, which will be the most
important utterance of the present
administration on the Mexican ques
tion, it was declared today, will be
shortly forthcoming, following the
-so-called elections held In the sister
j nation Sunday.
STATISTICS ANSWER WHY
KANSAS CONTINUES "DRV"
Topeka, Oct. :'S—Asked why Kan-j
saa stays "dry". Attorney General
Dawson today r ulled the following
statistics from a pigeon hole, sav
ing he always used them to answer
that question. "More than one
half of the county jails are empty.
Sixty-five of the 105 counties of the
state have no inmates in the state
peual institutions.. Many counties
have not had a jury trial case in
ten years. Eighty-seven counties
have no Insan \ Fifty four counties
have no inebriates. Twenty nine
counties have :iot a single inmate
ou their Jfoir farms. Kansas is
th -ichest st ite in the union; its
a/e'tge wealth per capital is $17,00
Less than ten of 786 newspapers in
the state ac.--jpt liquor advertise
ments'*
DIAZ WILL COME TO
UNITED STATES AT ONCE
Vera Cruz, Oct 29—General Fe
lix Diaz was lost night transferred
from the American Gunboat Wheel
ling to the Battleship Louisiana,
and will be takeu to the I nited
States on the latter just as soon as
the relieving fleet arrives her'*.
LINCOLN HIGHWAY TO HE
OPENED OCTOBER :(1sl,
Detroit, Oct. 29—Plans are prac
tically complete tor the country-wide
dedication celebrations of the Lin
coln Highway io- be held on the
night of Friday, October 31. Froiu
New York to San Francisco in over
2,00u cities, towns, villages and
hamlets the selection of this great
trans-continental thoroughfare will
be dedicated to the Emancipator—
Abraham Lincoln.
HOME MANNERS.
The o'd saving thi-t people never
blow en? another until they dwell
under t!>e same roof is a true one,
for nothing so severely tests the
dispcs'.t.on as constant intercourse
an J the wear and tear of every
day I fe. Hence it is more im
portant strive to be agreeable
at home than to acquire manners
tha> will make us brilliant and
popular in our circle of associates,
though the two are not at all in
comparable.
Wo are in business for your health
Keller Bros. Drug Co.
OLK NEW FALL LINE OF *
Ladies' and Misses' *
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La Vogue teats, *
Suits aisd Skirts *
ARE NOW BEING .SHOWN *
AS WELL AS *
Fall Millinery *
SEE OUR
WINDOW
DISPLAY
STYLES THE LATEST
PRICES ARE RIGHT
H. J. LYNCH
Leading Ladies' Furnisher and Haber
dasher of Skagway
; If Bussism Interferes With
Politico, Cut Out Tlie lloss
Marion, Iud., Oct. 29—"Elimina
tion of the boss and his machine"
in politics is the object of the Grant
County Woodrow Wilson Club, the
first in the state, which today is
planning a busv campaign. The hun
dred Democrats who organized the
club are admittedly of the progress
ive wing of the party. A throat is
contained in this organization for th
Democratic state machine headed by
Thomas Taggart, national commtitee
man and the well known French
Lick hotelkeeper. The anti-boss
movement made such a hit locally
that it has been taken up by a
group of Democrats opposed to Tag
Kart's domination of the party in
the state.
SHIPMATES SHOW RESPECT
FOK DEAD COMPANION*
As a mark of respect for an un
fortunate shipmate, members of the
crew of the Princess May seut to
Skagway on the Princess Sophia a
marble and granite tombstone which
was today taken to the new ceme
tery and placed at the head of the
grave of Charles Black.
It will be remembered that on
the morniug of February 27, 1913,
while on his way back to the boat
from a trip uu town, Mr. Black fell
from Moore's Wliarf and was
instantly killed by striking the rocks
below. He was a native of. Scotland,
about 30 years of age, aud at the
time of his death was employed as a
waiter on the Princcss May.
SCOTTISH KITE MASON'S
HOLD ANNUAL SESSION
New York, Oct. 29—With a score
of thirty-third degree Masons atten
ding, and Masons of lower degrees
in their seats, the Ancient Accept
ed Scottish Rite Masons, Supreme
Council of Sovueign Grand Inspect
ors convened here yesterday in an
nual session. 1
CHARLES DEAN CLEARED OF
BANK ROBBERY CHARGES
New Westminister, Oct. 29—Charle'
Dean, who was arrested and charged
with complicity in the robbery of
the Bank of British North America
in September, 1911, was yesterday
acquitted of the charge by the jury
which listened to the testimony in
the case just iiuished here. This is
the second time that Dean has been
tried, the jury disagreeing in the
first trial. 1
Plan on having a good time at
the Halloween dance to be given by
the House Committee at Elks Hall
Friday night. The orchestra will
play new dance music. The public
is invited.
HATRED.
Hatred is a bad companion.
Hafe keeps the heart always at full
tension. It gives rise to oppression
of the brain and senses. It confusea
the whole man. It robs the stomach
of nervous power, and, digestion
being impaired, the failure of life
begins at once.
REDUCES LEGAL HOLIDAYS
FROM 79 TO ONLY SEVEN
Rome, Oct. 29—The 150,000 em
ployes of Italy'u bureacratic system
of government administration are
audibly lamenting the cutting down
of their holiday schedule. Up until
the present time, besides Sundays
~aud a month's vacation in summer,
the employes have had 79 national
and religious holidays scattered
through the year. A decree in ef
fect today cuts these "latter down to
seven, consisting of New Years, Epi
phany, Assumption, Easter, Septem
ber 20 (Italy's Fourth of July), All
Saints Day, and Christmas. I
GIRLS' FRIENDLY SOCIETY
HOLDS ANNUAL CONVENTION
New York, Oct. 29—With dele
gates present from all sections of
the country to discuss sociological
and practical questions relating to
the betterment of conditions under
which girls in the United States
work, the Girl's Friendly Society of
i America convened here yseterday in
i annual session. Many promlnnt so
ciological speakers addressed the
I meetings and many more are on the
! speakers program for today's Bes
! sion and those of the remaining two
I days of the convention.
j BIG GAME HUNTER TO
SHOOT ONLY WITH CAMERAS
New York, Oct. 29—John C. Hem
j ment, famous b»f game hunter and
j explorer, today is enroute to Africa
where he will head a party of four
white men and 200 natives in a hun
through sections of the Dark Con
tinent that have uever before been
traversed by civilized man. A featur
of Hemment's "hunt" will be that
with very few exceptions the shoot
ing of big game will be done by cam
era instead of with guns. Much of
the trailing will be with English
"lurchers",—dogs that hunt' in the
dark as well rs in the daylight.
SECRETARY GARRISON TO
INSPECT CANAL FORTS
Colon, Oct. 29—Secretary of War
' L. M. Garrison of the United States
1 Army, arrived in this city yester
! day, and will remain for several day
j before he starts on an Inspection
trip of the American fortifications
along the Panama Canal. I
NEW YORK APPROPRIATES
$700,000 FOR PANAMA EXPO.
New York, Oct. 29—The State of
New York has appropriated $700,
' 000 for its building at the Panama
Pacific International Exposition.
REWARD OFFERED.
A reward of fifty dollars ($50.)
will be paid for information leading
to the arrest and conviction of the
person or persons who robbed the
store of P. H. Ganty on the night
of October 20, 1913.
TOWN OF SKAGWAY,
: tf. D. McKay, Clerk.
Dr. L. S. Keller will leave for
Haines on the Peterson tomorrow
for a week's nrofessional visit.
Fresh Sweet Cider
FIRST BARREL OF THE SEASON
JUST .TAPPED +
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BATTLESHIPS St FOR BELIEF
OF FLEET AT VERA CRUZ
Norfolk Navy Tarda, Oct. 29—Bat*
tleships New Jersey, Nebraska, Rhod
Island and Virginia were given or
ders last night to proceed at once to
Vera Cruz and there relieve the
American battlships that have been
on duty for the past several weeks.
These vessels have Just completed
their fall practice and Rear Admiral
Clifford Boush is Ih command of the
division.
S. C. C. DISCUSSES ADVANTAGE
OF THE PANAMA CANAL
Mobile, Oct. 29—"The Panama |
Canal and its effect on America"
wag the theme of speeches before
the Southern Commercial Congnsss
today. Memorial services were huld 1
in all of Mobile's churches at nocn,
at which prominent speakers eulo- '
gized the late Senator John Tyier
Morgan, /'the father of the Panama j
idea". Governor Major, of Missouri,
spoke at the First Baptist Church, I
paying eloquent tribute to the Ala
bamian.
Tonight Secretary of State Bry
an is scheduled to lead I discussion |
of the Panama Canal from the stamd
point of South and Central America.
Director John Barrett, of the Pan
American Union, tha ministre to Pafi j
ama, the Peruvian ministere, and the
minister from Bolivia are also sched
uled to speak. '
ROOSEVELT WILL TRY TO
CROSS ANDES IN AUTO j
Buenos Ayres, Oct. 29—From in
formation which he gave out while
in .'this city, it is believed that Col.
Theodore Roosevelt, Kermt Roose
velt, and party have completed plans
for an attempt to crosw the Andes
mountain range in a motor car. The
trip will begin the latter part
of November, and will consume sev
eral weeks.
WEARING OUT.
Let us not be at aO disheartened
if we find ourselves wearing out,
(or to wear out is but ooe of the
natural processes of life. Only let
us make sure that we are wearing
out over something that is worth
while.—Phillip* Brooks.
Upon arrival of these warships in
the .Gulf of Mexico, Rear Admiral
Fletcher will assume charge and Ad
miral Boush will transfer his com
mand to the returning ships of the
second division, the Louisiana, South
Carolina, New Hampshire and the
Michigan. Upon his return to Amer
ican waters Reur Admiral Boush will
aa assigned to command the fourth
livision of the Atlantic fleet.
KISS IANKHURST ASKS
FOR VOLUNTEERS
London, Oct. 29—A suffrage army
well drilled and armed, ready if nec
essary to literaliv fight for the vote
Is tbfc latest cc'ieme of the militant
iuffragettes. U'es Sylvia Pankhur»t
who is out of jail on a "mouse" li
:ense has expressed her readiness o
personally lead the army, land she
a appealing for volunteers to in
struct her followers in jiu-jitsu an'l
regular military -?rill.
The people of the East End 'are
juite ready to riot for us and would
oe very effective fighters if they had
some training," declared Miss Pank*
hurst-in an interview published iu
London papers today.
death comes suddenly
TO YOUNG MILLIONAIRE
Cody, Wyo., Oct. 29—Charles
Sates, dropped dead in his private
car while passing through this city -
on his wya to New York where
he was going to meet his wife, who
preceeded Mr. Gates to the east
several weeks ago.
The young millionaire's death was
jaused by a sudden attack of apop
lexy. I
Charles Gales is the son of the
late millionaire Gates, and he was
married but a short time ago . to
Miss Florence Hopwood, a prominent
young society poman of Minneapolis.
EASTERN OYSTERS ON THE
HALF SHELL
Fresh Eastern Oysters on th
half shell are now to be had at th
Pack Train Restaurant.
36c ror a home cooked meal
quick, clean service Where At)
M}« New Home Restaurant, Fifth
Avenue, half a minute from Broad
way.
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