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No. 236 SIXTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1913
PRICE 10 CENTS
IDE HRST STEP MKENIISEVER
ANCE OF DIPLOMATIC REUTIONS
Vera Cruz, Nov. 13—John Liad
arrived here this afternoon from
Mexico City, accompanied by all the
American embassy officials axcept
three It is understood that charge
d'affaires O'SLanyhnessy has al
ready taken the first step toward a
severance of diplomatic relations be
tween the United States and Mexico.
Washington. Nov. 13 Senator
Stone favors armed intervention in
Mexican affairs while a majority of
the seu.ite favor permitting the reb
els to import arms without restric
tion, which will enable them to ov
erthrow the Huerta government, l lie
policy of President Wilson is receiv
ing unanimous support.
Mexico City, Nov. 13—President
Huerta has refused the request of
the United S'.ates that ho prevent a
meeting of the new Mexican con
gress.
Washington Nov. 13—Secretary o
State Bryan, gave out the informa
tion here today that John Lind, the
United States peace envoy to Mexi
co, had left Mexico City, but declin
ed to give any explanation for his
so doing.
Tokio, Nov. 13"—Several confer
ences have beau held lately between
Ambassador Guthrie and Baron Ma
kimo, relative lo the Mexican sit
uation.
MOVING PH-riRKS BY TEL
EGRAP H DEMONSTRATEP
Vieuna, Nov. 13—Announcement
was formally made today by tlie
government experimenting bureau
that success has crowned the efforts
of experiments m laboratories wi-.h
transmitting moving pictures by tel
egraph The first demonstration of
rnovita at a distance over a tele
graph wire was made at the Con
gress of Science which closed here a
few days ago The practicability
was fully demonstrated according to
today's official report of the pro
ceedings The one problem not
yet satisfactorily solved is the mat
ter of greater speed in running off
the films.
SPORTSMEN* AND "SPOUTS"
WILI. LIKELY APPROVE
Washington, Nov. 13—Sportsme .
and also "sports should give
thrt*<j cheers 'or the new tariff law.
It's (»oing to be slightly cheaper to
both. Outings amid forest, field
and it ream and around "the green
table" are all made less costly by
new tariff provisions Hunting anJ
fishing outfits for the sportsmen—
and playing cards for the sport—
will both probably be sold cheaper
at retail with ^resent reduced im
port taxes. If ths full tariff reduc
tions in the new law are chopped of
the price of foreign packs of plav
lug cards, thev should sell for
about 20 cents a pack instead of 23
and up.
CKHMAX THEAT1I1CAL PEOPLE
HAViJilJ A HAKD TIME
! Berlin ,Sor. 13—Low salaries,
lack of engagements, want and mis
eiy prevail in the theatrical pro
fession 111 Geriiiany to an extent nev
ev known before in the empire, u
lis ^scribed largely to the "Kino"
la'U to '.lie "Kaiser". In some cir
|iles in Oernu'ny everything pood
anil v>iogressive in the country is
Icredited to the Kaiser. It natural
I ly follows that ?n elher quarters al
most every bad condition, whether
: in uoliiics, bu«.ii.ess or industrial de
i pression, is also laid at the door of
i the Kaiser ni'ich as in the United
-^t'ltcs poor crj;»s, low prices and
,uj11 business is blamed on the
] pn siderst.
I . S. "COMM1 IM-IAL EXPEDITION"
IS WAKMLV WELCOMED
Payta, N'ov. 13—The "Commercial
Expedition" frc-in the United States,
composed of delegates to the com
mercial congress which met last
month at Mobile, Alabama, arrived
here today on board the steamship
I.amari for a stay of three days.
Government officials extended them
selves to give the visiting party an
enthusiastic welcome. Closer trade
relationship w.th Central and South
American muchants, manufactur
ers and consumers was the chief
theme of speeches at receptions to
the guests. The visitors leave here
this evening for Eten and Pacas
; mayo.
OUR I NEW FALL LINE OF
Ladies' and Misses'
La Vogue Coats,
Suits and Skirts
ARE NOW BEING SHOWN
• AS WELL AS
Fall Millinery
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Leading Ladies' Furnisher and Uaber*
dasher of Skagway
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ALASKA LUMBER IS
PRONOUNCED ALL RIGHT
A. K. Foss returned on the Jef
ferson from San Francisco where he
h«s been to dispose of the ship loud
o£ Alaska spruce lumber shipped by
the mill at Hadley not long ago.
When seen by the Miner man he
stated that the lumber created
quite a little excitement among
commercial firius all along the coast
and especially in San Francisco. The
market was very dull for clear lum
ber although the price remained
firm as there was none offered. The
entire cargo was disposed of at con
tract price an.1 235,000 feet of It
will be shipped to London, England.
While in the south he secured ma
chinery for the new box factory at
the mill and it is expected 011 the
next trip of tho LaTouche. The mil
will run all winter as the company
h;is enough orders on the books to
keep them busy. Special attention
will be paid to haudling orders for
the local markit from now on. The
San Francisco pap ere and members
of the lumber Industry in the south
unit© in saying that this was tho
best cargo of lumber ever shipped
out of Alaska Mr. Foss made ar
rangements for financial backing
while away and will operate on
a larger scale from now on.
He will make another shipment of
clear lumber next year in the event
of the market improving any—
Ketchikan Miatr.
THE ILLINOIS BLIZZARD
IS NOW ABATING
Chicago, Nov. 13—The blizzar
which has held this city in its
grip for the past several days is
now abating.
NEW HAZELTON BANK
ROBBERS ELUDE OFFICER
Victoria, Nov. 13—The five bank
robers who loored the New Hazel
ton bank yesterday and escaped
with $10,000 of the bank's cash af
ter shooting the cashier, have thus
far successfully eluded the officers
in pursuit.
CHINESE SENATE WILL
LIKELY HE ABOLISHED
Pekin, Nov. 13—The President of
the Chinese lcpublic has called a
council of the cabinet to discuss
the advisability of the abolishment
of the senate and reducing the num
ber of members in parliament.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE
IS INVESTIGATING CHARGES
St. Louis, Nov. 12—The House
Committee on Expenditures in the
Postoffice Expenditures is in ses
sion today to continue investigation
of charges that the postoffice depart
ment is persecuting E. C. Lewis
arid the Lewis Publishing company.
ATTEMPT TO RUSH
HAS BEEN ABANDONED
Washington, Nov. 13—The at
tempt to rush the currency bill
through was abandoned after the
democratic caucus last night.
MARRIAGES ON PROBATION
LAWFUL IN NEW YORK
New York, Nov. 13—They have
trial marriages in New i York. The
law of the Empire State provides
for marriages od probation, the mar
ital tie to be dissolved by tho
courts if the venture proves un
satisfactory. Supreme Court Justice
Samuel Greenbaum went further and
declared that New York licenses
trial marriagc3 for children.
True the statutes do not refar to
trial marriages specifically. The
law in question is severely con
demned by several prominent jurists
provides that a marriage contract
ed by minors, or when one of the
parties is a minor, whether with or
without the consent of the parents
or guardian of the minor, shall be
annulled by ths court when applica
tion for such arnullment is made by
the minor parly. To obtain the le
al annullment <t is not necessary to
sot forth grounds why the marriage
was not a success. Nor is it nec
essary for both parties to consent
to an annullotnt.
j AN OLD TRIBAL CUSTOM
INVOKED FOR DAMAGES
The old tribal customs, notwith
standing the many years of the
white man's supremacy in the north,
still prevail to a certain extent
among the Alaskan natives A case
in point is that of James Adams, of
this place, w'io yesterday, accom
panied by several of bis relatives,
w-nt to Haines, where Anderson
will seek to recover damages for
an injury recently inflicted on
him by a member of another tribe.
It appears that Anderson, in an
altercation with a Haines native,
suffered an injury to his face and,
according to *he tribal laws, is en
titled to damages therefor. If it
is found on investigation at the
coming conference between the two
tribes that Anderson's assailant was
the aggressor, his tribesmen will
have to pay for the damages lnfllct
! ed, and from this verdict three is no
appeal.
"Ol'R TEDDY" RECEIVES
MANY GLOWING TRIBUTES
Buenos Aires, Nov. 13—At the
banquet here to ex-President Roose
velt last night he was the recipient
of many glowing tributes. : -
WIFE OF CANADIAN
HIGH COMMISSIONER DEAll
Loudon, Nov. 13—Lady !Strath
cona, wife of the Canadian High
Commissioner, died here today.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
MEETS IN LONDON TODAY
London, Nov. 13—An internation
al agreement for legislation re
quiring wireless apparatus on all
ships in foreign trade that carry
fifty or more persons, including pas
sengers and crfew, is one of the
most important matters scheduled
to come up for consideration when
the International I Conference on
Safety at Sea meets today.
Location Notices at Daily Alaskan
Wo are now prepared to sell you the highest type of "Jona- •
than" ami "Northern Spy" apples at $2.75 per box.
An extra fancy variety of Hood River Spitzenberg due this
week at $3.00 per box. "
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Beginning today, during the winter we open at 8 a. m. and •
close at C p. m. Saturday 8 p. m. . '
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mm] MOB PEOPLE
AN THEIR m JO ONE
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H. M. Hartwlgsen will leave for
the south tonight on the Princess
Sophia.
J. P. Whitney, Whitehorse mer
chant, will arrive tonight to take
the Princess Sophia for the outside.
Wm. Shaw, former steward at the
North Star Athletic club at White
horse, will le;ave on the Princess
Sophia tonight.
Mr. Morris, who has been la
charge of the branch Canadian bank
of Commerce 'at Whitehorse during
Mr. Roes' absence on a vacation,
will sail on the Sophia tonight.
Wm. Drury, of the Whltehorso
firm of Taylor, Drury & Pedlar Co,
will be here tonglht to take the
Princess Sophia. He will visit his
old home in England before his re
turn. I
Carl Faulk, the Ciriroes fox farm
er,. will reach here tonight on his way
to Prince Edwards Island, where he
^oes to deliver a consignment of
fo.i.cs which he Is bringing with
him. He will be aboard the Prin
cess Sophia at her sailing tonight.
Cha*. Greime, senior member of
the firm of Greime & smith, at
Whitehorse, will leave on the Prin
cess Sophia tonight for Vancouver
and Seattle. lie expects to be ab
sent for several weeks. I
Catain James Roberts, of the W.
P. & Y. R. steamer Gleaner, on the
Carcross Atlin run, is In town on his
way to the southward. Capt.. Jim
will probably not return until near
the opening of navigation next year.
He will spend most of his time
while outside with a brother who
lives in San Francisco. Well, here's
good luck, Capt. Jim.
B. J. McGee, Whitehorse hotel
keeper and influential i member of
the "hang down" club of that town,
reached here last night on his an
nual trip of recuperation to the out
side. Before returning he 'will via
It San Francisco to see that the
plans for the Panama Pacific Ex
position are being carried out
in the proper manner. If he reach
es Seeattle in time to make connec
tions it is also his intention to go
to Washington, D. C-, to be
present at the wedding of Miss Jes
sie Wileori, he having received a
specially engraved invitation for this
interesting event. ir ,
THIS STUDENT FINDS HIS
TIME PRETTY WELL TAKE!
Seattle Nov. 13—Working at man
ual labor tea hours a week, carry
ing eighteen hours of college work,
teaching English to foreigners,
acting aa secretary of the Scandi
navian and 'Cosmopolitan clubs and
turning out for football is the 'com
plicated program of Georga Grlm
etvedt, a student at the Universi
ty of Washington
The old campug wireless station,
against which so much complaint
has been .'made aince it was dis
mantled about a year ago, is now
occupied by Grimstvedt, who spran
into prominence last year as the
strongest man in the entering 1916
class He was employed by the uni
versity during the summer and
was permitted to live Ik the wire
less station, which he will continue
to occupy until euch time aa the
authorities who are ^'contemplating
reestablishing the station, will need
the building.
Mr. Grimstvedt earns $2.50 a
week working for the college Y. M.
C. A. ten hours a week. He does
a few odd Job3 occasionally and in
this way keeps himself in pocket
money. I
SALVATION ARMY LEADERS
SRRECT A RECONCILIATION
Chicago, Nov. IS—Generals Bram
well Booth and Ballington Booth,
Salvationists, who have been at outs
for some time, met here today,
shook hands and effected a reconcil
iation.
■A "BIBLE CAMPAIGN"
STARTED IN THE EAST
Philadelphia Nov. 12—The most
extensive "bible campaign" ever wit
nesae U> the East started in earn
est here Monday, when prominent
educators and bible experts 'repre
senting nearly all the Protestant
ences and meetings throughout the
denominations, gathered in confer
citjr.for a two week's session. The
purpose of the campaign, participat
ed in by meat of the churches of
the city is to promote study of the
bible, by the distribution of tracts
by neighborhood or district bible
conferences, bible study classes, and
prayer bands.
Philadelphia 'ic t'ae first city in
the East to undertake public bible
instruction on a large scale and
many representatives from other
cities are here to observe the re
sults and to aid in the campaign.
The confeences will last until Nov
ember 23.
FRENCH AMBASSADOR
TO BE REPLACED SOOX
•}>r <
Paris, Nov. 13—Theophile Dela
casse, French Ambassador at St.
Petersburg, will i be replaced not
later than January 1, IS 14, accord
ing to a report circulated here to
day. Having been appointed to
carry.out a special commission said
to concern closer military and na
val co-oeratiou between France and
Russia, and that mission having been
successfully terminated, the famous
Frenchman will return home.
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