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No. 216 SIXTEENTH YEAR
SKACtWAY ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1913
PRICE 10 CENTS
THIEVES STOCK IIP FOB WINTER
FROM P. 0. GMf'S STORE
When the front door of P. H
Ganty's store* was opened this morn
ing. a gentle breeze fanned the face
of the employes, and upon investiga
tion as to whence came the zephv.
It was discovered that the rear
door of the store room was ajar, a:i
a hasty examination revealed that
one of the panels of the door had
been clumsily sawed out, and en
trance to the building had been ef
fected through the aparture thus
made. I
When >lr. CJanty and X . McKry
appeared on the scene, a hasty in
ventory sho«- 'd thlt the roDi'ers hai!
taken the change from the cash reg
ister, amounting to JS, and then
confined their labors to carryia::
off a winter's supply of merchandise
mostly hams and bacon. Of the '
former, iu thi neigbboraccui of eis'lt
ire missing while a full case »f
Premium bit on wiil help to keep uf
the menu of the thief or thieves, |
during the timing wi»itc;\
Cou&)der iC.'e cat--.ed ,'twis wer-i I
obtained, Oso coffee and a fine |
cheese.
Fortunately, the combination of
•ho safe, or the ignprance of the
robbers, prevented ti'e contents of
the safe from being secured, and
Air. Gauty Is congratulating himself
that the job was evidently the work
of amateurs, as the safe contained
a considerable amount of money.
Mr. Ganty claims that the person
committing the theft was conversant
with the "lay of the land", and
knew exactly the location of the var
ions articles taken.
Mr. Ganty places his lost at about
$200, includii'g the cash.
This is the season in which the
jinks usually gets in ts work in
Skagway, as t.>o years ago the ISth
of this month the Alaska steamship
company's agent was assaulted app:t
ently with the intention of robbery,
and one year ago, on the same date
the Wells-Fargo office was forci
bly entered. It was about this
time of the month, several years
ago, that the Pacific Coast office
was robbed of a considerable sum.
CKXSIS OK VATICAN (ilVKS
POl'l'LATlOX Ol' 42» i
Rome, Oct. 21—The Vatican tenia j
announced the result of the firs: j
census which has been taken with
in the walls in fifty years. Italy's
l'iw guaranteeing the liberty of
pope prohibits entrance within the
Vatican of any official of the It'll- j
iuu government for the performance
of aiiy duty whatsoever. As a con
fcetjuence, a census taker couldn't
get into the sacred walls. The Vat
ican announces it has within its
walls just 420 people. These in
clude the Swiss Guards and gend
armes, the employes generally, the
household of the pope and Pope
Pius himself.
ARTHl'K DEVLIN' IS NN
WAV TO PACIFIC (OAST
New York. Oct. 21—Arthur Dev
lin, originally a "corner-lot" player
iu Washington, I). C., who after
wards was one of the greatest third
basemen the Giants ever had. is o-i
his way to the Pacific coast.. Dev
lin recently signed to manage the
Oakland team of the Pacific Coast
league.
WILLIAM Kl'llSMAX
LANDS OX A GOOD JOI*.
Marshal Brennemen has announced
th© appointment of William Furs
man, of Cordova, as deputy marshal
at N'aknek, which position .Mr. Furs
tuan has accepted by telegraph.
N'aknek is one of the Bristol Bay
fishing stations, which, in the sum
mer time, is thickly populated, from
three to five thousand fishermen
making it their headquarters. A
large number of natives are al£o
located in that vicinity.—Valdez Pros
pector.
The Pacif.- Co;tst Steamship com*
pany's Steamship City of Seattl.,
will arrive in this port Wednesday
night at midnight with 20 tons of
freight and a few passengers. Mr
Peterson, Skagway agent for the
company stated that he had received
cable advice that the "Seattle" had
left Ketchi can at 9 o'clock this
morning. - 1
The Alaska Steamship company'*
White Flyer Dolphin arrived iu port
last uight nt 11:30 and after dis
charging her cargo of freight cou
signed to this port, took on a full
capacity passenger list and sailed
for the south at 2:15 this morning.
OUR NEW FALL LINE OF
Ladies' and Misses'
La Vogue Coats,
Suits and 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
FIRST CHINESE ELECTRIC '
STREET CAR SYSTEM
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Shangal, Oct. 21—The first street
car system to be financed, construct
ed and operated solely by Chinese
^vag opened a few days ago in \the
native city. By native city is meant
old Siianghai, or the scction under
Chinese jurisdiction as distinguished
from the International settlement
which is controlled by foreign resi
dents.
No foreiguor was allowed to sub
scribe a cent of the 130,00 or 200.
000 teals which were raised to fin
ance the project. All the construc
tion work \vas done by Chinese con
tractors, and the management And
working staff are all Chinese. The
finished job is eminently satisfact
ory in view of the fijet that previous
to this attempt the Chinese have
had uo practical experience in s^cli
work without foreign direction. Th
only foreigner connected with the
enterprise was E. Kocher, a con
sulting engineer.
Just at present the new line is
only three miles long, running; from
the Chinese waterfront from the
Marche de l'Est to the Shanghai
terminous of the Hangchow railroad
An extension of a half mile to the
Arsenal Road has already been be
gun, and it ia planned to further
enlarge the service by building a lln
on the boulevard which is to en
circle the old native city, on the
ground formerly occupied by the
ancient city wall. The native city
has a population estimated at 2Si$,
000.1 Six cars are now in operation-"
and twelve more are being made bj
the Chinese car builders, the Yur
Sing Company. The electrical appar
atus was bought in Germany.
I'NCI-E SAM BECOMING
GltEAT BEEF IMPOKTEll
Washington, Oct. 21—The recent
transfer of the United States front
the small list of beef-exporting coun
tries to the large list of beef-import
ing countries is sharply illustrated,,
by the August figures of imports anil
exports of bref and beef cattle and
a comparison thereof with the Aug
ust figures of earlier years just
made by the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce of the Depart
ment of Cjmmerce. This shows
that the exports of beef and beef
cattle have fallen from 44 million
dollars" value in the S months end
ed with August 1904, to practically
1 million :n the corresponding
months-of 1313, and that the im
ports of cattle meantime increased
from 9,357 in the 8 months of 1904
to 340,105 in the same period of
1913, and vheir value from $181.
145 in 1904 to $5,031,S42 in 1913.
SITKA COLI) STORAGE
PLANT OPENS FOR WORK
The big cold storage plant at Sit
ka is ready for business The com
pany offers to take all fish brought
to it at a price of two cents a
pound and upward.
The Sitka plant is one of the
largest in the North. It has been in
proccss of construction all summer
and in preparation for its operation
fishermen have been gathering at
the former capital of tho territory
and have contributed materially to
the growth of the city.—Alaska
Times.
New Crop Ripe Olives
We have been waiting some
time for these. They 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.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SWEEPING REDUCTIONS
IN EXP11K8S RATES
Washington, Oct. 21—Sweeping mj
(luctions in express rates over the
entire country are now effective up
on . an order of the Interstate Com
merce Commission The reductions
ranges from about 16 to nearly 12S
Per cent in .some instances, and
will mean a saving of $26,000,000
annually to the people.
The new rates are to be "tried
out" two years. They may then be
come permanent if the Commission
finds they are not too great a hand
icap upon the express companies in
their competition with the parcel
post. • The reductions are the end
of a long fight by the express com
panies, aided, it has been charged
by railroads. For over a year they
have been held up pending further
investigation by the Commission.
Rates on packages weighing fifty
pounds or less have been practically
all reduced. One hundred pound
rates for instance have been left
intact in most cases. In comparison
with parcel post rates all packages
weighing over four pounds will go
cheaper than by parcel post when
traveling from 200 to 3,000 miles.
Under and over these conditions
the rates are practically parallel.
The commission contends that addit
ional business will be available suf
ficiently to offset any losses.
u.vi mm>ad employes
WANT HIGHER WAGES
Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 21—The of
ficials of the four geueral railroads
including nearly every employee optr
ating the trains of the United States
met here last week to discuss a
projected general movement for
nigher wages and more liberal work
ing conditions. The meeting was
ihe most important employes' gath
ering since the railroad non-unlon
ized. The four organizations have
a membership of approximately 370,
000 and include locomotive engin
eers, railway trainmen, locomotive
tireraen and conductors. The broth
erhood of Engineers is sometimes
called the most powerful and most
conservative labor organization in
the United States After the pre
liminary mooting each organization
affected was notified of the results
of the conference. The matter will
now be discussed in the various
locals of the four organizations and
steps taken to abrogate existing
contracts upon thirty days notice
FEDERAL officials
START TO CHISAXA
Valdez, Oct. 21—On the steamer
leaving here Saturday for Cordova
were two officials for the new Chis
ana diggings They are Unite!
States Commissioner Anthony J Dia
mond and Deputy Marshal A1 Hoff
man. Judge Diamond is equipped to,
attend to the judicial and record
ing business of the district The
appointment of a deputy marshal
for McCarthy has not yet been made
but it is epected that a selection
from among a number of applicants
will be announced within a few days.
One or two feel sure of landing the
plum. I
The Ladies Aid of the Methodist
Church will meet at the home of
Mrs. E. J. Liddicoat, Wednesday af
ternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
GOLD FOUND IN TUNDRA ON
BANKS OF LOWER YUKON RIVER
Captain Newcomb, who has spent
sixteen summers in navigating the
Yukon river, and nine winters with
in the confines of the great North
land, arrived out from the Interior
last evening, and took passage cn
the Steamship Dolphin for the states,
where he will remain until the
opening of the 1914 water naviga
tion season. !
Captain Newcomb comes direct
from St. Michaels, having left there
on the 16th of September, and with
the exception' of ia few days at
Dawson, has come straight through,
and is very enthusiastic over a
new strike which occurred on the
lower river.
The location is 50 miles south of
Russian Mission, and iB on the
north bank of the main channel of
the Yukon. In speaking of the find,
the Captain states that he person
ally saw a man by the name of Mil
ler, who is the original discoverer,
take out pans running from 10 cents
to fifteen cents in fine gold by wash
ing the dirt which had been shak
en from the roots of a handful of
grass pulled up along the creek.
Miller has taken out in the neigh
borhood of $40,000 during the past
several weeks, by use of a ! crude
rocker which he constructed with
the aid of only an ordinary axe for
|a tool. I
In describing the country contig
uous to the discovery claim on Wil
son creek, Capt. Newcomb states
WHITEHOIISE GOLD STlilKE •
STILL LOOKS GOOD
Whitehorse, Oct. 21—Up to close
of office hours last night, oue hun
dred claims had been staked and
recorded on Wolf creek, and forty
on its tributaries.
Several holes have been put down
on Wolf creek but owing to the wat
er, bed rock has not been reached.
Good prospects have resulted from
the work thus far done, and from
the prospecting throughout the new
district, shows that there is gold
in paying quantities to be had. It
is the general belief here that Wolf
creek and its tributaries are a good
proposition, and many of those who
have already staked claims are pre
paring to get an early start for the
development.
that it is almost, identical with that
surrounding Nome, and that there
! are a considerable number of creeks,
in addition to Disappointment, En
terprise and Wilson, which Iook
good.to those who have already
stampeded to the new strike. Pros
pecting on Disappointment, Wilson
and Enterprise creeks demonstrates
that the country is very rich, and
Miller is getting from ?30 to |35
per day with the use of his rocker.
When Captain Newcomb reached
Dawson where his steamer, the St.
Michaels, laid up for the winter, he
immediately dispatched ihis son,
Ralph, back to the strike in an open
boat with supplies sufficient to
last all winter. About 50 people
were on the ground when the St.
Michaels paseei there on the 16th
of the month, but as the news had
reached Nome, the Captain stated
that by this time there are probab
ly three.times that many.
Zolney Richmond, superintendent
of the Northern Navigation company,
who passed through Skagway Sun
day, sailing on the Alameda, left or
ders at the company's headquarters
at St. Michaels that 150 to 200 tons
of supplies be rushed 'to the new
Strike at once. It will be or baa
been taken there by the Bertha.
Captain Newcomb stated : to a rep
resentative of this paper that the
general consensus of opinion of all
the old timers with Whom he . had
spoken in regard to the new strike
Nome, and that the coming season
that the coming season would flee
some wonderful cleanups made.
FATHER CROZET ELECTED
PROCURATOR GENERAL
Rome, Oct. 21—The Vatican today
announced the election of the Very
Rev. Father Celestlne Crozet, of St.
Joseph's parish of Fitchburg, Mass ,
as procurator general of the Con
gregation of the Missionaries o* La
Salette. Father Crozet was one of
the three delegates from th« Unit
ed States to the recent General Chap
ter of the order which was held at
Susa, Italy. The other two were the
Very Rev. Father John Guinet of
Hartford, Conn., where the ordor
maintains a I missionary seminary, _
and the Very Rev. Father Camlllud
Frequet of Holyoke, Mass.
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