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No. 69 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SIvAUWAY, ALASKA. MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1915
PRICK 10 CKNTS
Atlauta, Ga., April 26—The at
torneys for Leo M. Frank have
tiled a petition witli Gov. John M.
Slaton, ;uskiug that the death sen
ituto of Frank for the murder of
Alary Phagau be commuted to life
imprisonment.
The supreme court of the United
States a week ago today, decided
against Leo M. Frank in habeas
corpus caso.
The state pardon officials of
Georgia are now the only ones who
:;.ti save Frank from the death pen
alty.
Frank's legal fight for life has
taken a place among the celebrat
ed murder cases of recent years.
Sevoa times since his conviction lu
August, 1913, the lower and su
preme courts of the state of Geor
gia refused to grant Frank a no'.v
trial or to set aside the verdict;
three times the sentence of death
was oassed upon him and twice ap
peals were made to the United
States supreme court, the first be
ing unsuccessful and the 6«coud
resulting in the decision last Mon
day.
eoihMice
WERE ON PARADE
Xew York, April 26—New York's
'•finest'" were on parade Saturday.
Seven thousand policemen had their
annual parade and Inspection by
Mayor Mitchell, Police Commission
er Woods and other officials. El
even regiments of bluecoats partl
i ipated, headed by the Legion of
tloaor. Exhibition drills were hid
aud medals presented to men con
spicuous for bravery.
IliliflS
FOR THEMSELVES
Kansas City, April 26—Over
three hundred individuals are in Lhs
ruiid transit business here. That
n. eans that three hundred men are
running their own Jitneys—are in
ATE
San Francisco, April 26 — De
scendants of the Pilgrim Father
who came over lu tne Mayflower I
and landed at Plymouth Rock wo»a 1
honored guests a' the Pauaina-Pa-1
cific exposition Saturday, the oc
casion being "Mayflower Descend- j
ants' Day."
Among those who participated in
the ceremonies were Benjamin Idaj
Wheeler, president of the University j
of California, Chas. Stetson Wheeler,
Frank J. Symines ai'd a number of ;
otnere who singularly enoug;i,
claim descent from the "Forty Niu- j
ers" as well as from the Pilgri-n j
Fathers.
Saturday's ceremonies centered at!
the Massachusetts building, where
a register had been opened for the
signatures of descendants of tfco Pil-'
grim Fathers.
WHAT POLL TAX BKIXUS
The probabilities that the preso.it
session of the territorial Igislature:
will pass another roll tax'bill leads j
to the question as to what tho^
amounts collected two years ago, ' c
fore the law then in effect was de
clared defective. Herewith are ci-e,
figures:
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Juneau » • ''
Ketchikan 1,36... 1
Fairbanks 1,3-16.' )
Nome
Sitka ..
Seward
830.
2 S ").
j Sulzer 421.in
Valdex l,265.'-'»
I Skagway 302."•>
! Chatanika SS7.:11
I Cordova 7 73.:;<>
Chitlna R4 7.2"
jwrangell 5S0 7.">
business far themselves.
At the recent tearing on a p-'J
posed drastic jitniy ordinance sev
eral women appealed for their Iris
bands, demanding that the or
dinance be killed and explaini >g
that their husbands had been o-it
ot work when the jitney craze arriv
ed; that they mortgaged then
homes to buy a second hand car
and were now Independent and d >
ing a good business.
Perhaps fifty of the cars iu op
eration are owned by auto 1 ivory
firms but with no franchise requir
ed to operate, the field remains
open so that every man with a
few hundred dollars capital can ro
Into business for himself. Here
tofore the rapid transit business
was only for capitalists.
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We are now showing the Largest
Lino of New
Spring and Summer !
Wash Goods I
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ever shown in Skagrway consist
ing of Plain and Figured Crepes,
Ratinas, French Q-inghams- Mer
cerized Plisge3, Peacales, Flaxons.
Etc. Ladies' and Misses' and
Children's Ready Made Wash
Dresses at 75c to $2.25. The
newest things in 36-in silks at
75c per yard
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If you want to Me" aomething that is ^
real nic« come in and look tha goods over]
H. J. LYNCH
Up-to-date Haberdaaher
and Ladiea' Furniaker
Broadway between Third and Fourth PJ
p OF PEOPLE
ESCES OF INTEREST
The Georgia vvya in and o'it. \
yesterday on her regular run be-' v
tween Juneau and Skagway. j I
The Priucess Maquiuua left Sat- j
urday night at S o'clock with sev- i ,
eu i>as^ei:gers bound fcr the cut-1 *
side. j j
For soiao unexplained reason oar i £
Seattle correspondent, tailed to sea 1 , 'I
112 any war news today, although <
the cable is in perfect working 1
tier.
Oka, a Japanese who huu been j c
employed in the place;- camps o! t ie j i
Attln district, cuiuc over on Friday • l
and left on the Mat|Ul;ma tor the I I
outside. j I
E. Scaink rece:iily reamed IXiw- ,
.... I I
sci". troiu the go u lic'-Us-. M lie
Chisauo. Ou the v.;;;' out i.e
.1 horse, which went th:c a i • h
oa Beaver creek.
Mr. and .Mrs. \\. It. ilea ea of j
Evau.-tcn, 111., w.io have been ;
flopping at the i'ulleu Hou^e Eini-e
their arrival here yve ..1 d. ,>s a., . '
will leave on tho Je .e sen for Ju
neau
Mr. and .Mrs. Coghlaa oi \Vhi e- ! i
itovso lelt on the l'rinct..; :.i;.iiua: ..
ita for New West mini tor, ]>. C j ■
Mr Cogiih-■■ io in t e eiaplo. of 1-. i
W. «». & v. 11., mid exi-cUt) to re
turn north shoitly.
The Ai.i.acua l.-.'i oa.-Hie Ssr. ,
»U.y w 3:»a^v... a.:d tuv.
'vejtwaru. Sao ii. l;i ui-ard for j j
i.i's i'. t: Opt. i-hi.v.ev, W. J. 11a.l*I ]
i.ow, L. P. iiurtl, ii.. C. l.a;:-aai..n.
Captain Geo. Ur'ivn . ii «.~e -• ■ ■- • '
-aw. She is duo Iter* \Veu.:trd:i...
Js/iiii Hubeite, jr , ..iio rocciiiv j*
.v iucu ucu a usu loj'
uc o.iUi'jo, btopped over in jU-J
..call on ins way tit. til a..d so-j
cured from Gov. Sir. n^ mi s:o •
to ship ii& head oi u Aisii»; n j
mountain goat to Lii. K. Lester.
Jones .u Washington, 1». (.'.
Since the opening oi the liver >•.
.
several of ihe E. X. -teauuis
have be^n slid from their winter
quarters ou the w::y^ at the slip-,
yards into the water and are now
being equipped for t'-o io.
son's business.
Tho Yukon connci! at iis season
j'.ibt ended passed an ; laeiniiuent to
the fox ordinance of that terri
tory which reduces tho time wild
foxes shall be held bei'ore exposing
from two years ioue and increas
es the penalty of exporting the
animals contrary to ti e law.
E. \V. Corbett, n a linger of the
Northern Light a Power Co. of
Coal creek in the Cnnadiaan Forty
Mile country, who parsed through
Skagway on his return from Eondoa |
to the interior a couple of days ago,
made the round trip from Skagway
to England in a little less thin
two months.
Dr. M. F. llall, of Fairbanks,
Alaska, was convicted in the court |
there last week of committing
assault on Selma Lappi, a school
I girl aged uiuo years. The passing j
of sentence was postponed lor the
' reason that the accused will have
i to answer this week to a far more
serious charge in a, cas§ ia which
auother littlo girl, Hilnia Jolianson,
is the complainant.
The Spokane left Seattle Sat
urday night for Skagway with F. TS.
I'urzbacher, general agent at Skag- I
ay of the W. P. Y. R., Thos. j
lannie, 1\ Wade, it. A. Wade, Ed. 1 n
I'acle and wife, J. Amnion, A. Bald- c
"in, A. J. Delware, Mrs. F. R. i
iiles, j. Staukus, J. L. Abreams p
i;d wife, A. J. Iloeworth, C. W. <j
awson, 11 O. Barker and five
tee-rage. The vessel is due Iiore c
'hursday. s
J. W. Boyle, t lie big dredge oy- ,
rator on the creeks near Dawson,
iipii he passed through Skagway
11 hid way froiu Scotland to the f
uterlcr a few days ago, had with *
im two Scotch terrier x>ups, which "
.e was taking into Mrs. Boyle, they '
aving been sent 1o her as a prJs- 1
!i t by friends in the Old CO'in- 1
ry. Mr. Boyle made the trip 1
cross the Atlantic to New York '
u the steamship I-usltania. 1
Havirg spent five years in Ju
leau without vacation the Rev. G. :
'tonison, rector of the Trinity '
Cpii-.- opal chincli of that place, lias '
ecu granted by the missionary '
nu'.ru, a ti\ mouths' furlough, which '
le au'd his family will spend in a
i.,:t to California and the East. '
lev. Ronison and family were ill (
i! . .y several weeks last summer,
iccupying the rectory of the Epis- '
•p:i 1 c iurch on Seventh and State
t reels 1
Mr Howard, an old-tliue interior
itoperator, came in from the
-tward a few days ago and lias '
•a .-topping at the I'ullen House
Me-. We understand lie will leave '
or ilie south cii tin- sailing of the '
kfiVr.-on today. Mr. Howard was 1
t one time connected with con- '
:i'iic'icn work of railroads in Mexi- 1
0 and spent three years on 'iie '
xican Central line when it was '
»uililing between 1.1 Paso, Texas, !
ii <1 .Vexieo City.
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Mr. Me .'cli y oi Vancouver, B. C., i
• .u; i aiue licitU to lane charge oi :
• is brother, Asa Mertley of Daw
w iio ij on his way oatsiiie suf
e.-ia;: now locomotor aiaSia, and is
a eo isetiueiice virtually helpless,
• -i tne invalid here, and they both
Ifeil for the toutl; on tiie Princess
'i.ina Saturday night. Mr. Cul
a irioiid who had accompanied
..i I looked after Asa Mo re ley be
: otn i):i \V£on and Skagway, also
on the same boat.
Tuo Yukon counril at its recent
ii-ssioti nt Dawson, Y. T., passed a
resolution exempting for throe
■'ears iim Klondike Minos railway
trom the payment of its annual
territorial tax of $100 per mile. The
reason assigned is that the road
1 as been out of operation for Gev
;ral seasons and thar if business re
vives nfficiently to warrant it be
ing started up again the roadway
Mid rolling stock will require a
largo outlay of nicuey to put tliem
in shape again.
Owing to the heavy contributions
of money which the patriotic people
of Yukon territory have raised since
the commencement of the European
war, thn-o is a difference
if opinion among those of
Wliitehorse as to whether
or net it will be ad
visable to make an effort to
raise money for the annual cele
bration of the 24th of May, A pub
lic meeting lias been called for the
night of Saturday, May 1st, to de
termino the matter definitely eith
er for or against. While we sym
pathize with our neighbors and np
■n
Don't Bother with Parboiling
The perfect preparation of
"Swift's
Premium" Ham
Makes Parboiling Unnecessary
Before broiling or frying
and gives it genuine tenderness and excellent
flavor. We sell it whole or sliced
P.fi.GANTY
1 STATIONS
IK THE NORTH
Vallejo, Calif., April 26—Author
.y to expend $500,000 on Alaska
aval stations, was conveyed by a
iblegram received at the Mare
iland bureau of construction, re
air and steam engineering Satnr
ay.
The telegram also authorized the
instruction here of the new oil
hip Cuyama, to be a duplicate of
lie Kanawah, to be delivered in
ugust.
reciate their reasons for '.ie=i
mcy in going to the expense which
proper celebration will necessari
1 entail, we have enough faith in
lieir resoui-cefulneas to believe
liey will overcome their difficul
les when they meet them face to
ace and decide to observe th >
iine-honored custom.
N. H. Stabeck, president ot the
lubeck-Gold Loan & Credit Co.,
f Minneapolis, Minu., and H. E.
'eels of Kemmare, X. i)., secure;!
mnting licenses last we k l'rom
lie Governor's office at Junenu.
'heir applications staled tiiey would
eave Minneapolis today and expect
d to reach Wrangell, Alaska, from
vhich place they will begin thear
lunt, on the 3d of May. They ;ilso
lave permits from tint department oi
griculture to gather Alaska bird
peeimens for scientific purposes.
The season-closins dance of
ikagway Aerie So. 25, I1'. O. E., ;.t
heir hall on Fifth street on sjat
irday night was a well-attended af
air, all present thoroughly enjoy
ng themselves. The music wcs by
Jelmer's orchestra and was up tc
he usual high standard. Shortly
tefore midnight a substantial and
ippetiziug luncheon, consisting ot
landwiclies, cake and coffee, was
erved, after partaking of which
here were three or four addition
;1 numbers played and the gather
ng then dispersed.
Under the head of "Peach ;s
rom Edmonton," a Prince Rupwt
iispatch of recent date announce
lie expected arrival there aboni
:he middle of June of five of i!l
nonton's prettiest and most pop.i
ar young ladies. The party ii
raveling on a c j-f-perative plan
'Vhich lias behind it many paper:
n Canada and the United States
ind its members expcct to be ab
!ent from home for a month, dut
lng which time thty will take n
Lhe Panama-Pacific Is tenational e'
(Continued on last page)
BILLS SIGNED
BY 60VEBNBB
| Gov. J. P. A. Strong has signed
II. B. No. 35, by the banking and
| corporation committee, a bill amend
j ing section 48 of the sejsioii laws
of the territory, and reducing the
| amount of bank incorporators capi
' till from $25,000 to $ 1G,000 in
' towns and communities with a
[ population of 500 and not over
i 1.000.
In the last day or two the gov
ernor has approved the following
bills:
ii. B. No. 17, relating to punish
ment for defrauding hotel keepers,
PtC.
S. B. No. 28—The miner's lion
law.
H. B. 34.—The "Lazy Husbani"
act.
I H. B. No. 50—Relating to na
l tive self government.
H. B. No. 54.—Taking Dopoai
j tions.
H. B. No. 48.—Amending the min
ing laws.
H. B. No. 33.—Relating to the
f ompcteney of co-defendants as wit
ii esses.
H. B. No. 44.—Amending chap
ter 47 of the 1913 session laws
enlarging the powers of cities of
tii 2 second class.
H. B. No. 55—Amending the
I civil code with regard to causes for
j challenge for implied bias of jur
I <;rs.—Juneau Empire.
TRANS-AMERICAN BOWLING
Cleveland, O., April 26 — j\a
"ocean to ocaan" telegraphic boil
ing tournament for the Col. Robert
R. Thompson trophy, with the New
York athletic club as official head
quarters, was held Saturday night
in Cleveland, Chicago, New York
and in a number oi othgr cities.
In order that all teams mi^ht
i.owl simultaneously, the western
teams began at 7 o'clock (Pacific
time), the Rocky Mountain teams ;:t
f central team3, at i. o'clock I East
ern time) and tht eastern teams
i t 10 o. m.
Each team in the reepctive clubs
:'e to bowl three games.
SUNDAY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Louisville, Ky., April 26—Yester
day in Kentucky was "Go-to-Sun
daj -School-Day." Last year the
day was celebrated for the first
time, when an effort was made to
have an attendance of one mil
lion men, women and children in
the Sunday schools. The total at
tendance was 656,000. This year
the promoters declaied that tne
original goal had been reached.
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Safe
You'll never be "put out" by shape
losing fabrics in your clothes or
poor wear if you'll cliooae
Hart Schaffner & Marx
or
Ed V. Price & Co.
CLOTHES
Drop in and lood them over
Will Clay son
The Clothier