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Alaska Historical Ubi-uf
and Museum
No. 218 SIXTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY ALASKA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 23, 1913
PRICE 10 CENTS
GOVERNMENT ILL GIVE
$4000 10 HE FUND
Juneau, Oct. 23—The federal
government will extend aid to the
sufferer's of Nome's flood to the ex
tent of $4,000 at least, and mo»c
will come if necessary, according to
advices received by Gov. J. F. A
Strong from Washington yesterday
from Congressman Albert Johnson,
cf Washington State. Mr. Johnson
conveyed the Information to Gov,
Strong in a cablegram, which read
as follows:
"Resolution oassed House transfer
four thousand from volcano rellei'
.fund to Interior Department for re
lief whites and natives. Senate ac
'lion expected today. If necessary,
further relife will be forthcoming
from Department without direct ap
prepriation."
This will mak3 a material additio
to the Nome relief funuds, and briu
the total up to nearly or quite
$20,000. Including the money raised
from the Orphenm benefit, S110.71»,
Juneau contributed within 15 cents
of $1S00. Seattle raised more than
$12,000. Portland and other cities
raised lesser amounts.
grand jury investigating
SELF CONFESSED AtXXJMI'LU E
Ketchikan, Oct. 23—The Unit-d
States grand jury, now in session
here, is investigating the case of I'
S. vs. Nakayaica iu which the dt
fendant is accused of murder U
connection with the death of Frauk
Don at the Dundos Bay caanuery ov
er a year ago.
It will be remembered Nakayama'
case was not uudertakeu by the last
grand jury which assembled in Jun
eau, owing to the inability of the
officers to servo witnesses in the
case. Althouugh subpoenaes were
seut broadcast "n the hope of reach
ing the important witnesses, t'uo
latter did not respond and reports
were circulated that they had left
the couutry. I
Among the witnesses called to
Ketchikan ou the case is attorney
Ralph E. Robe-tson, formerly court
stenographer, who has taken the
typewritten transcript of the Itow
case to Ketchikan iu answer to a
summons.
In the Itow case the defenaanr
was found guilty of Don's murder
and sentenced to death. E. Fashi
ma, another Jnpanese, was found
guilty of manslaughter in the sauii
case and was sentenced to twenty
years in McNeils Island. Itow's ap
peal is dragging through the higher
courts. Fushima is serving his sen
tence.
Xakavama was originally brought
north as a witness in the Itow cas-*
The developments, however, resulted
in a charge being lodged against hi
Xakayama's attornyev, J. H. Cobb,
made an unsuccessful attempt to re
lease him at the close of the last
criminal court term, on the grounds
the government could not hold tho
prisoner longer without giving hi,?
case a Cull investigation.
JlXEAt HAS
RECORD RAINFALL
Juneau, Oct. 20—The Saturday
Rainfall aggregated .S2 inches. Sun
days rainfall, 3.50 inches. Up 10
press time todav 1 inch has fallen,
making a total of 5.32 inches in 4S
hours. - The highest previous rain
fall measured in the past 15 days
was 2.70 inches on December f,
1912. The figures are furnished by
Weather Observer C. R. Held, wea?!„
er observer for the department of
agriculture in Juneau. Mr. Reid
says that this is the heaviest rain
fall recorded oy him since he com
menced 15 mouths ago.
The heavy rains of Saturday and
yesterday caused Gold creek to gj
on another rampage auc as a con
sequence the big Gold creek flume
of the Juneau Water ccmpany was
again carried out. Workmen ai-.'
repairing the damage.
I'OUTOLA FESTIVAL NOW
IX FILL SWING
San Francisco, Oct. 23—The spec
tacular Portola Festival, as famous
as the Mardi Gras of New Orleans,
opened yesterday, and today tlioui
sands oi visitors from all sections of
California and a dozen other states
are in San Francisco attending the
events planned. Many hundreds of
visistors are here from Seattle, Port
land and other Washington cities.
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
IYBTERIOUS EXPLOSION ENTOMBS
11 HUNOOEO EIGHTY MEN
Denver, Oct 23—At a late hour
' lis afternoon word was brought to
this city that between two hundred
and thirty aiic two hundred and
eighty miners sre entombed iu a
mine at Dawson, a mining camp ne*
• his city.
M an early -ar this morning *
Tremendous explosion occurred, the
ca-ise of which ia a mystery, and a |
hurried invset.ganon showed that
the mouth to one of the tuu- j
ne!s was completely covered. A fores
of men was immediately put to worli
clearing away the debris, and as the
v« i rk progressed fourteen bodies of
dead miners were recovered, and
seven miners were rescuod alive, they
huviug sought safety in a side tun
nel. The work of rescuing the en
tombed miners is being carried on
with the utmost speed, and it is be
lieved that those entombed will be
reached tonight.
TWO JUX'EAU MEN
BURIED IX SLIDE
Capt. W. Howe and J. \V. Clark
had a thrilling experience with un
avalanche last Monday while on
their way from Clark's camp on
Granite creek to Juneau While
coming down the mountain into Sil
ver Bow basin without any warning
the suow started to slide and they
were caught and buried in the mov
ing mass They were carried along
with the avalanche for some distnce
before stopping By exercising gre^t
energy they succeeded in digging
their way out and were astonished
to find that they had been carried
to the verge of a precipitous ei'.i'f
200 feet high 1* they had slid fif
teen feet further they would have
surely been carried to certain dentli.
Fortunately they did not have
their snow shoes on or they would
uot have beeu able to get out of
their predicament. As it was, thsy
lost their guns and alpinstocks.
There was 12 feet of fresh snow 011
the mountain and all this commenced
to move while they were traveling
on it.—Juueau Empire.
OK EAT DIeri.A\ OF MINING
MACHINEHY FEATUKE OF A.M.C.
Philadelphia, Oct. 23—The groat j
industrial exposition held in con
junction with ihe sixteenth annual }
session of the Auierican Mining Con
gress which oonvnead here Monday,
was the central feature of today',? j
proceedings. Preceeding the sched- j
u) i addresses «nd discussion the
delegates, repr jaunting every ruin-!
ing section of the country, adjourn- j
ed to the exposition rooms where |
there are on display the greatest
collection of mining machinery, first
aid appliances and like appurte
nances ever gotten together under
one roof. It is the first exposition
of its kind ever held in the United
States. Included as part of the ex
hibits will be drills by rescue and
first aid crews, nud an exhibition
of the work done by the rescue car
of the United States Bureau of
Mines with a picked crew of hel
met men. The State of Illinois and
a number of the big anthracite com
panies also have rescue cars here
without their crews.
S. R. 0. is th si».n In front of
the C. P. tt. of'ice today, and when
the Princess May clears from this
port tonight for the south, she will
have a few over ?00 passengers on
her list.
I>K. I. H. MOORE IS
COMING TO JUNEAU
[ Dr. I. H. Moore will leave Seattle
on tho Admiral Sampson for Juneau
for the purpose of locating in this
city fj^r the practice of medicine,
says the Empire for Oct. 21. His
family will follow him later, and
Southeastern Alaska will again be
come their home.
Dr. Mooro is a pioneer of the
North. He came to Alaska and lo
cated in Skagwav sixteen years ago.
After practicing medicine there for
several years he became physician
for the Alaksa-Vraedwell Gold Min
ing company, and for several years
ho served that company and engagel
in the general practice of medicine
.in Douglas and Juneau. Two years
ago he went to Ruby and practiced
medicine tliers until he was called
to Juneau last summer as a witness
in the MacDonald case. The old as
sociates at Juneau and the pros
perity of the city called him so hard
that he decided to locate here.and
unike"The cap'tol of the Territory
his permanent home, and he is now
carrying that decision into effect.
THANKSGIVING DAY SET
FOK TWENTY SEVENTH
Washington, Oct. 23—President
Woodrow Wilson has issued his
Thanksgiving Proclamation and has
set aside Thursday, November the
twenty-seventh as the day for the
people of the United States to give
i hanks for a bountiful harvest.
CIPHER MESHUiE CAUSES
LOX<; SECHET CONFERENCE
Washington, Oct. 23—Following a
long message leceived in cipher
this morning from Mexico, President
Wilson and Sceretary of State Bryan
went into private executive session,
.'usi what the outcome of the long
conference between ,the two states
men will "be has not been givdn out
for the press.
The Alaska Steamship company's
big boat Mariposa arrived in this
port from the South at 3:45 o'clock
this moruning and continued on her
way to Cordova and other ports to
the Westward at 7:00 o'clock.
Messrs. L. J. Calbury and S. R. Ver
eker were passengers for Seward,
| from where thev will go to Seldovia
in quest of lagre gam.e !
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
gari' Ripe Olives, full quart
tins at SO cents per tin.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
OFFICERS 1ST FACE CHARGES
FOR PERMITTING OISZ TO LAUD
Vera Cruz, Oct. 23—General Fe
lix Diaz, nephew of Porfirlo Dinz, is
to remain in Hi's city temporarily,
and not go to Mexico City as re
ported in yesterday's dispatches.
It is likely that Diaz will be re
turned to Havana on the Mexican
warship, and raumor has it that he
is now under arrest by order of Pro
visional Presideut Huerta, the lat
ter claiming that Diaz left a gov
ernment position of trust without
permission. Fediral officials of the
Mexican government refused to dis
cuss the subject, and the fact that
several army officers were arrested
!*oday charged with allowing Diaz to
land is looked i-'p°n as a con
firmation of the rumor that General
Diaz»is also under arrest.
It is claimed that Diaz was the
instigator of the plot which result
ed iu the overthrow of the Madreo
reign which resulted in the cold
blooded murder of President Madero
and Vice President Suarez, and the
usurptloii of tils presidency by Hu
erta. It is believed that Huerta
would have put Diaz to death had
the former not feared arousing the
Diaz adherents against him. It was
charged at the time that Huera prac
tically exiled Diaz, and some days
ago it was reported that the pro
visional president had issued orders
for the immediate arrest of Felix
Diaz should he attempt to return
to Mexico, upon the charge of de
serting an important post to which
he had been ordered by the presi
dent. 1
STEAMER SELKIRK MAKES
TWO THROUGH TRIPS
Captain McAlaster, for a number
of .years master of the Yukon riv
er Steamer Selkirk arrived in Skag
way last evening enroute to his
home in Wenatchee, having put his
vessel on the w?ys at Whitehorse
for the winter.
During the past season, besides
making the regular runs between
Whitehorse Dawson, Captain McMas
ter made two trips to the Tanaua
river, getting as far as Fairbanks
in June, and !.\te in September tak
ing his boat through from White
horse to Chena. With the excep
tion of the Dawson, which made a
trip from Whitehorse to Fairbanks
with the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce excursion, the. Selkirk was
the only Canadian boat "to make
through trips from the head of nav
igatibn on the Yukon to the Tanana.
Captain Mc Master will sail south
011 the Princess May tonight.
FILIPINOS THANK PREST.
FOR KINDLY INTEREST
Washington, Oct. 22—President
Wilson today received a communi
cation signed by a number of prom- j
inent Filipinos in which they thank |
him for taking the first step toward3
independence for the Philippine Is-1
lands.
SENATOR RAV CANNOT
ACCEPT GOVERNMENT JOB
Valdez, Oct. 23—Senator L. V.
Ray, president of the Alaska Senate,
formerly Assist nit U. S. Attorney for
the Third division, upon the request
and recommendation of District At
torney Crossley, was appointed re
cently by Attorney General McRey
nold's as assistant attorney in the
Fourth division, with headquarters a
Fairbanks, with the right to engage
in private practice, where the same
did not conflict with th government's
interests.
Senator, Ray stated today that
while desirous of again entering
the government service under Dis
trict Attorney Crossley, he was un
able to arrange matters so that lie
could honorably leave clients who
had entrusted business to him, and
the lack of time in which to make
the necessary provision for a (trans
fer of the business interests repre
sented by him on th ceoast, prevent
ed his qualifying and entering upu
on . his duties at Fairbanks.
Mr. aud Mrs. Henry Maluin, o'
Paris, France, after spending the
summer in the Atlin district will be
outgoing passengers on the Princess
May tonight enroute home for the
winter. Mr. Miluine has extensive
mining property in the Atlin district
and has been In charge of the oper
ations there this summer.
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