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So. 311 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
8KAGVVAY, ALASKA. THURSDAY, FEBURARY 4, 191ft
PRICE 10 CENTS
Washington, D. C., Feb. 4—The
(nuadian government is today seek
ing: ilie extradition of Werner Von
Horn, the German officer who dyna
miteil the railroad bridge over the
St. Croix river near Yanceburough,
Maine, yesterday.
New York, Feb. 4—Von Horn is
\\ idely known among the Germans
in this city.
Yanceborough, Maine, Feb. 4—
Von Horn, who is under arrest here,
said today tliat he dynamited the
bridge as an act of war, and being
a German officer claims he cannot
!h* extradited by Canada.
i rail is
ANNIHILATED
•
st. Petersburg, Feb. 4—A gener
staff o.ficer announced today
it an entire battalion of the
enty Fourth German infantry
• i lieen annihilated while fight
. i in the Carpathians, and that
' e (iertnan armies are now concen
t .iting to the southeast of the Be
• id pass.
Sua Fruncioco, Feb. 4—Richard
ates, a former governor of Illin
was named as co-respondent
a divorce suit tiled yesterday by
. i.vard R. Freeman, a photographer
"i Kureka, Cal.
SIOfifMUSES
SEVENJEATHS
N'ew York. Feb. 4—Seven deaths
were caused by the storm which
swept over the city yesterday.
London, 1'eb. -I—Berlin and St.
Petersburg dispatches received here
today agree that General Von
Uindenburg's present movement on
Warsaw has accomplished little
more than the capture ot a few
Kussian advanced positions.
El Paso, Fob. 4—General Fran
cisco Villa has proclaimed himself
the dictator as to who shall be ap
pointed to the presidency of Mexico,
and has so announced iu a tele
gram sent to his agents in this
city.
He has already, in conformity
with his proclamation, appointed
three cabinat ministers to take
charge of the civil government of
the country.
Amsterdam, Feb. -1—A Berlin
dispatch mciveil Mere this morn
ing states that the three con
spirators who were convicted of viie
assassination of the Archduke Fran
cis Ferdinand and his wife and sen
tenced to death, were executed on
"Wednesday in the prison of the
fortress at Sarajevo, Bosnia.
FWffllOE
BREAKS ffcW
Washington, D. C., Feb. 3—Ac
cording to a report just issued tho
foreign trade of the United States
for the mouth of January, 1915, ex
ceeded all previous records, net
ting a balanca in favor of this coun
try of $131,000,000. _
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SEW UK'S' I GAME HUNTERS
SI ESlWiS ON IT OUT
After Five Months Spent in the Mount
McKiniey Region They Bring in Two
Sled Loads of Trophies of Their Long
Hunting Trip.
News Miner: After an absence of
five months within three days, Car
ey Morgan, of the Belmont-Morgan
iseiiu hunting party, and their guid<^
Harry Karsteus of this city return
ed to Pairoanks at noon today.
Thero probably was never a better
equipped hunting party ever went
into the interior of Alaska than
this one, composed of the sons of
prominent eastern fthanciers, and
Morgan says that they got all 'they
bargained for and more, too.
Young Morgan is leaving at once
for his home In New York, being
unable to remain away longer on
account of business engagements
which he agreed to before coming
north. Karstens will return to the
camp on the Toklat within the next
tew days and bring in the rest of
the party, who are now enjoying
some trapping, and who are loathe
to leave the wilderness. It will
probably be close to another month
before they reach here
The boys have had a great trip,
aud they will no doubt return east
with such an enthusiastic account of
what Alaska offers to hunters that
other parties will come this way
next summer. With their moving
picture machine, ordered by wire
the day they left here, they have
taken hundreds of feet of wild ani
mal sccnes and hunting expeditions
that will later entertain their friends
nud the public at large perhaps, tell
ing the s'ory better than St can be
rold in priut or by word of mouth.
With tlipir runs thev have shot
oear, moose, caribou," mountain
sheep, fox and the smaller game,
and they will ship out Innumerable
trophies of tho hunt. The sled that
Karstens and Morgan brought in to
day was loaded clown with skins,
horns and heads and up at tho
camp on the Toklat river there Is at
least as much again being cured
for shipment One set of horns
brought in measured over five feet
nine inches across and projected so
far beyond the sides of the load that
they had great trouble cutting the
trail wide enough in places. Iselin
killed a grizzly that measured eight
feet nine inches from tip to tip in ra'
unstretched condition.
Once when taking moving pictures
of mountain sheep, they wore able
to get within forty paces of three
rams and remained there for a long
time. The game appeareed to be fas
cinated by the sight of the machine
and paid little attention to the men
themselves, who smoked and chatt
ed with each other, wondering how
long their wild animal friends would
remain. Also they secured a good
picture of foxes at play and some
thrilling beaT pictures. These films
will, it is oxpected, be taken out
side for development, so that Pair
banks people will not have a chance
to see theai until duplicate reels
are shipped lu here.
-Morgan Belmont and Charles Ise
lin, Jr., with Ed. Seitz and Earl
Durgan are still at the camp and
hope to get several more wild game
pictures and eome fine fur skins be
fore coming out. By this time i
all the Eastern boys have learned j
how to "mush" a dog team, skin I
tho furred animals properly and
take care of a head, besides "sl
washing," cooking and various other
i amp and trail accomplishments.
"It's a large country," said Mor
gan today, "much larger than I
ever realized. This trip beats the
stereotyped trip around the world
that so many of the college boys
take after completing their univer
sity work and when I return I am
;;oing to tell my friends and ac
quaintances so. We are highly
satisfied with our experience and
in ne of the boys would have miss
ed it for anything. It has been
treat sport and good for us in ev
ery way. My one regret is that I
a>ri obliged to go East alone."
Hurry Karsteus, the McKinley
guide, who had the party in charge
from the time of their arrival here
last August, says that they cover
ed the McKinley country pretty
thoroughly. They practically circled
the base of the giant mountain,
-- on the dozen streams which
find their source on its glaciered
sides, and rr..ide countless trips in
all directions from their establish
ed camp on tho middle fork of the
Toklat river, 45 miles above.
IXlligill » P ICH.C. it.
thing they missed, he doesn't know
what it is. They had no acci
dents, no sickness and in fact to
date every arrange*ment has worked
out smoothly.
Leaving here the night of August
10th, Leonard Heacock and Tom-1
my Carr took them in tho former's
launch, up the Toklat river without
difficulty. Much of their equip- j
men went overland from the Tan
ana, but the rest was taken in j
the boat to a landing from which
it was later pitked up and packed
in. It was as complete as money
and experience could make it. To
get the moving picture machine j
Karstens and an Indian came down
to Nenana, September 25, returning
immediately.
Both the boys locked bronzed and
hearty and Morgan wore a crop of
whiskers that were prize winners.
His father would scarcely know
him in nis snow packs, roughly
dressed for the trail, and wearing
no covering on his head at all be
yond a narrow strip of woolen cloth
across his forehead and ears. But
he was happy and satisfied and
wants to come back again some
time. Their dog team consisted of
nine animals. v i
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P. H. GANTY, GROCER
The Princess Maquina of the C.
P. R. line will arrive here next
Wednesday from A encouver, B. C.,
in place of the Fr'ncess May. Cap
tain McLeo.i of tl e May will bo In
command of the Maquina on her
northern voyage.
The Maquini will be placed on
the run for the single voyage in
order to bring to Skagway a large
snipment of live stock, for the
handling of which she is much bet
ter equipped than the May.
In April the Princess Sophia will
bo placed on the Skagway run while
the Princess May is put in drydock
and overhauled, and placed i nfirst
class shape to handle the sum
mer excursion business which it is
anticipated will exceed that of any
previous year since the sen-ice was
started.
THE MASK BAIL
ill II
The handsome and useful prizes 1
on display in the front window of
Tony Dortero's fruit and confection
ery store, Fifth and Broadway,
which are to be awarded on next
Saturday night at the Eagles' mas
querade ball in the \V. P. A. club
gymnasium, have stimulated peo
ple of both sexes in Skagway who
arc in the habit of attending such ,
social functions to enter into the j
list of competitors, ar.d in conse- j
quence it is a conclusion, borne
out from 'ho information we can '
gather, that the judges appointed to ;
select the winner will have many in- j
dividual characters and a large .
variety of costumes from which to
make their selections.
The Eagles entertainments are al
ways good, and the masquerade will
not prove an exception to the rule. I
Warren, Pa., Feb. 4—Nine men
perished liere yesterday from the
explosion of a gas stove
PUN GUARDED
WITH SECRECY
Washington, Feb. 3—A. plan,
guarded with the utmost secrecy,
was adopted by the administration
democrats In the senate in a
caucus held last night for the pur
pose of devising ways to break
down the stroDg opposition to the
ship purchase measure.
When the maneuvres were start
ed this afternoon Eomeone inquir
ed, "Is there hope for the bill?"
'.Hope defined," replied Leader
Kean, "is a combination of expec
tancy and desire."
Washington, D. C., Feb. 4—Tha
fight in the senate on the ship pur
chase measure still continues. Lead
er Kean at the close of last night's
session, said, "We are through cau
cusing, but the shipping bill is not
dead by any means."
MUST ALL POOL
OUR INTERESTS
Washington, D C., Feb. 4—
President Wilson last night, in ad
dressing the convention of the Cham
bers of Commerce of the United
States, urged co-operation between
the business men of the country
and government In framing laws
for the good of all the people and
declared that "We must all pool
our interests."
Washington, D. C., Feb. 4—Alex
ander Pear <s In this city seeking a
contract for the construction of tho
Alaska railroad.
The commiJcion'E report will go
to Secretary Lane this week and he
passed on later by President Wil
son to congress.
Secretary Lane asked for an ap
propriation of only $2,000,000 from
congress for this year's work on
the Alaska railroad, for the reason
that he knew in advance that he
could not hope to get more at this
session.
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