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~N^~239 SIXTEENTH YEAR 1 SKAGWAY ALASKA,^MONDAY, NOVEMBEK17, 1913 PRICE 10 CENTS
HOERTAIS STILL OBSTREPEROUS;
BRITISHERS ORDERED 10 LEAVE
Mexico City, Nov. 17—The low
er house of the Mexican congress
met late Saturday uight, but the
upper house was unable to secure
a quorum. President Huerta an
nounced to United States charge d'
affaires O'Shaushnessy, that he had
no lnteution of resigning from the
presidency, anl would not listen to
any proposals from the United Stateg
which were not compatible with his
own dignity.
President Huerta today removed
Minister of the interior Aldage,
who is to be (rdered abroad. The
latter is the only Mexican cabinet
official who was not afraid to dis
cuss the situa'.ion with the Presi
dent.
Sir Lionel <'arden, British Am
bassador has ordered all British sut
jects to quit .Mexico if they fear
for their lives.
Nogales, Nov. 17—The rebels
have entered the city and are fight
ing the ftderal troops in the streets,
with every Indication that they will
come out victorious and the city
fall into their hands.
Washington, Nov. 17—President
Wilson and Secretary of State Bry
an will make no statement regarding
the situation in Mexico.
El Paso, Nov. 17—Two federal
generals, taken prisoners by the
rebels Saturday when the city of
Juarez surrendered to the rebel
forces, were executed this morning.
It is the intention of the rebel com
mander to maUo the city of Juarez
his headquarters. i
KX-GOVKRNOI; Sl'l.ZER TO
<JO 0> l.KCN RlNti rol l:
New York, Nov. 17—Sulzer de
nies the story being circulated here
that he- assistet Taiumauy in its
sandbagging methods in collecting
campaign funds from barge, can
al and road contractors In the state
of New York. He will start next
Saturday on a lecturing tour thru
the prlucipal cities of the United
States, including those of the Pac
ific coast.
MRS. CORNELIA NOBLE
SPENT MOTHER'S MONEY
Seattle, Nov. 17—The inquest ovo
the remaius of Mrs. Corv.elia Noble,
the Nome court stenographer who
committed suici.le in her room in a
hotel here Friday night, disclosed
the fact that she had spent thous
ands of dollars entrusted to her by
her mother, in extravagant living,
and this is tho.ight to have bee.i
the motive for the deed.
35c tor a home cooked meal—
quick, clean service Where At
Ui* New Home Restaurant, Fifth
Atenue, hair » minute from Broirl
•v
Location Notices, placer and
quartz, 50c. a dozen at the DaiJ>
Alaskan office. U*
Jl'XEAU CONTRACTOR
WAXIS PAY FOR EXTRA
Washington, Nov. 17—Kris Kup
pler of Seattle is in Washington
where he has filed a claim against
the government for $2,100, which h
alleges is due him in connection
with his contract in the erection of
the executive mansion in Juneau, Al
aska.
A Ml for ilie relief of Mr. Kup
pler has been introduced in the
senate by Senator Benjamin Shive
ly of Indiana.
The governor's mansion in Juneau
was buill by day labor, the gov
ernment furnUliing the material and
Mr Kuppler tad the .contract for
supplying and superintending the
labor, for which he received ten per
cent. The amount he is now ask
ing for, resulting from additions or
changes in the plans, other than tha
originally called for.
THK A. B. DANCE
W VS WELL A t TEN D F
The dance given by members of
the Arctic Brotherhood in their hall
Saturday night was well attended.
Selmer's orchestra furnished excel
!enr music an! a*. 11:45 bounteous
and toothsome refreshments in the
way ot sandwiches, several kinds of
cakt and coffee were served.
OURDNEW 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
RICES ARE RIGHT
H. J. LYNCH
?ading Ladies' Furnisher and Haber
dasher of Skagway
AMUSING FIGHT BEING
WAGED IN* SKAGWAY
Owing to a warfare waged be
tween the White Pass railroad.and
the Home Power Comany at Skag
way, the citizens of ithat city are
getting eome amusement out of the
affair. A correspondent writing to
the Whitehorse Star has this to say:
'Travel being practically over for
the season, there is little of inter
est at persent in Skagway aside
from the nice little warfare being
waged between the railroad pople
and the Home l.ight & Power Co. A
one result of the disagreement there
is no light on the wharf except,'that
emitted from the engine headlights
located at irregular intervals on and
about the wharf. The electric light
company, not being able to agree
with the railroad company as to the
price it should pay for light, the
latter discontinued the service and,
save for the fitful rays from the
locomotive iieadl'ghts above referred
to, darkness stalks rampant on the
wharf and lanterns are in demand.
Only those who have business which
must be attendee to now go to the
.vharf at night and they do not stay
any longer than necessary.
"In retaliation for the shutting
off of thr light, the railroad people
ordered the Home P. I Company to
shut otf the water with which the
wharf was b ins served and the re
sult 's that steamers are now tak
ing sufficient water at Juneau to
last until th»y are able to return
there. Thus ia Skagway deprived
of marketing her water which, next
to scenery, is her longest suit. Be- |
sides being us .-<1 by steamers, it is
in demand for "chasers".—Juneau
Empire.
EDIBIjF oils in the
mediterranean district
Washington, Nov. 17—The novel
plan of increasing imports of Amer
ican cottonseed oil into northern
Africa by introducing modern oil
pressing machinery and encouraging
the natives to produce better grades
of olives is proposed by Commercial
Agent Erwin W. Thompson In a
monograph entitled "Edible oils In
the Mediterranean district", just is
sued by the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, Department of
Commerce. The natives will sell th
high grade olive abroad at excel
lent prices and then import cheaper
oils for their own use.'
The present crisis in the vege
table oil industry in Marseille is
treated at some length in the mon
ograph. For years the undisputed
center of the seed-oil trade, Mar
seille has recently felt the compe
tition of the newer centers where
modern machinery and methods are
in use. Attention is also given to
the oil trade conditions in Morocco,
Algeria, and Tunis.
BOWLIXiJ HONORS.
The highest snores in bowling at
the Elk's club rooms last week were
as follows:
W. B Batson, 211,1233
O. Selmer, 211, 210
J. Reek, 203.
Bonded WThistceya—Gibson, Moun
Virnon and Belmont. The best of
Beer—Blue Ribbon, Budwelser and
Pule Ranier, at the Mascot, Tele
phone 67 f
NO HOPE FOR THJB
DRU<i STORE BLONDE
Washington, Nov. 17,—There's
mighty little hope for the drug
store blond and the artificial beauty.
In 'the new Democratic tariff law.
If you're not naturally beautiful or
entrancing and the ancient and
masculine partiality for the girl who
classes as a "good looker" doesn't
change, its i?ood night for yours.
One thing eeoms evident and that
is that the :Deoocratic tariff fram
ers did more to discourage the use
of face paint and enamels and ghast
ly nose powders than all the moth
ers' clubs and reformers' organiza
tions could have accomplished in a
hundred years. Of course. If your
beauty can't bo washed off the tar
iff doesn't affect you. But if you buy
the color of your cheeks or hair
from a drug store, and depend sole
ly on artificiality for your beauty
and attractiveness you'd better
make up your mind 'to ask father or
hubby for a bigger allowance or
prepare to be a "wali-flo vor", hence
forth.
SPANISH STEAMER AFIRE
IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC
Cape Race, Nov. 15—The Span
ish steamer Balmea is aflfe in the
North Atlantic ocean and it is fear
ed that she is doomed. A wireless
distress signal was sent out and
Cunard liner Jannonla came to her
aid, taking oft the passengers from
the burning boat.
PRESIDENT WILSON ISSUES
ORDERS TO COMMISSION
Washington, Not. 117—PresidpJi
Woodrow Wilson Saturday ordered
the Commissir-n of Media:ion and
Conciliation to get in toucl. at once
with the strike situation on the
Southern Pacific lines, and attempt
a settlement of the difficulty as
quickly as possible.
EX-PRESIDENT W. H. TAFT
PRAISES THE JAPANESE
Washington, Nov. 17— Ex-Pres
ident Taft in his address before tho
National Geographical society today
declared that Japan had lived up to
Its treaties and that the United
States must keep faith with that
country by refusing to discriminate
against its people.
MANY" MINERS HEADED
FOR THE NEllj CHINA
Valdez, Nor. 17—More than 60
prospectors and miners will leare
Valdez within the next week for
the Nelchina country, taking: outfits
into the new camp with dog teams.
Many of the men who are headed
for the camp hare already made a
trip into the diggings, located
claims and the prospects were so
encouragin -.hat they ci.me for
supplies and tools and will spend
the winter further prospecting the
ground located by them.
Many -vlll have their supplies
freighted from Valdez to the sum
mit by horse sleds and from the
summit to the new camp they will
take dog teams.
Fancy
Apples
We are now prepared to sell yon the highest type of "Jona
than" and "Northern Spy" apples at f2.75 per box.
An extra fancy variety of Hood River Spitzenberg due tlila
week at $3.00 per box.
Beginning today, during the winter we open at 8 a. m. and
close at 6 p. m. Saturday 8 p. m. ikr.'til
P. H. GANTY. GROCER
w a oneSt. sum
mis ro mm mum
Peking, Nov. 17—Now that Yuan
Shlh Kai , has been elected for a
full five year term as president of
the republic, lie and his cabinet ex
pect to build up the country, and
one of the first problems to call
their attention will be the steady
decline of tho nation's tea trade
in recent years, according to an an
nouncement made here today. The
department of agriculture has be
gun an investigation along this
line, and some startling facts in re
gard to the nation's tea business al
ready have been disclosed.
In 1888, as far back as accurate
government statistcis go, the Em
pire of China was the greatest tea
producing country in thee world. In
that year it exported 280,067,000
pounds of tea. But in 1907 the fig
ures had dropped to 200,320,000
pounds. The annual export at pres
ent is about what it was in 1907.
In sharp contrast to this has been
the strong and steady invasion of
India and Ceylon into China's tea
monopoly. In 1888, when China
shipped from her shores Inearly
300,000,000 pounds of tea, India's e>
ports were onl/ 90,000,000 pounds.
In 1907, however, when China's ex
ports had dwindled to 200,320,000
pounds, India's had risen to 216,
611,000 pound!. In other words, in
19 years China tea exports dropped
30'per cent, wihle India's rose over
100 por cant. In the same period
Ceylon's exports of oolong expand
ed from 4 3,000,000 to 165,000,000.
Jai a, as well, 1 as taken advantage
of China's failure to hold her own
market, In 1888 the tea exports of
this Dutch colony were 14,500,000
pounds, whereas in 3 907 they werJ
26,000,000 pounds. Formosa, Natal
and French Indo-China are also
coming up steadily as tea producers.
Antiquated methods 1 of produc
tion has been an important factor
in the decline of the country's tea
exortations. The rank and file of
native growers today use the same
methods that were thought all right
thirty, forty and fifty years ago.
Nevertheless, the principal cause of
inanition of a once flourishign In
dustry was over the cruel,indiffer
ence of the Manchu bureaucrats.
The lowly tea raiser, the humble tea
merchant in a few isolated ports
was nothing to them, and they car
ed little whether the entire tea
trade died, an! with it the grow
ers, so long as officials, high and
low, get their regular "squeeze"
from taxes, liUin and other palm
greasing perquisites. That time has
past. Today Peking has alert re
publican officials on the Job. The
next step is to study the modern tea
raising methods employed in India,
Ceylon and elsewhere, and this will
be done as soon as funds are made
available. r
ATLIN NOIES
Atlin.'B. C. Nov. 15, 1913.
The opening entertainment of the
Atlin Branch of the Overseas Club
took place ls>st night in the club
premises, a large number of mem
bers, associate members, and guests
being present. Dancing was indulg
ed in until a late hour, with a
short pause at midnight for lunch.
Prof. Read and John Fink furnish
ed the music, and Miss Hannah,
Mrs. James and Mrs. Ball looked
after the refreshments, and needless
to say everything was excellent.
Although membership in the Ov
erseas Club is limited to British
subjects, it was felt by the mem
bers of this Branch that in such a
cmomunity as this, where there are
so many non-Britishers among a
small population, some considera
tion was due to thos#e who are not
qualified to jo.n the club proper,
and to meet tfce situation, the plan
was adopted ot admitting as asso
ciate members all citizens of other
countries who msy wish to join and
share iu the social activities of the
local branch. A large number have
already availed themselvse of this
arrangement, and more are to fol
low. The Club has rented premises
for the winter, and bought a piano,
and with the k.'nd assistance of the
several musicians in camp, a pleas
ant winter is looked forward to.
Mr. H. Molyneaux, road superin
tendent, leaves next week with a
party cf men to cut out a trail to
Nahlin, where it will connect with
the existing trail from there to Tel
egraph Creek. '•
Wiute- is evidently with us again.
With six inches of snow on the
ground, sleighing is good, but skat
ing oa the povds has been some
wliat interfere*! with.
I'XfVEHSITV CO-EDS
FORM A GLEE CLUB
Seattle, Nov. 17—A girls' iglea .
club, to be made up of the best so
prano and contralto voices in the
university, is now being organized
by Professor Irving II Glen and
Miss Terry and if faculty permis
sion can be obtained a trip to the .
nearby hamlets will be arranged for
the co-ed warblers. A girls' glee
club is an innovation at the univer
sity. !
SKAGWAY WEATHER REPORT.
Results of tho observation taken
at Moore's Wharf at midnight laat
night, is C.S follows:
Temp, time observation .. . 19 above
Max. preceding 24 hrs .. 40 above
Min. " " " . 18 abova
Mean " " " • • 3<> abova
Barometer 30: Clear, N. Wind
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