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No. 247 SIXTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY ALASKA, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 26, 1913
PRICE 10 CENTS
El Phso, Nov. 26—In the battle
fought yesterday between federal
and rebel forces near Terra Blauca
the former were routed and I, Is
reported that General Salazar was
captured. The hospitals at Juatez
are filled with wounded.
Word has beeu received here
that the rebels are besieging Ctl
huahua and by isolating the feder
als will either starve them out o»
force them to surrender.
Washington, Nov. 26—The advi^fe
of General Villa's victory over the
Federal forces yesterday It is fear
ed here will precipitate a desper
ate situation.
Mexico City. Nov. 26—The Fed
eral troops have long been unpaid
and are making urgent demands for
arrears. Their attitude is threaten
ing and It is feared the lives of
President Huerta and War Minister
Blanquet are in serious danger. The
treasury is empty and the govern
ment's credit exhausted.
A PROBLEM FOR OUR
SOLON'S TO SOLVK
It is reported that the Attorney |
General in answer to the vital ques
tioa as to where the funds were U
come from with which to pay thi
expenses incidental to the enforce
ment of Alaska's territorial laws,
made the unexpected answer tint
the Territory must mak the nec
essary provisions for that purpose.
Kvideutly, the enactment of lawa
is one thing and the enforcement of
the same is another. The territory
being without revenues to speak of.
and nothing in the treasury, the sit
uation is embarassing to say the
least. It may be the solution of the
problem lies in the hands of the
Governor, and that he must call an
extra session of our local legisla
tors, and give them a chance to
pass another law to compel the Na
tioal Treasury to disgorge, but then
again, the same trouble arises and
that is. no funds to enforce it. Mean
while, the territorial officials must
await instructions before they pro
ceed to carry out the laws enactel
by the home legislature.
PROMINENT RAILROAD MAX
DEAD FROM INDIGEstON*
Welmington, Nov. 26—Thomas
Emerson, president of the Atlan
tic coast line railroad, is dead here
from an attack of indigestion.
Ke'.I-jr Broth-.rs have secured the
exclua'vp right to sell in Skagway
and vii^ulty 1he goods published by
"The Crafters" of Kansas City, Mis
souri A full line of holiday goods
will be on exhibition soon at Kel- I
lor B>others' Drug Store.
NEWLY MARRIED PAIR
ARK OFF FOR EUROPE
Washington, Nov. 26—Francis
Sayre and bride left here last night
on a honeymoon trip through Eur
ope.
Only half a dozen people here
know the whereabouts of the ne*r
ly wedded pair. They successfully
evaded dozens of reporters and pho
tographers and slipped away to
some unknown spot where they will
not be disturbed.
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE IS
READY FOR CONGRESS
Washington, Nov. 26—Presiden
Wilson today finished his annual
message to congress and read 't to
the cabinet for approval.
SENATE FAILS TO CONFIRM
NOMINATION' OF PINKHAM
Washington, Nov. 26—The senate,
after a long session today closod
its doom after having failed to cm
firm Plnkham as Governor of Ha
waii.
FRANKIE BURNS IS
AWARDED THE DECISIO
San Francisco, Nov. 26—Frankie
Burns was last night awarded a de
cision over Johnnie McCarthy in the
twentieth round.
"Luxor" Toilet Requisites art «
luxury. Keller Brctnwrs, Skarway
Agents. W
OUR NEW FALL LINE OF
Ladies' and Misses'
La Vogue Coats,'
Suits and Skirts
ARE NOW BEING SHOWN
AS WELL AS
Fall Millinery
i
SEE OUR
WINDOW
DISPLAY
STYLES THE LATEST
PRICES ARE RIGHT ,
H. J. LYNCH
Leading Ladies' Furnisher and Haber
dasher of Skagway
WATCHING NEW MOVES IN
financial checker BOARD j
Chicago, Nov. 26—LaSalle Street,
the Windy City's replica of New
York's Wall street, is watching with
the keenest Interest these days for
the newest moves on the financial
checker-board In a game where the
city's utilities are the pieces atd
the outcome perhaps of more im
portance than In any big deal that
ever effected an American municipal
ity. ^ .
The game. La Salle Street Bays
confidently and confidentially, Is to
merge all the public utilities in
Chicago, excepting the Chicago Tel
phone Company, into one gigantic
combination. If It is played suc
cessfully, one group of financiers,
who will be known as -the Insull
Cobe-Blair^syndicate, will have abso
lute control of the heat, power,
light and transportation facilities of
the second city of the United States
Samuel Insull, head of the Common
wealth Edison Company; Henry A.
Blair, financial head of the Chicago
Railways Company, and Ira M. Cobe,
chairman of the board of direotors
of the Chicago City Railway Com
pany, the three men declared to be
working the merger into 6hape, all
issued denials of any such inten
tions today. But the talk of the
giant combine persists in Chicago
Dusiness centers and financial ex
perts point to recent developments
to support the theory that the big
merger has become something more
vhan a dream.
Samuel Insull, head of the Com
monwealth Edison Company, itself
a merger of all electric current cor
porations in the city,-with his as
sociates, a few weeks ago assumed
control of the Peoples Gas, Light
and Coke Company. James A. Patten
the "wheat king", by the way, was
one of the men in the deal and was
voted a directorship in the newly
organized company. While Insull
was completing what was considered
to be a practical merger of all tne
light, heat and power interests of
Chicago, Blair was in the East ne
gotiating for the amalgamation of a
the cit'ys surface railways. It is no
secret that the merger of the sur
face lines Is to be followed by a
similar combination of the elevat
ed railways and that the two
transportation combines are to be
merged into one gigantic corporatior
the promoters hope at least to bring
all the transportation lines into wor
ing agreement before the first of
next year. The next big move that
La Salle street interests expe.'t Is
a merger of the two big mergers int
one, that will dominate the trans
portation, heating, power and light
situation not only in Chicago but in
•a I northern Illinois counties an
cities, where the Insull crowd have
control.
The Chicago telephone company,
the single big public utility outside
the program has a merger plan of i*s
own hanging fire. For several weeks
the financial backers of the com
pany have been atten\pting to get
the city council to consent to the.
purchase of the Illinois Telephone
and Telegraph Company, the auto
matic phone concern, and Its only
rival in the local field. This pro
posed merger is being held up, pend
ing information from Attorney Gen
eral McReynolds as to whether or
not it would violate the Sherman
Act.
..Drop in and try the hot drinks at
Keller Bros. Drug store. •
George w. rarnett -
WHITES FROM CHITIENDA
Tuck Plaharty has just received
the following letter from Geo. W.
Barnett, an old Skagway boy, who
is now in the Chitienda:
Chitienda, Oct. 27. 1913.
Friend Tuck: What is tile matter'
with you people in Skagway? Have
n't had a letter from there up to
date. Have you run out of stamps?
I suppose that if I had .written you
that 1 had staked ait. kinds of
claims and handed out some 'bunk'
of that kind 1 would have heard
from"you ere this.
When there is something opens
worth staking i will be there. I
expect to' stake after the first of
the year as it is not likely that
half the ground will be represented.
The whole country is now staked 5'
miles out from p.11 creeks and up
to the tops of the mountains. I
have two good friends—mining men
—on the creeks, so if anything
comes up I will get a chance. ,
1 think this will be a hummer of
a camp in the spring. There are
already six applications for saloon
licenses, and there are more to fol
low.
Cabins a little larger than min)
have sold for $1,000 each, and 1
have had several chances to dis
pose of mine for $500, but didn't
want to sell yet, as the indications
are that there will be 5,000 paople
in here as soon as river freezes and
snow comes.
I think I did pretty well, to put
up three cabins alone, with no tools,
no grub and no money; so if 1
don't get a remittance from you
soon I will have to sell one of them.
I staked a lot in your name yester
day and will build a cabin on it is
soon as J can get "to it.
Dell and I are now whipsawing
lumber for flooring for our cabins
and after we are through I .will
start work on your cabin. *
Wish you could be here for.
Thanksgiving dinner. Our regular
bill of fare at present Is rabbit and
tea for breakfast, tea and rabbit for
dinner and tea for supper.
I hope it wlli be so yau can come,
in here in the spring with a stock
of goods. •
Now get buBy and write me 1 th
news. Say hello to the boy
Yours, \
Geo. W. Be lett.
PRESENT COL. RICHARDSON •
WITH GOLD WATCH AND FOB
Valdez, Nov. 26—The citizens of
Valdez last night gave a smoker at
which Col. Richardson, head of the
Alaska road commission, was pre
sented with a valuable gold watch
and fob in recognition of the geax.
work the commission has accom
plished in the building of roads and
trails throughout Alaska.
Col. Richardson left on. the Ala
meda today on his way to Washing
ton.
BANK OF BRITISH NORTH
AMERICA IS ROBBED.
Vancouver, Nov. 26—Six umn
robbed the bank " of British North
America at Agassiz yesterday and
escaped with considerable money.
McDonald'B fresh Horehound Stic
candy, the kind the baby likes, a
Keller Bros. Drug Co.
FOR
I INK OH
Preferred Stock Canned Goods. Plum Pudding
A tm ore's Mince Meat Pigs and Dates
Layer ltaisins / Hills Bros. Coffee.
*!"• ' Extra Fancy Hood Biver Spitzenberg Apples. K
Malaga Grapes Oranges
Celery Bananas
(rauberries Head Lettuce
Cauliflower Tomatoes
Pineapples • Popcorn
And Nuts of all Kinds.
Leave it to us and your dinner will be a success. Quality tells.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
SENIUM M OH ENGLISH
TURF HAS JUST BEEN CLOSED
London, Nov. 26—One of the moo
seh&at'lonal years in the history of
the British turf closed Saturday at
Manchester, when the curtain was
rung down on the "flat" racing sea
son. Betters retired to "winter
quarters" ruefully looking over their
bank rolls and feeling glad that the
season was over , for in the twenty
eight most important races not a
single favorite scored, and the odds
against' most of the winners were
quite hopeless from the point of
view of the "sane" backer, who is
not disposed to throw away good
money on "long shots."
The disqualification of the Der
by winner Craganeur the awarding
of the race to the 100 to 1 shot
Ab'eyeur, and the pulling down of
King George's horse Anmer in the
same race, would have been sensa
tion enough for one year, but there
were also the suffragette outrage in
the Ascot Gold Cup which undoubt
edly robbed August Belmont's Trac
ery of that valuable prize, the un
expected defeat of that animal in
the Newmarket Jockey Club Stakes,
the day after the 8um of $200,000
had been refused for him, and the
equally amazing defeat of T. Pilk
ington's Prince Palatine two days af
ter the horse had been sold to ji.
E. Joel, for $220,000.
The season opened in sensational
style for in the first big race of the
year, L. Davis's well-backed candi
date Cuthbert was disqualify 1 for
fould riding, and tne ijinco: amio
Handicap stakes awarded t > the
100 to 8 outsider Berrlldon. The
stewards were ' exceptionally busy
early in the season and the dis
qualification of several other well
f&ttcied candidates In minor races
added to the troubles of the back
ers. : The Queeil Prize at Kemptou
fell to Rivoli who started almost
friendleso at 100 to 8, the Newbury
Spring Cup to Aldegond at 20 to 1,
the "Chester Cup to The Guller at
40 to 1 and the Kempton Jubilee
Stakes to Absolute at 33 to 1.
The great "classic" races for thre
year-olds proved disastrous for in
addition to the. disqualification of
Craganeur, who was favorite, in the
Derby, the 2,000 Guineas was won
by Louvois strating at 25 to 1 %nd
the St. Leger by a 50 to 1 shot in
Night Hawk. Only S. B. Joel's Jeat
who won the 1,000 Guineas and the
Oaks was at a reasonable price (9
to 1 and 8 to 1 respectively)) but
few profited by the filly's dual suc
cess "beyond her astute owner aad
his friends. Anything less than 14
to 1 was a surprising price for a
big winner' buCthe bowling over the
odds on Prince Palatine in the
Goodwin Cup, by the 100 to 8
chance, followed by the success of
the despised Fitz-Yama, starting at
50 to 1, in the Caosarewitch at 33
to 1 in the Cambridgeshire Stakes
proved the last straws.
American owners did poorly in th
season which ended today. Harry
Payn'e Whitney in particular, had a
heartbreaking sequence of secoDda
and thirds for which his few wins
by no means compensated, August
Belmont's Tracery promised to be
the champion of the year but bad
luck pursued him throughout a<d
the Ascot outrage kept him out of
action for some time. King George
won two or three races with mod
erate horses but the royal livery was
not seen to advantage. The one
outstanding animal of the year Is
Dermot McCalmont's phenomeual
two year old The Tetrarch, who won
all his races with superlative ease,
in a year of good two-year-olds, and
who is already a screaming hot fa
vorite for next year's Derby. Mc
Calmont was offered J125.000 for
his oddly marked grey colt, but he
does not need the money and de
clares that he would not accept twice
that amount.
VALDEZ BUSINESS MEN
ALIVE TO SITUATION
The question of keeping the road
open over the summit, which has
been agitating the business men of
Valdez during the past week, will
probably be brought before the city
council tonight. The business men
have offered to raise a fund by sub
scription, the freighters have otter
ed to do their share and it id hop
ed the council may Bee its way to
ward helping the enterprise by mak
ing a substant' 1 sum available for
the purpose.
It id reallz that the road must
bo kept ope Valdez hopes to pro
fit from t development of the
new camps lc the interior. Tho re
cent heav- f .11 of rain along the
coast would ' a snow on the summit
and no tine 3 to be lost If the road
is to be ke t poen and. properly
[marked.
During p it years the freighters
and busir , i men bare shouldered
the tpemw of keeping the road
paa 'e, b t It is felt that as ev
ery i -on f the community is ben
efited jy ' e enterprise it is only
fair \ at t 3 council should make
appro -tati for the purpose. It
is un< >ret d that nearly all the
councl. ne re in favor of giving as*
sistanc f projeet If Bom® way
can be fo. .d whereby the town can
vote moni. f to be spent outside t he
corporate limits.—Prospector.
COL. McCLURE'S REMAINS
GO SOUTH ON ALAMEDA
The remains of Col. Chas. Mc
Clure, late post commandant at
Fort Seward, will be placed on board
the Alameda on her southbound
voyage on Friday. The body is to
be taken to Washington, D. C.,
w-here it will be placed at final
rest in Arlington cemetery.
THE BOATS.
The government boat Peterson
brought two passengers from Haines
this morning.
The Dolphin is due here at 4
o'clock this afternoon, and the Prin
cess May one hour later.
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in Women's
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We carry exclusively Utz & Dunn Co. high
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The present season's models are particularly pleas
ing. #You will enjoy seeing them and trying
them on.
WILL CLAYSON