V,.~M SEVENTEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1914 PRICE 10 CENTS
II S, PROTEST
DISCUSSED Bl
BRITISH CABINET
Lowlou, i>ec. ;h)—A; a meeting I
of the British cabinet today the i
protest from President Woodnw
\V Us,,u regarding interference wit'«
ihe commerce of 'he United Stale*
'»> vessels iH-lnn^ing to (ii Mi
Itriinin, was discussed at length.
Thf communication hold* first
I'lace in public attention in Loudon
>,;<iay jis the lumoiincemtsit of »•»,
«xei|>t ami U>e giving out of i's
t« iu>r were the first intimations lo |
the |«eo|>le that ihero had Iwen anj- |
thing to wi'iir Iteweeu the two,
countries that coil hi have caused I
lYirtion.
KlSSl V\S HOLDING GERMANS
st. I'eteisburg. Dec. 30—Tha lai»
»-st official news n>>m
'and is that the Ruxtuiana jsv
holding t|u. ticrnians in chsek aJ<-»i»:
'!>«• Wattle front near Warsaw.
M VIvl\(J SLOW PltOGRESS
i'ari*. I>•'<-. ;{•>—The allied arniies |
iu the western b*Ule aitnit »ft j
making but slaw progre-*u In ft>r» t
ii«U ilie (•eruuuis back.
\I»IIT KKUiHTPl'L LOSSES
liu, Deo. :{(!—The German war
I'ffifo admits t''e Austrian troops
have s-ufft-rttl frijjhtfu' lofwes in
• he f&hting in (ialicia, am) «r
mm in lull retreat.
Dynamiter Was
Paid $1,000:
'-is Angeles, Dec. 31'—When Or-j
tie McManigle, th© self-confejaed ;■
dvnamiter who was implicated with j
«ho McXamara brother* a few years j
ago in the celebrated cages which I;
••nded in the latters' conviction an j j
imprisonment in the federal peni-'
:entiary_ but from which fata the j
I'ormer escaped by tuning infor n
er, was released from prison be :
was presented with a thousand do'
iars by District Attorney Freder.it i
<•* this eo 11:1 try with which to oay :
his way out o£ the country.
This matter was revealed todiy j:
by the bringing to light in t«e ;
district attorney's oific© of a 1
L'ribe fund expense account ta which
the above disbursement was ehown
to have been made.
MEETS DEATH ON
GLACIER TRAIL
Cordova Times: A message receiv
t<l this afternoon, by E. L. Har
•.vood, from McCarthy, states that
Fred Young, a prospector, is dead
oa the Chisina. glacier, and asking
tor the address of his family. No
details v«r« given.
Young left Cordova October 27
to return to the Chisina, where he
had been prospecting, having been
sent in there about 18 months ago
by Mr. Harwood, and itithe absence
of details, it is presumed ha met
Lis death, while going in with his
c ut fit.
The deceased had been a resident
of Alaska for some years, and so
far as known had no relatives ex
cept an uncle who lives in Australia
He went back to Australia from the
north, and remained about two
rears but the call of Alaska proved
too strong and he cam© back here
eearly two years ago, and when
lie Chisana rush was ou, joine.1
:he stampede.
Young was about 3S years of age.
mid la believed to tave been un
married.
Will Abide the
Court's Decision
During the early part of Octoiier
-be United States court of appeals
tor the Ninth district, sitting in
San Francisco, affirmed the judg
ments of the local Alaska district
:ourt in what are known as the
nharfage ajid steamer license eases,
>ay* the Fairbanks News-Miner,
rhay involve the payment of close j
;o |50,000 In fees to the governmcn j
t>y the Northern Commercial com
pany, the Northern Navigation co.n-1
!>any and the North American TraJ
ng & Trinsportatlon company,
:he®e companies contesting the gov
ernment's right to collect them. Af
fected also by the decision is the J
American-Yukon Navigation com
pany, whose money is held in escrow j
>y the local court pending the out- |
ome of these cases.
When news of the San Fran- I
■isco decision reachel Fairbanks the
Lttorneya for the companies an-1
-.ounced that au appeal would be |
-aken, but more than thirty days j
lave elapsed since the opinions
fc'ere rendered and under the stipu
atioa of facts agreed to by JklcGow
>n & Clark and District Attorney
Jroeeley, tie government agreed not
,o impose any further penalties pro- ]
rided that the judgments were paid
vithln five days after the mandate !
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and
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at the
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Price
H. J. LYNCH
Up to Date HaWdwker and LmIWi Furnisher
eached Fairbanks if thq declsioi;
went against the companies.
Indications are now positive thai
the companies are preparing: tc
comply with the decisiou of the
courts and that they will not appeal
As soon as the mandate arrive
which will he on almost any mail
tow, checks w'll be forthcoming,
the long disputed statutes will be
acknowledged, and the council of
Fairbanks will be happy in having a
nea; little sum added to th iir
treasury, which has been sorely in
need all the year.
The records show that judgment
was rendered in the local court
against the N. C. and N. N. Cos.
in the sum of $2,199.94 for unpaid
wharfage fees at Fairbanks and at
Chena during the years 1905 to
1911 inclusive Of this amount the
[Chena wharfage was for 2.634.21
j tons, which at ten cents a ton would
be $263.42. The balance goes to
Fairbanks and in both instances,
wharfage fees go into the town
treasuries, the territory retaining
none of it. For many years
the N. A. T. &■ T. Co. maintained a
Fairbanks wharf and they will no*'
pay wharfage for those years whic.i
will bave to be determined by a
referee named by the court. In
addition thereto the X. N. Co. '*'111
pay wharfage for the years 1912
and 1913, which are still unpaid
pending the interpretation of the
law. Altogether perhaps another
$ 1,000 will be added to the original
judgment of $2^199.94, most oC
which goes into tho Fairbanks cit<r
treasury.
Judgment was also rendered in
the local court against the If. C.
Co, for $12,3S4 and agaiust the
N. N. Co. for $3090, covering un
paid steamer licenses for the same
years, 1915-11 inclusive. With
this ca«e the X. A. T. & T. Co.. is
also tied np, and also the Wait®
Pass Co. In all probability in «■
tesg of $45,000 is involved, as
licenses for the year 1912, 1911
and 1914 will now also be paid. The
Trading & Transportation company
amount will have to be determined
by a referee as the case-agaiust
it was never tried and no tesrti
mony ever introduced showing the
exact amount due. As previously
mentioned, White l'ass license
money is held in escrow by Clerk of
the Court McBride, but so far as
tho company is concerned, it has
not contested the payment of eith
er the steamer licenses Or wharf
age fees.
ine wuariuge iiuouku i^c w > .»-»
was contested on the ground that
the wharfs were not public bur.
private, but the court of appeals
held that "a wharf is a public wharf
If the public is allowed to us*, it."
The steamer licenses were con
tested on the ground that the com
panies had already paid license in
Canada and therefore would be
doubly taxed by paying one in the
United States. However, "-he
courts both helc that it was no
concern of the government's uo.v
many licenses steamers operating iu
foreign territory Daid and that their
payment in no manner affected the
payment of a license provided by
this government So that Dawaon
Fairbanks boats have to pay licenses
in both Canada and Alaska.
Announcement will likely bo madi
by the local attorneys of the com
panies as soon as these payments
are made for the X. C. and N. N. Cos.
or it may come from the San Fran
cisco offices.
Yoaug Patrick Flynn suffered a
fracture of his collar bone toiay
from a fall he receivedwhile skat
ing.
mull NOTES
Mr*. Phil Hampton lias been a pa
tient in the hospital for the past
week.
Capt. Louis jerke and Chisf
"Happy" Sullivan have laid up
the S. S. Fanny in winter quarters.
Mis. Jack Highland a ad her broth
©r 1'H law passed through Atlln last
weejf by dog team enroute (or
Telegraph creek.
Mr. and Mm. George Adams of
Spruce creek visited Atlln this week
fop the purpose of purchasing
Christmas presents.
Al Toots of Ruby creek was in
jured by a falling tree the other d:iy
And is now In the hospital having
the bruises attended to.
Herb Young has been confined to
his home for some days owing to
an attack of grippe, but is conval
escing and will soon be about again.
B. L. Pilltnan, who has the con
tract tor carrying the aiail to
O'Donuell river, hus put on a dosj
teslm tor th» winter service.
Chas. Miller, John Prescott, Her
man Miller and E. Martin were a
' committee from O'Donuell -river last
week buying Christmas giftg for
'heir friends and relatives.
Krick Martin of O'Donuell rW<?r
b«a returned from the Hot Springs
8t Tenakee, where he went Ins
full, and is much Improved in healtl'
William Hood made Uia regular
trip to Atlin last week and return
ed to O'Donuell river with a big
cargo of Christ mas prese its.
Atlin lake la still open and the
last mall caaie over in Boats but
the lower end of the lake is freez
ing and, it is thought it will not
be Jong, before the ice will be
strong enough to bear tMUBB.
There was a amail Brwsn-uer
inan war on ODonnell river the
; other day. The light with shovels,
axes and pUskg as weapons, wax 3d
fast and furious, but with varying:
success, until the Irish took part,
when a cessation of hostilities was
declared.1 After the smoke of
tattle cleared it was found that b?
yond a few bruises and scratches no
damage had been done, and the
armistice was changed into a treaty
of permanent peace.
Robert Webster, chief of police,
returned today from the search for
tho body of Chas. Fairbanks, who
was drowned in Atlin lake recently.
The party found the hole v, here the
outfit had broken through the ice
and by grappling recovered the
bodies of the dogs and the sleigh
but were unable to get Fairbank's
body althought they brought it
to eight, but before they could se
cure it it had slipped from the
•led on which It was resting, and
disappeared under the ice. A furth
er search will be made ,
MASONIC INSTALLATION
I The annual installation of officers
of White Paas Masonic Lodgo No
113, -will take place tonight at the
Masonic hall, 525 Fourth avenue.
Following the ceremonies refresh
ir.ienta will be served.
I Al. Henderson, foreman of the B.
| Y, N. shipyards at Whitehoree, is
! here on-his way outside.
New Year Dinner Hints
Preferred Stock Corn on Cob
Preferred Stock Asparagus Tips
Preferred Stock Pumpkins
Sweet Potatoes
Large Head Lettuce
Tomatoes - Green Peppers
Pineapples Winter Melons
Johnston's Chocolates
Atmore's Mincemeat
Hills Bros. Coffee
P. H. GANTY. GROCER
ISHERS ARRIVE FROM INTERIOR
AFTER YEAR SPENT IN KLUANE
A. Cherry and J. Hansen, of Seat
tle, who have spent the past twelve
months prospecting in the Kluane
lake country, reached Skagway at
a late hour Monday night and ar-J
utopping at the Portland Hous>.
They came over the trail from tiie
lake to Whitehorse by dog team
and from there to -Skagway walked
along the railway right of way, ar
riving here after a four days' hike.
Cherry first came north 11 years'
ago and was in the interior sev
eral years, hut left later for the
outside, where he has since lived
until a year ago. He and Hansen
left Skagway with a big outfit of
provisions, intending to go into the
Chisana, but when they reached
Burwash creek heard such gool
reports of it tkey decided to stop
there and j)rospect, locating claims
nepr the mouth of the Teddyma
eoosh, a email tributary of Bur
wash creek.
In their year's work, although
they frequently got prospects which
caused them to feel like near mil
lionaires, the most gold they ever
recovered in one shift was from
$2.50 to $3.00 per man, and as
flour in that country lis worth
$23.00 a sack, and other fhihgs in
proportion, it would not take inuch
figuring to show that a $3.00 a day
Income, and taht of only occasional
recurrence, was not encouraging, to
»ay te least.
They are firmly of the opinion,
however, notwithstanding their own
lack of success, that gold in pay
ing quantities will yet be discover- [
ed in the Burwash watershed, for
of the hundreds of creeks between '
Canyon river, an the Whitehorsn- '
Kluane trail, and the White rive.-, 1
there are none that have beeu pros
pected which liave not shown values
sufficient to warrant search for
paystreak, although in the ten eV
twelve years since the first discov
ery of placer gold on Bullion cre^k j
by Joe Smith and his parners,' At tor
and Bone, the dozens of the most;
promising creeks that have bean
worked more or le.% have never '
paid expenses, if we may except ■
Fourth of July creek, in the Alsek j
district, where a few miners have ;
staid with it and are now taking I
out of their claims as good as
$7.00 per day to the man.
There are 10 or 12 men winter
ing on Burwash, among whom is
Dick Fullerton, one of the first to
stake on the creek after its dis- j
covery. It is the intenion of some :
of them to prospect the high divide
between Burwash and the ! Duk? i
river this winter, - as there -are !
said to be many evidences existing j
showing that prior to its upheaval j
portions of it formed the channel of
an old -river bed, and it is believed
that this is the source of the goM
lound in the creek? of this section
o country.
On Big Horn creek, about 31'
miles north of Burwash, and
also at the mouth °f Wade
treek, on the Donjek river,
there are men working and get
ting very encouraging results.
Messrs. Cherry and Hansen, lef
l'or the south on the Jefferson this
afternoon.
JtEAUTIFUL CALENDARS FOB
THE COMING -NEW YEAH
Always it has been customary at
Ihig time of year for Skagway busi
ness houses to issue calendars for
tlie new year, but for some reasoji
fney are a. little backward i-hls
leason and only a few samples have
thus far reached the Daily Alaskaa
office. For artistic design and
beautiful warkmanship those we
have received, however, are far
ahead of anything before put out
by the manufacturers of these goods,
.'■lid are worthy of a conspicuous
!>lace in either the home or in
Itaces of public resort.
As usual our old friend J. S.
..linkove of Juneau has forwardel
to this officg as well as to many
of his Skagway friends a sample of
his 1915 calendar which is truly .1
work of art. It is of unique shape,
r'bout 8x16 inches in size, riclUy.
embossed in gold and adorned with
nil exquisite art plaque in relief.
The Will C. Clayson 1915 calen
dar represents a beautiful Bjivas
scene entitled "Nature's Glory,'" a
reproduction by the tin.togra.vur*
process from the Oriignal nature
print by A. Von SP'ller.
Keller Bros. Drug Co. have as
1 he frontispiece of their calendar *
nhoto-engravure of a mountain
scene at night, in the foreground
I he waters of a small bay
with a lone fisherman sitting in a
boat'riding a"; anchor on its placid
■iirface. On the shore are two
rude dwellings and in the distance
1 rift in the clouds through whlci
leeps a hazy moon.
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OFF FOR A VACATION
Ijovell C. Rousseau, employed
the mechanical department of the
Daily Alaskan for the past eighteen
months, will leave on the Princess
May tonight for a month's well
earned rest on the outside. H*
will visit in the Puget sound cities,
aud "will irr bably go to Portland,
Cm, befor his return. It is hinted
Ue may' not come back alone.
DoYou Believelhis Creed?
Then Act On It
We believe in construction, not de
| struction.
We believe that only a fair price for
ciothing is fair to all concerned.
More than a fair [price is uniair to you,
the customer.
Less than a fair price is unfair to us, the
retailer.
WILL CLAYSON—Clothier
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