No. 201 SIXTEENTH YEAR
u Alaskan
fHURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1913 PRICE 10 CENTS
Dawson, Oct. 2—Sunday night two
masked men held up Uvo hydraulic
men on the night shift at the Yu
kon Gold companies hydraulic mine
at l>ovet Gulch, six miles from here,
bound and gagged them and clean
ed up twenty feet of gravel at tha
head of the sluice boxes, where the
company had planned to make a
cleanup on Monday. Four sacks
of gravel and gold were taken away,
but the actual amount of gold is
unknown. It is believed that five
men were implicated, but that only
two men, on'e long and one short,
I were active participants. Fred Bow
! <rs and HlUord Halliday were the
! men who were in charge of the min
. iit the time of the hold-up.
The day crew was asleep In the
bunfchouse, two hundred feet dis
tant, at the time, and although it
' must have taken at least three hour
'to complete the job, they slept
'through it all undisturbed. No ar
rests have as yet been made, al
II hough there are very strong sus
i'icions as to the identity of the men
engaged in the robbery.
SOURDOUGH U K BUYER
MARKS LATK FALL TBI!'
Among the passengers to arrive
ia Skagway ou the Princess Sophia
this moruiug was that oUl sourdoug
C. C. Gaisforii, who landed in the
torth for the first time iu the spriu
of "98, ou the S. S. Kosalie, and
vhen seen by a representative of
this paper today, Mr. Gaisford said
that it looked for a time this morn
iuj,-, before his ship tied up to tilt
wharf, us though it wou.d ue a case
of ju'juping into thv \vate;- as l.e
did when he first came to the
country, before a wharf was buil"
at Skagway.
In 'S>S Mr. i.aisford helped to
make the trail ever the White Pass
and together with his companions
built his boat at the headwaters of
Lake Bennett, a-id was among th
lucky ones iu reaching the Klon
dike, staking the bench adjoining
his brother's claim 011 Xo. 7 below |
tii Bonanza.
Realizing '.he luture iu the ftu
and trading business, Mr Gaisford
disposed of his mining claim, and
immediately entered the fur aijil
, trading business, with headquarter
at Tacoma.
Since entering the fur aad trad
ing business, Mr Gaisford has met
" vith great success and recently
organized the Moose Bay Fur
and Trading Company, having
posts along the western coast of Al
aska, as far north as Pt. Barrow,
tod to take «\ire of the constantly
increasing business it was found
necessary to put on a large vessel.
With the oil established post at
Plaxman Island, 160 nv'.es east of 1
Pt. BaTrow, the company will in
crease the number of posts by the,
establishment of new post$ at Icy
Cape and Icy Reels, during the coin
ing summer, and a wireless station
will be installed at the latter post.
lu speaking of the trip north, Mr
Gassrord states that he picked up
a very good line of business, and
from the present indications his
entire trip will - prove a very suc
cessful and profitable one He ex
i ccts to remain in Skagway for a
few iays, and is registered at the
Pullen House.
I . S. AGKXTs ARREST
M( \\ AMA ISA'S ACCOMPLICE
Indianapolis, Oct. 2—Harry Jones
secretary of the international as
sociation of bridge and structural
iron workers, was arrested here to
day on a charge of conspiring to
transport explosives.
New York, Oct. 2—Geo. Di'.vis,
vho has been sought for by federal
agents for the past two years, was
arrested here today. _ He has made
i complete confession, implicating!
the International Association of
bridge and structural iron workers
in an organized participation in the
McXamarr. conspiracy, of which he
revealed all the details, and says
that he was selected as the head of
a combination whose instructions
were to blow up every non-union
building they could find in thej
country.
PANAMA CANAL ZONE
" BADLY SHAKEN IP
Panama, Oct. 2—A heavy shock
of earthquake occurred here last
night, but no damage, so far as
known, was done to the canal.
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THE PUEBLO III PROVING
ITSELFIfl BONANZA CLASS
Word reaches Skagway from
j Whlteliorse that development work,
now in progress on the Pueblo cop
! per mine at Whitehorse, the proper
j ty of the Atlas Moning Co., has
' shown up a third body of high grad
| ore parallel with the other two
j bodies that were struck at an earl
ier date. This third ore body lies
j uorth of the northeast rein, and
was struck last week by the dia
mond drill at a depth of 33 feet.
The drill is now down 64 feet, or
31 feet in the ore body, and the
richness of the find increases as
j ''.epth is attained.
What immediate effect the dis
covery of this immense body of
high grade ore will have on the
business of this and adjacent sec
tions of country is hard to foretell,
but that ultimately it will be of mo
mentous importance there can be no
reasonable doubt. A rumor is cur
rent here, although it can be trac
ed to no authoritative source, that
the first evidence of this will be
the erection of a smelter or other
reduction plant at one of the fol
lowing three places: Skagway, Car
cross or Whitehorse, and that while
either one of them would be suit
able, Skagway, by reason of its lo
e.-tlion at the head of Iiynn canai,
the meeting place of train and boat,
is the most favorable and will in
all likelihood be the chosen place.
What gives a semblance of truth to
the rumor is the arrival here last
night of Manager Greenough, of
the Pueblo, who will leave 011 the
Princess Sophia in company with
President O. L. Dickeson of the W.
P. & Y. R., and Mr. W. B. Close, 01 i
of the principal stockholders of the
same company, for the outside. A
Daily Alaskan man had 1 talk with
Mr. Dickeson today about this
phase of the situation, but he
claimed he had nothing to say for
publication. There is every indi
cation, however, that the discovery
of the third ore body in the Pueblo
mine during the past week has prac
tically convinced the company that
a matting plant should ba construct
ed to reduce the ores somewhere in
this country, either at Skagway,
Caribou or Whitehorse. If a plant
is erected at Skagway it will fit in
very well with the plans of the es
tablishment of a permanen t first
class ocean line by the W:t P. com
pany between Puget Sound and
Skagway, for the reason that that
company now controls the routiug of
a large tonnage of their own to the
interior and with the added tonnage
that would come as a result of a
smelter being at Skagway, would
afford a permanent fixed income iu
the way of freight for ocean boats
and permit of carrying passengers
as well.
Mr. Dickeson observed that,
"While there are sufficient boats
011 the run between Seattle, Vancou
ver and Skagway to take care of the
present day traffic, the lines are
operated by the various companies t
which they belonged in what they
considered their own interests aud
not their purpose to handle the
boats so as to benefit the White
Pass in the way of tourist traffic.
In other words, the White Pass
spends considerable money annual
ly advertising and securing tourists
to travel over the steamship lines
but under present conditions do not
receive adequate return for that
effort, the present ocean lines not
taking a broad view of this by giv
ing the White Pass the benefits to
which they are entitled by reason
of the expenses incurred."
Continuing, Mr. Dickeson said:
"It has been demonstrate'' in the
past two years that the tov.rist trav
el in this country is growing aud
will materially increase in years to
come. This will be especially true
in 1915 with the opening of the
Panama Canal and the Exposition
nt San Francisco, and the time is
now ripe for the consideration of
the inauguration of a service of
this character."
Mr. Dickeson, who, accompanied
by Mrs. Dickeson, will leave 011 the
Sophia tonight for the outside, said:
"1 shall not, inall probability, re
turn to Skagway before th© 1st of
June, as there are so many things
that require my attention, among
them being a thorough canvass and
adjustment of tourist and traffic
business for the coming year. I
shall visit the various coast cities
first, establishing agencies, • appoint
ing agents, and looking after the
effective advertising and publicity
of the pleasure and instructive fea
tures of a summer tour through
this wonderful section of the north.
The tourist travel is getting to be
such a strong factor in the passen
ger business tnai i nave rauum,cuu
eU to the directors of the W. P. &
y. Ry., a liberal and far reaching
policy in the handling of it, and I
am pleased to say that my recom
mendations have received their un
qualified approval, and as a result
the coming season will witness vast
improvements in the service.
After concluding my business on
the coast I shall go to Chicago,
where I will remain a short time
and then sail for London, where I
shall arrive in time to attend the
annual meeting of the stockholders
of the W". P. & Y Route. So you
can see that if I properly attend to
all the details of my itinery, I will
have my time pretty fully occupied
until my return."
DISASTROUS FLOODS
INUNDATE FRANCE
Cerebere, France, Oct. 1—Report
from France confirm the news of
disastrous floods, following heavy
rains. Scores of dead bodies have
been recovered, while hundreds of
people are reported to be missing.
The property loss has also been
enormous.
The following named Fairbanks
people went south on the Jeffer
son): C-. H. Darlington and wife,
Dr. L. C. Knickerbocker, E. J.
Porter and wife, F. E. Mortke and
wife, J. H. Atwood and wife, Miss
Williams and Mrs. Schillinge.
Frank Clancy, who was a well
known character in Skagway in the
early days, was a round trip pas
senger on the Jeffers.on.
Wra. T. Baxter, brother of Pres
CANNING FRUITS
After the arrival of the S. S.
Hnmboldt GOOD CANNING
PEACHES will have reached
the lowest price for this sea
son, and all canning fruits, of
which we will receive a fresh
consignment on every boat,
will be sold at correspondingly
low prices nntil the canning
season is over.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
AMERICANS ABE NOT REASSURED
BY PROMISES OF SAETET
Piedros Negras, Oct. 2—Those in
authority in both the federal and
Febel armies have given assurance
to all foreigners that they are in
no danger whatever, but this as
surance carries but little weight
with the American population, fif
ty of whom, mostly women and
children, are wending their way
through mountain passes on an ov
erland trip to the Texas border.
Vice Consul McCaughan is accom
panying the party, whose departure
leaves only about 20 Americans in
Durango, according to official ad
vices and not''more than 40 In the
outlying districts.
London, Oct. 3l—Ci,e hundrec
thousand men are prepared to battli
in Ulster against, homo rule. The;
j) elude peers' sons, ci-oIb' sons ant
'1 e sons of yoemen. They are march
hig shoulder to shoulder In frequent
diills.
The spectacle of this open prepar
atiou for physical resistance hai
caused considerable alarm among tb
conservative tlemcut In Britain
uo vpq neaq aAuq saauejojuoo
the situation.
The labor situation In Dublin con
tiuues acute, Hie employers hav<
undoubtedly taken up the challenge
of the Irish Transport Worker's un
ion and it will be a fifcht to a fin
ish. The workers' union, while in
possession of ample caises of griev
ance in the low wag<33 paid to Dub
lin unskilled lab >r. has also the uni
versal irritatiou caused by public
aggressive tactics and by dragging
into small quarrels every outside
firm possible.
It forces employers by strikes to
enter Into agrc- .xents, but while
, able to call labor out. It is unable to
induce the workers to live up to
their agreement. Its policy of link
ed strikes paralyzes industry.
A few days ago Jacobs, a large
firm of biscuit manufacturers, were
compelled to c'.ose down their
factory. Their cuvters refused to
handle some flour received under
[ contract from a firm of millers with
whom the workers' union has a dis
pute and Jacobs dismissed them.
So many workers struck that Ja
cobs were obliged to shut down.
They declare they are prepared to
remove their entire factory to Eng
land.
As the matter involves a vital
question of principle other firms
support them. Tho workers' union
is now demanding a public boycott
of the tramways as a retort for Sun
day's policy of violence. The em
ployers are adopting a policy of
lockout.
Dublin's troubles have barely be
gun.
ALASKA COAL OASES
UP BEFORE THE COURT
Seattle, Oct. 2—Of twenty-eight
respondents, including Frost, In
dicted for conspiracy in the Alaska
coal cases, and called for hearing
before the Federal court yesterday,
none appeared and the court enter
ed a decree of default. The tes
timony of several witnesses, includ
ing that of John Ballaine, was tak
en.
UNABLE TO RENDER AID
TO CREWS OP SCHOONERS
Washington, Oct. 2—The reven
ue cutter service admits its inabil
ity to get a relief bout through the
Ice to a'd tfcc crews of six schoon
ers now shut in by the Arctic win
ter at Point Barrow.
Miss J. E. Rathels of Carcross
was an outbound passenger this
morning.
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