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No. 340 SEVENTEENTH YEAR SKAUWAY, ALASKA. THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1915 PRICE 10 CKNTS
STILL SHELLING
AT DARDANELLE
London, March 11—The fleet
French cruisers has resumed 1
bombardment of the Dardanell
fwts.
FOREIGNERS MAY
DO AS If LIKI
Vera Cruz, March 11—Genet*
Carranza has wired Washington, i
is reported here today, that any for
eginers not liking Mexico City an
the country can leave immediately :
they so desira General Carranz
denies the reports that have com
out about the riotous conditions «x
istiag in Mexico City.
El Paso, March 11—It Is report*!
here that General Villa will Jolt
with General Carranxa if there li
any attempt made by foreign pow
ers to intervene la the adjustman
of Mexican affaire.
sec. So is
IN HOSPITAL
Washington, D. C., March 11—
Secretary of the Treasury, W. G.
McAdoo, Is in a hospital here and
will likely have to undergo an op
eration for appendicitis.
A WAGER OX THE WAR
Even residents of Alaska «how
some Interest in the European war.
Oat at Cordova a Greek and a
Scandinavian made a bet on the
outcome of the Warsaw campaign,
by\ the terms of which the loeer Is
•e walk down to the end of the
dock and jump In the sea.
Jim Mitchell, purser of the
freighter Cordova, was around town
this morning meeting his old-time
friends. The Cordova will sail
sometime tonight for the Westward.
WILSON ORDERS
s sicnpi
af Washington, D. C., March 11—
ts President Wilson today ordered !
*s searching inquiry to be made int<
th« sinking of the steamer Frye.
Norfolk, March 11—The crew 01
the Fry* testified today that the
vessel was lying becalmed when
they were ordered to leave the boat,
which was then sunk.
™ Newport News, March 11—The
» German cruiser that arrived here
m yesterday la a damaged condition
sank, besides the American steam
er Frye, three British, two French
j and one Russian vessels, the crews
t of which were all saved and are
here now as prisoners, but have
j been ordered liberated today.
f The engineers of the cruiser re
t port that it will take three weeks
( to maks necessary repairs to the
VKMl.
The government boat Peterson,
which for some time past has act
ed as a passenger carrier between
Haines and Bkagway, made her last
voyage yesterday in that capacity.
Henceforth the only ones the ves
sel will convey between the two
points mentioned will be people be
longing to the army post at Ft. W.
! H. Seward.
The new order of things will leav
a good opening for some one to put
ou a small passenger boat on the
Skagway-Halnes run which, we
believe, could iu a short time be
addition tier* IT nrtrtraotiDi
boat large enough and safe enough
to handle the business in a satis
factory manner and making daily
trJ.".», would soon be in a position to
secure the government mail con
tract over the route.
W. C. Wright left on the Maquln
na last Bight for a month's visit]
to friends and relatives in the Pu
fet Sound country near Seattle. Ite
! will likely take in the Panama-Pa
jciflc International exposition before
I h's return to Skagway.
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Monday, March 15
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THE QUESTION OF
' SALOON LICENSE
The question as to whether or not
• the matter of licensing saloon3
could not he decided by the voters
at the polls at the coming munici
pal election instead of by petition
as is now the case, was brought up
in. Tkagway recently and Dr. L. S■ |
Keller took the matter up with
Judge R. W. Jennings of the dis-1
trict court at Juneau by letter,
asking his opinion, and the follow
ing answer was received today:
Juneau, March t>, 1915.
Mr. L. S. Keller,
Skagway, Alaska.
My deal- Sir:—
A, few days ago I received your
letter of February 2Stli, in which \
yoa say that the people uf Skag- J
way desire to vote on ihe saloon |
| question at the spring e'ection, (
an' in reply I have to state:
The court has no power te or
der an election; aud even if it 1
did have the power, it is quite a '
questlou in my mind whether an *
election would be determinative of r
the matter. The law provides that v
unless a majority of the people re
siding within two miles of the place
where the liquor is to be sold sig
nify; their assent to the selling of
liquor, the court 6hall refuse the
license.
Suppose X should call an election
and only 90 per cent of the peo
ple living within two miles vote at
that election, and suppose that vole
is 49 per cent for liquor aud 11
per cent against liquor—the court
should not grant a license for the
reason that the law requires that
n majority of the people living in
my particular place shall signify
:heir assent—not simply a majority
)f those who may vote.
I have thought over the matter
i great deal because requests have
> CXI Cm OV unre.«A>, ■—
ipcnded to alU^jn the same tenoi
is this letter.
All licenses expire on the first
3f July, and between this date and
that I hope to be able to evolve
some kind of a method which will
5ive me the real sentiments of the
signers to any saloon petition.
Yours etc.,
ROBERT W. JENNINGS.
judge
Sam Guyot, commercial traveler
of Juneau, is in town today.
J. W. Park of Albuquerque, New
Mexico, came In on the Jefferson
and is stopping at the Pullen
House.
AX ALASKAN PIOXEEK
MEETS LONELY DEATH
Fairbanks, Feb. 27—The body
of William Miller, a pioneer pros
pector in this section of Alaska,
was discovered in his cabin on Ophii
creek, Idltarod, with a bullet hole
through his head. The coroner's
jury returned a verdict of acciden
tal death, as it was evident that de
ceased had been trying to remove a
shell which had stuck in the rifle.
THE ACCIDENT
AT THE DOCK
The accident at the new dock
yesterday afternoon, a brief mention
of which we made in the Daily Al
askan, was caused by the collapse of
a scaffold which had been
erected about 18 feet above the
water on the harbor side of the
wlr'trf, close alongside where the
pile driver was at work, and be
neath it was floating a lot of piles
in readiness for use when required
by the workmen.
In falling Chiis. Crepeau, one of
ihe men who was on the scaffold,
it ruck glancingly on a floating pile
iiV" was precipitated into the water,
•eceiving but slight iujuries, con
sisting principally of slight scratch
's, while James McCoy, his cooi
innion, struck squarely on the raft
ind had one of his legs broken ba
ween the knee and thigh, besides
iping badly bruised on other parts
>f the body.
The men were taken to the liospl
;il, where Crepeau did not remain
,>ng, but McCoy, of course, is thero
et, where he Is reported to be now
esting easily and getting along as
ell as can be expected.
— II
IDE 'OLD TOWN'
IS LOOK! UP
With 67 passengers coming in on .
the Princess Maquinna Wednesday
and twelve on the Jefferson this
morning, the "old town" begins to
assume its wonted spring appear
ance. The Golden North, the
Fallen House, the Dewey, the Port
laud and the U. S. hotel, all have
their quota of guests, who are wait
—■» •« an/1...
POLICE GET IX FliOM
THE LONG PATHOL
Dawson New?, March 4—The Roy
al Northwest Mounted Police ex
pedition arrived at noon today, sev
enteen and one-half days from Fort
McPherson. Sergeant Clay, who has
been fo ir years in ti'e Arctic with
the police, was in charge on the
•vay back, and will be here sever
rl days before proceeding outside.
Sergoant Edgerton, who went from
Dawson in charge of the patrol on
the outward trip, remained at the
other end.
The trip was made without mis
haps, going or coming, and the
trail was found in good condition.
The party reached the Twenty
mile power house evening before
last, camped at the mouth of
fwentymile, twenty miles below
Dawson, last night, Mid made the
final relay to Dawson this morning.
The entire party comprised Ser-1
geant Clay, Constaale Thorn back,!
Constable Ward and Constable Wil
son. The weather was so salu
brious that Scotty Wilson took on
seven pounds durin? the trip. Con
siderable mail was brought from
various points.
SKAGWAY EGGS !
•
We are headquarters for fresli laid •
Skagway eggs and durieg the season •
can supply them in large quantites. •
We sell thtfm today at 45c per dozen •
with an absolute guarantee as to
quality.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
LOOKS FAVORABLE FOR THE
OPENING Of THE COPPER MINES
ALASKA EDITOR HAS
TROUBLES OK HIS OW:
The article which appeared i
last week's issue of the Progre
sive, purporting to be the stor
of the trouble between Father L>ur
can, of the Aletlakatla seitlf
rnent fame, and the natives, ha
added fuel to the controversy. Ii
view of the fact that Mr. Duncan'
side of the trouble has been broad
lv advertised, the relator referre
to in the article being desirou:
that the natives' side be told, mad*
the statement as published, t<
which Mr. Duncan took exception
with the result that the editor o
the Progressive was arrested, tak
en before the U. S. commissioner
the charge read, which was follow
ed by a long explanation by Mi
Duncan from the , beginning of hi:
relation with the tribe up to this
day, and the editor was discharged
—Ketchikan Progressive.
A LOS ANGELES LADV
WANTS TO COME TO ALASKA
* Down in Los Angeles there is a
woman who wants to come north to
live. She is not very well informed
3f conditions up here; in fact is
beautifully ignorant of them, but liti
irart is in the right place.
Here is the subject matter, writ
en under date, of February 1st.
"Dear Sir: I am an American
voman of refinement, a widow, with
>ne son on the local police fo/ce.
am near 47 years. Capable, agree
tb'fe personality, pleasing and co ild
cep house for a camp of men or
amily not too large. Am in no
ense a servant, but am used to
aid usages. Love children. Wish
o sell the small place I own and
ravel awhile and see something and
osslbly locate again.
lothlng required in the cold sea
«p. I read a fine article in Ti.ncs
nagazine concerning Alaska. I
lave no means and have not had
imployment for some time. My son
it-ips men. I would like someone,
•it'ner ladies or gentlemen, to write
na if there is a demand for women
n Alaska. I want to sell a large,
ine street lot, work done and paid,
ind travel a while. Would visit
\laska if assured of employment.
"MRS. JULIA STILES.
Route 4, Box. 688, Los Angeles,
Cal." ;
General Manager W. D. Greenough.
o£ the Atlas Mining Co. of Whlte
horae, came over to Skagway on of
ficial business Tuesday and is a
g^cst at the Golden North.
Mr. Greenough Is absolutely si
laut in regard to the future inten
tions of his company with reference
to the development and working of
the copper properties in the White
horse mining district which that cor
j poration controls, but it is rumored
in Skagway, with what appears to
be strong grounds for belief, that
active operations are to start there
soon and on a scale greater than,
ever before attempted in the ex
ploitation of the extensive and rich
deposits of copper o\e.
This statement, that has been
wafted to our ears through under
ground channels, does not necessari
ly mean that the Atlas Mining Co.
is mixed up In the deal, nor that
tile oroperties of the company will
be included in It; nor does it mean
that the Hargrava Mining & Engin
eering Co., of which Col. R. W. L.
Stevenson, who is now making Skag
way his headquarters, is general
manager, is connected in any man
ner; neither does it mean that one,
or probably both, of them will qgt
be prominently identified with the
movement when it is inaugurated.
As near as we can learn, Mr.
Walker of the Tacomi smelter,
has written to prominent mining
ratn in the north, that on account
of the European war and the great
ly increased demand for copper it
has created, the market for that
rnvduct is in the most promis
ing condition it has been for years,
| and even though the struggle closes
in the very near future, there will
b more copper used in industrial
pursuits than can possibly be pro
duced. In short, he predicts an era
of urosperity will succeed the on3
of destruction now going on, where
¥iv£c-np^r wlij be one of the most
v th that of col. Stevenson would
31 em to indicate that something mo
mentous in the mining world is un
der consideration, but for confirma
tion of this we will have to wait
until the first moves in the great
I game are ready to be made.
F. J. Chapman, who was in Skag
way in the early days, and who
went from here to the Westward, is
now in a serious condition -hi a
hospital in Saginaw, Mich.
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