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No. 203 SIXTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY ALASKA, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 4, 1913
PRICE 10 CENTS
Washington, Oct. 4—1 he Presi
dent today sent to tlie senate the
nomination ot J. D. Tucker, Jr., t'oi
ai:;>oiutment to the position ot' Judge
ot the second division of Alaska to
succeed Judge Murune, whose resig
nation was recently demanded by of
fi< ials of the department of justice
At -the same time he sent in the
i omi'uition o£ F. M. Sexton for thtt
)>osition ol" district attorney for the
:ui:ue district to succeed District At
lornev Kodey, who was asked to re
sign at the same time as aiuraue.
I'HK LAT1sT -\KN STL! til'*
AT CHISAXA DHiCl.NUi
MCarihy, Ot. 4—Herman Kelter
ir bus just arrived here from tin
•lew diggings. He reports a new
strike that has been made whii
digging a well iu the townsite ol
Chisaua. The dirt taken out ail
; JUM j i ulor6. * •» •
whilt the other had -1 eeuts. The
a ell hail been sunk 12 foct> wlu:1:
. w.;» !>l.n.u;,ti i ■
had not been reached. The new
i!.U »t:.3 v
»he c.»mp. and it is expected a lot o
e\-im;ksu>k\t kooskyklt
is STILL I'l (JX.U lOl'S
New York, Oct. 4—Ex-President
T leodore Roosevelt was the guest
at a farewell banquet here to-night
leudtred him on the eve of his de
parture for South Ame.ica. In
Koosevent, in the course of his re
marks during the evening, 'otiK oc
casion to say that he defied the ;
leinpis of his enemies to break »low
and. disrupt the ranks of the i re
gressive party.
VRTILLKKYMKN iLVYK CLASH
WITH STlilKlM. MIM.K
Calumet. Oct. 4—Artillerymen
a clash with strikers lute vesteidny
afternoon at the Wolverstine uiiae
Twenty five of the strikers h iv
neen placed under arrest.
THIS TKLEJJKAM OK.HT
TO HOLD VOl AWHILE
New York, Oct. 4—Joe Jeannette
outpointed Langfortl in a ten round
AIWOLl'TE DENIAL Oi
REPORTED RHKAKDOWX
' Albany, Oct. 4—There is an abso
'hiie deuial here of the reported
j breaking down of Sulzer's attorneys
; 1>\ X VMITK THROWN IXTO
THE MITCHELL STOCKADE
Boulder, Oct. 4—Six sticks of dy
iKituilc were thrown into the stock
ade surrounding the property of tli
Mitchell ltiine last night. The cx
plosion caused but little damage.
PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON
MIST HE AMMDEXTOOU
Washington, Oct. 4—Presiden
Woourow Wilson used two sold Pcn
' at nine o'clock I:ist night in siguin
jtiie tariff bill revision instruments
W. S. COI TAXT DEAD.
Walter S. Coutant, a former Ket
■i'.ik.'.n newspaperman, and at on
!■? private secretary to Judg
■raw::, at Juneau, died Sept. 17tl
i a? Gr, tits Pass. Oregon.
I Our old Skagway friend, J. D
S.- hi mu._:•. who quit the barker bus
•less here several years ago to en
-:it: • in farming at Grants Pass, Ore
leased liis ranch and gone back
j to histoid trade.
Walter Fuerst, who was befor
| .Magistrate Taylor of Whitehors
-t veek. for the robbery of Taylor
. Drurv, Pedlar & Co.'s store at Car
I macks several weeks ago, was ad
ljudgtd guilty and sentenced oi
Monday of this week to one years
imprisonment at hard labor. Fuers
!s about 45 years of age and has a
' I'amilv in California.
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01; K NEW FALL LINE OF
Ladies' and Misses'
La Vogue Coats,
Suits and Skirts
"AKF. NOW BEING SHOWN
AS WELL AS
Faii Millinery
SEE OUR
■I WINDOW
DISPLAY
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STYLES THE LATEST
PRICES ARE RIGHT
H. J. LYNCH
Leading Ladies' Furnisher and Haber
dasher of Skagway
STEAMSHIP SPOKANE ASHORE
15 MILES NORTH OF CAPE LAZO
Seattle, Oct. 4—Word has just
reached here that the Steamship
Spokane, of the P. C. S. S. company,1
whih sailed from Skagway for the
south on Sunday, is fast aground on
Vancouver Island in the Gulf of'
Georgia, about fifteen mile3 north of;
Cape Lazo. The extent of damage is
not known, but as the boat is tak-.l
iug water rapidly it is believed toj
be serious. As soon as the vessel
struck, wireless calls for aid were
sent out and the Steamship La
Touche of the Alaska S. S. company,!
being the. nearest at hand, responded
promptly and took off the passenger |
iu life boats. The LaTouche will ar ,
rive in Seattle some time today I
The Steamship Alki, of the N. S. S.
company, of Ketchikan, also res-j
ponded to the call and is now stand
ing by to render what aid she can.
Cape Lazo, near which the Spok
ane ran ashore, is described in the
United States Coast Pilot for the
Pacific Coast and Alaska as a
ient headland about 200 feet high,
with yellow clay cliffs at the water.
It lies 21 miles to the westward of
t'lie Sisters. The water shoals with
a dei-th of tlireo to six feet from
one-half to three-fourths of a mile
off the north and east sides of the
cape. and boulders show at low wa
ter for a distance of one-half mile
from shore. From the nautica
chart issued under the authority of
the Secretary of the Navy from the
Hydrographic office at Washington
D. C., it would appear that the same
general character of shore as that
of Cape Lazo exists at the point
where the Spokane ran aground.
Seattle, Oct 4, (Later)—The S.
S. Syokane went ashore at 10 o'cloc
las- night a.id within 30 minutes af
ter sh«' struck, the Steamship La
touche was at the scene of the ac
cident. A wireless from Jerry Flyn
I'.iptain of tho LaTouche, was re
ceived here at 10:30 this morning
saving that tho passe*gers had all
'•ton transferred back to the Spok
iiue and she would later start for
Scuttle under her own steam, arriv
ing some time tonight. This prob
ably means that the boat is bu
slightly damaged, and will probabl
be repaired in time to resume he
regular south-eastern Alaska sched
ale.
(U .WiSOX u\
BANKING COMM1TTK1
Judge Royal A. Gunnison, one of
Alaska's members of the commis
sion on uniform State laws, lias;
been named by President Charles
I'll: (Ilk-US Terry, of tit a cuiLnna.'ic.i
to be a member of the committee ou1
banks and banking and that of ih ;
aiipciutment of new commissioners j
i lie former is one of tlie very inu.-;; i
important committees of the commis ;
sion. The latter is an organization
committee. John R. Hardin, of Jer i
sey City N. J., and a prominent
New York City lawyer, is chairman1
■ i". o oiiiiKs u.iU banning conunlue |
and Judge Gunnison ranks third
among the seven members.
The banking committee, of which
Judge Gunnison is a member, will
i ropare a statute on banks and bank
it.g which will be submitted to tlie
commission. It will be consiue.vu 1
and if approved, following the cus-1
tom of the commission, it will be
submitted for adoption to various
State legislatures through the com !
mission members of the separate
States.
Thti commission on uniform State
laws has become a fixed and re-j
cognized institution in the United
States It has been recognized by
most of the States and Territories
which have provided for the State'
members of the commission by re
gular enactment. The. purpose of!
the commission is to secure uniform
laws, as nearly conditions make con
sistent with good government, in ail
ihe slates and territories of thei
.Yation.
It holds annual conferences which j
convene a few days before the mcet-l
ings of the American Bar Associa
tion and in the same towns. aThe!
conference *'iis year was held a i
.Montreal., Canada. Alaska was uu |
able to be represented there on ac J
count of the inability of Judgo
Gunnison or Judge Fred M. Brown
the ether Alaska members, to get
away from the Territory.
Til.- Alaska members of the Com
['or Uniform State Laws and
the Alaska Legislature have receiv
cd not a little praise for the progr«
Alaska has made along the lines be
nig suggested by the commission. N
loss than nine of the commission'
• uggested laws were adopted almos
in their entirety by the first Lejris
lature of ♦"'s Territory. They are
1. Act creating the commissio
for uniform State laws.
2. The uniform corporation law.
3. The uniform bills of lading ac
4. The uniform foreign wills act.
5. The uniform negotiable instru
inenls act.
0. The uniform warehouse re
eeipta act.
7. The uniform sales act.
S. Tilt uniform stock transfe
act.
0. The vital statistics act.
President Terry called attention
at thv Montrea 1 conference to th
progrc-ss Alaska has made along th
line of work of the commission
Writing to Judge Gunuison concern
i'ig it, under recent date, he said:
"I took the exceptional occasion
presented by an opening address to
the conference at its session in
.Montreal to comment on the work
you had done in Alaska, and to dra»
illustrations and examples from it."
Judge Gunnison has received a
letter from Judge Win. H. Staake,
i>f Pennsylvania, chairman of tho ex
ecutive committee of the commission
also, in which he praises the work
done in Alaska toward uniformity in
legislation. He says:
"Alaska was applauded for what
its commissioners had attained In th
cnatment of uniform legislation."
The committe on banks and bank
ing, of which Judge Gunnison is a
member, will proceed at ouce to the
work of preparing a uniorm State
banking law for submission to the
next conference of the commission.
CAMMING 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 until the canning
season is over.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
Valdez, Oct. 4—Yesterday, the
body of a man, believed to have
been murdered, was found in the
brush eleven miles north of here,
near the Willow creek road-house,
on the Fairbanks trail. Later the
body of another man was found
about two miles from where the firs
body was discovered, with the skul
crushed in. The features of the
man found in the brush were so bad
ly mutilated that they were unrec
ognizable.
The coroner swore in a jury and
accompanied by them, left for the
scene of the tragedy to bold an au
topsy and make an investigation into
the mysterious affair.
WOMAN' WILL "Ml'SH"
TO CHISAN.1
Mrs. Mary E. Hart, business wo
man, lecturer, magazine writer, min
er and traveler, wlio has spent sonn
Twelve years studying and helping
develop Alaska, is making prepara
tious for her hike into the Chisan:
i?old zone. ~
Unaccompanied, with two woolet
blankets and a supply of food anc
clothiug harnessed on her back, th<
veteran Alaska sourdough wil
hit the trail from McCarthy's lntc
the scene of the diggings, a dis
tance of about a hundred miles
afoot. Using the terms of thf
"sourdough," sho will "mush it."
In the summer and spring Mrs
Hart is the lecturer on the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company's tourisl
vessel, the Spokane. On August 2(
Mrs. Hart went on her yearly vaca
tion. Her vacation extends to earlj
in June, when she resumes her lec
turing duties on the Spokane. But
Jirs. Hart doesn't believe in letting
hei vacation period idly slip by. Ii
she hasn't anything in particulai
t.o do, she creates something.
Back in Ihe days of 1898 Mrs
Hart wasn't a lecturer nor a bus
iness v^omai. She was just a min
er. She had a small but rich mine
about two miles out from Nome,
which she had alone developed,
snd ultimately reaped her reward.
"And I never felt better in my
whole life than when I was dig
ging away at my little mine with
pick and shovel, eating "sourdough"
bread and baked beans and sleep
ing at night on the table I ate from,
said Mrs. Hart. "Those were the
fhis involnes a tremendous amount
af labor, as it will necessitate a care
fill examination of the banking laws
af all the separate States and Terri
f nripQ
happy days for me."
"Alaska is the country where
health is awaiting for every one who
ventures there to live, especially
the women. Did you ever see a
women or mau who has spent sever
al years in Alaska come out of that
country looking sickly, unless he or
she had contracted some disease?
No, you bet your hat you didn't.
There's something about the atmos
phere, or probably its the surround
ings, in Alaska that produces heal
thy people. Some day I'm going to
Alaska for good.
"Little less of the social functions
and more of the real 'roughin' it'
is what the women of this world
need," continued Mrs. Hart. "Let
them get up in Alaska and they will
find plenty to do to keep them busy
and in good physical condition. It
will mean a lower death, rate and
less hospitals.—Seattle P.-I.
APPOINTED TO CONFER
WITH MR. RURLESOX
Washington, Oct. 4—Major Chas.
Saltzman of the Signal Corps, U. S.
A., has been named to confer with
Postmaster General Burleson re
garding the advisibility of the post
office department taking over the Al
aska cable line.
SPUR CREW RETURN'S.
The spur twin was brought back
♦rom Skagway Tuesday night and
will be kept here indefinitely haul
ing ore out from the Pueblo mine to
i;h- main track, ore shipping having
been resumed after considerable de
lay owing to the lack of steamers
to carry ore from' Skagway to the
Tacoma smelter. Clarence Olsen is
in charge of the spur train as con
ductor and Frank Webster as engi
neer.—Whitehorse Weekly Star
Get your fall suit as
early as you can and
have all the good of
it from now on. Hart
Schaffner and Marx
have made some of
the snappiest styles
tor young men we've
ever shown. Better
see them, they have
just arrived.
CLA YSON