No. 49 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
PRICE 10 CENTS
OHIO MINERS
Columbus, O., March 31—Every
coal shaft in Ohio is closed down
today, on account of a deadlock be
tween the mine operators and their
employes over a wage agreement.
Seventy thousand miners are out.
TO CELEBRATE
TERCENTENARY
New York, March 31—A series
of historical, religious and educa
tional e\ercises scientific, artistic
;ind commercial exhibits, street par
ades, pageants and other festivities
which will continue through Octo
ber 11, began Friday as the open
ing of the celebration of the three
hundredth auniversarry of the be
ginning of the regularly chartered
commerce of what now are the city
and state of New York.
The peiK'd of the celebration of
the Tercentenary of Commerce
from Friday until October 11 will
be distinguished by two points of
national interest, the opening of the
Panama ' Canal and the rounding
out of a centennar of peace be
tween the English speaking peoples.
Special exhibitions are to be held
at various times during this period
by New York's most famous mus
eums amV-Jechnical societies, and
state universities will hold edu
cational symposiums and establish
exchanges in commercial education
for foreign students and pupils.
Each state in the Union has ac
cepted invitation to send floats
and be represented in a monster
parade to be held in September,
according to announcement made
at the openiug exercises.
OVERWHELMMG
IN ITS FAVOR
Valdez. March 31—Returns from
the recent electicu here show an
ovrwhelming majority in favor of
the annexation of the reservation
to the towu.
WILL CHANGE
RIVER'S NAME
Rio de Janerio, Brazil, March 31
—The probabilities are that the
Brazilian government will rename
the Ofcvleda river "Roosevelt" fol
lowing the latter's recent explora
C. O. Walker of this place is ex
perimenting in his hot house this
spring with a new and extremely
hardy Tariety of onion, the seeds
of which he received last fall
from the Burpee Seed Co., of Phil
adelpha. He now has onions that
are large enough for table use, a
noticeable feature of which is the
number and extreme length of the
roots, fully bearing out the claim
of the growers of the seed that Che
product is not susceptible to fail
ure from drought and well adapt
ed to the light, sandy soils of the
Skagway valley.
LOW RA1ES
FOR TOURISTS
Regular summer tourist fares
from Skagway oyer C. P. R. to all
eastern destinations in United States
and Canada will become effective
June 1st and will be on sale up
to Sept. 30th good to return until
Oct. 31. 1
These low rates will also apply
to Norwegian Sangerbund at Chi
cago and meeting of Shriners at
Atlanta, Ga„ during month of May.
Mrs. Claude H. Dech aud little
daughter, who have been visiting
with the former's aunt, Mrs. A. M.
Rousseau, and family, returned
home to Whitchorse today.
Dr. and Mrs. A. W. Hawes of
Whitehoree, who came over on the
excursion Friday and have been
guests at the Pullen house, left
for home this morning.
JDST A FEW NECESSITIES
Just a few of the Needful Articles
for parties going to the New Diggings
8 and 12 inch Rubber Packs—Hip Boots
Miners' Leather Shoes
Large Size Heavy Wool Blankets
Heavy Wool Sox Sheep Lined Moccasins
Fur, Wool, and Leather Lined Mitts
Heavy Wool Underwear—Blanket Lined
Coats and Pants and Sweaters
Fur and Cloth Caps
7\oand 8x10-3ft. Wall 10oz. Duck Tents
IN FACT, WE HAVE EVERYTHING
FOR THE niNER WITH THE EX
CEPTION of Groceries and Hardware
H. J. LYNCH
The Up To Date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41 SKAGWAY
WILL FORM A
HEW CABINET
Tokio, Japan, March 31—The in
formation was given out here today
that Viscount Kiyoma will at once
procecd to form a new Japanese
cabinet. ..
Juarez, March 31—The rebels
■ continue in their fierce assault at
Torreon, but are apparently unable
j to break down the defense of the
i federal stronghold.
Register tonight; only 5 nights left
II QUEEN IS
IDLY SICKED
Brussels, March 30—So shocked
was. Queen Elizabeth at the scanti
nss of attire worn by a number of
women at the last Court ball that
she has persuaded King Albert to
appoint an official dress censor.
This functionary, one of the Court
chamberlains, to be appointed to
day, has been instructed to stand
at the door at all future Court en
tertainments and refuse admission
to any woman whose decollette is
too deep or the split of whose sjcirt
is too high. Several of the gowns
complained of by her Majesty were
slit to the knee, white the cor
sages were extravagantly scant as
well as flimsy.
re SUPPLANT
CABLE SERVICE
New York, March 31—The New
York American says: "Wireless tele
phonic communication will be es
tablished between New York and
Europe in five years. Trans-Atlan
tic cables will be lying abandoned
cn the bottom of the ocean within
fifteen years. These accomplish
ments, it is declared by the wire
less experts, will result from the
wonderful receiver that Marconi is
using for his radiophone tests, in
which he has transmitted the hu
man voice a distance of 600 miles.
Recently direct radio communi
cation was established between
Germauy and the Caps of Good
Hope, a 'distance of 6,000 miles.
"JIM" IS HACK.
"Jim" McCloskey retured to Ju
neau this morning from Seattle,
and will shortly assemble his min
ing crew for the summer's work
on the McCloskey claims in the At
lin district.—Dispatch.
Perry M. Delo, of Juneau, who
bas mining interests in the O'Don
uell river, Atlin district, accom
panied by Wm. Boddy, E. S. Ram
sey, O. P. Anderson and J. G.
Northrow, all of New Westminis
ter, B. C., left on the train for
the interior this morning.
HI PROBLEM
IS SOLVED
Belgrade, Servia, March 30—Ser
via is confident it. has just success
fully solved the problem of soaring
rents. Following the two recent
Balkan wary, in which Servia doub
led its territory at the expense of
Turkey and Bulgaria, there was an
influx of population into Belgrade
that caused rente to go to an all
but prohibitive point. A new law
by parliament went into effect to
day doubling the taxes on all un
occupied houses and apartments
which it is confidently believed will
cause landlords at least to think
twice before refusing a tenant who
cannot pay as much as the land
lord would like.
IS UKINUN
IN AUTO TRUCK
Isaac H. Davis came iu on the
Humboldt Saturday on his way in
to Dawson. For the past eleven
years he has resided in the Klon
dike, but went outside the 25th of
October to look into the merits of
a transiportation scheme which he
has had it in his mind to install
between Dawson city and the var
ious creeks surrounding it. While
outside Mr. Davis visited in Minne
apolis, Chicago, Erie. Buffalo and
New York and investigated into
the adaptability of numerous makes
and designs of auto trucks which
he thought to be suitable for his
purpose. He personally demonstra
ted the qualities of various models
in all kinds of weather, over all
kinds of roads and at temperature
ranging from zero to 40 below,
and at last selected a 35 h. p.
Erie machine weighing 3900
pounds, which he is taking in with
him and which ha is satisfied will
answer all the necessary require
ments. I
From Whitehorse, Mr. Davis will
act as ckaffeur and run the mach
ine into Dawson over the govern
ment road. If the machine proves
as successful as he anticipates it
will, Mr. Davis will during the
coming summer bring in one or
two more, or as many extra ones
as It will take to handle the busi
ness in the territory which it is
his intention to serve.
To Our Patrons
We beg to inform you that we have received
a full line of imported Fourres or Austrian dainties
made by Hartwig & Vogel, of Dresden and Vienna,
which contain the true fruit juices the moulds re
present them to be, or if in other forms contain Al
mond Paste, Chocolate and Nut centres.
These goods are are the highest of the confectioner's
art and besides being very delicious to use as
table decorations for all occasions.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGW AY, ALASKA.
Lincoln, Neb., March 31—Two
rival republcau state committees
met here today to take measures
Eor the promotion of harmony in the
state but failed to reach any agree
ment,.
ON fSACK If
MURDERERS
Seattle, March 31—As a result
3f the confessioi#' of a man at Vic
:oria who believed himself living,
warrants have been issued for the
irrest of George E. Ball ai,d Harry
Matthews, ex-coj.victs, charging theral
ftith holding uj) the Great Northern)
railroad train at Samish, near Bell
ingham, on February 20, and mur
dering R. I>. Lee, of Bremerton;
H. B. McElvoes, of Seattle, and T.
3. Wadsworth of Vancouver, B. C.
Seattle March 31—Information
was received here Thursday that
3eorge E. Ball, charged with com
plicity in the Great Northern hold
iipp and murders, was arrested that
morning at Calgary, Alberta.
NEW SOULS
III SKftGWAY
Mr. and Mrs. Crowther, who ar
rived in Skagway on one of the
late boats, have moved into the
Ungefroren cottage on Second St.,
between State and Main.
R. Whitfield, who came here re
cently from Juneau with his wife
and two children, has rented and
is now occupying a cottage on
Ninth street, near the home of Dr.
and Mrs. L. S. Keller,
W. H. Simpson, a pioneer White
horse building contractor, arriv
ed in Skagway on the Alameda yes
terday on his way back to his home
in the Yukon. He has been in the
Chisana country but does not seem
to tie much impressed with the like
lihood of its becoming a great gold
producing district.
Berlin, March 31—Johanna
Schydlo, the oldest person in Ger
many, today celebrated her 117th
birthday. She lives in Schimischow,
Upper Silesia, near where she jeas
Seattle, Wash, March 31—Secre
tary of Commerce Redfield said
last night that "The building of
the Alaska railroad will take the
lid off the North finally and will
be an event of great National im
portance." He further said:
"We are asking for four more
vessels to survey the coast of Al
aska with a wire drag outfit which
will make navigation along the
coast of the Territory less hazard
ous. We believe that the govern
ment should and will willingly pay
whatever that work may cost in
the interest of conservation of hu
man life and private property."
Mr. Redfield said, further, that
the fisheries bureau has planned
to increase the force of men and
number of boats used in the pro
tection and development of Alaska's
fisheries. This is "one of the many
enormous possibilities which the
administration believes that Alaska
possesses." '
70 TAKE CHARGE
OF WAR OFFICE
London, March 31—Prime Minis
ter Herbert Henry Asquith it is
said here today will resign from
the house to assume charge of the
war office where he will accept all
resignations of army officers that
are tendered, i The sudden turn in
affairs was most unexpected.
Wjn, Diekelmann, representing
Rands Brothers, importers, with
branch office in Vancouver, B. C-,
is here looking after business for
his firm. He is a guest at the
Pullen house. I
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WILL CLAYSON—Clothier