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No. 34 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1914
PRICE 10 CENTS
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Washington, D. C., Mar. 12—Pres. Wilson Signed the
L Alaska Railroad Rill shortly before 3 o'clock P.M. Today.
THE FIRST BOAT
OF THE NEW LINE
The Thomas L. Wand, freighter,
of the nt'.v line of steamers be
ing i>ut on the Southeastern Alaska
rua by the Portland Steamship Co.
of Portland, Oregon and which
sailed frt.ni that city on March 4,
arrived 'n Skagway this morning
at S o'clock with 22 tons of gener
al merchandise aud 12 tons of
powder taken on at Departure bay,
consigned to Atlin, B. C. She al
so had cn board 15 tons of hay
and oats for Tim Vogel of Haines.
Tl'e Portland Steamship Co. will
Lave thiee boats, under a weekly
schedule, on the northern run, the
other t*vc being the John B. Stet
son with a passenger capacity of
43 first and 20 second class, and
the Quisiiult, with accommodations
for 17 first class and 20 second
class.
Captain F. Herriman, master of
the Thonias L. Waad and Pilot A.
C. Jensen, are two of the best
known and most experienced nav
igators in Alaskan waters.
Captain Herriman has for 16
years been master of vessels oper
ating out of Puget Sound ports to
the northern country, and Pilot
Jensen has been following the
charts ot these same waters for 36
years. For 32 years he was con
nected wi'* the Paci'x coast steam
ship company, first as mate and
then as mister of such vessels as
The City of Seattle, City of Topeka,
"Vnator, Valencia, Cottage City, Al
ki and many others.
He made 1S3 trios to Alaska as
master of the Cottage City, and I
wrs the cr.otiiB wno commanded j
Tht; Ge» r >. W. Elder when that,
stealer made the memorable trip j
from the Alaska dock, Portland, I
co t'te ijo.th during the Klondike
rush.
Captain Ilerilman aud Purser J
S Tra't of the Wild paid the!
Daily Alaskan offi<\> a visit short-1
!y after r^e arrival of the boat in I
port "his norning, aud are both
very pleasant gentbnun to meet, j
The. Thomas I,. Wand sailed j
south on '*er return vov.ige to Port- 1
land about 5 o'clock 'his afternoonj
Startiri; tonight *ve New Idea'
B.ikory »:.d Delicatessen Shop will J
be open d:.v and night. Meals, bak- t
err and delicatessen goods. 1
I
AT
Portland, Ore., March 12—The
wheat shaft at the Columbia dock
here exploded today causing a dis
astrous fire. Four other docks
were destroyed before the fiire was
checked. The steamer Cricket load
ed with asphalt was caught in the
flames i' nnd is a total loss. The
British royal mail steamship Glen
roy had her upper decks burn
ed away and considerable damage
done to her cargo, which consisted
of wheat and lumber.
Chrlstianla, March 12—Emigra
tion from Norway has taken a strong
turn to Mexico and the Gulf of
Mexico regions of the United States
according to a government report
issued here today. Heretofore Nor
weigians have with but few excep
tions emigratd to Wisconsin, Minne
sota, tho Dakotas and the Pacific
Northwest, but the trend is now
said to be southward. The Nor
wegian Mexican Gulf Steamship
lin© has just greatly increased its
capital to provide faciliities for the
new traffic.
Salt Lake, March 12—A ship
ment of three hundide tons of coal
from here today to a a dredging
company north of Nome cost fif
ty seven dollars per ton.
Needles for Victor or Columbia
phonographs, soft, medium or loud
now in stock at Keller Bros. Drug
Co., envelopes of 100, 5cts.; boxes
of 300, 15cts
JUST 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 5hoes
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
7x9 and 8 x 10-3 ft. Wall 10 oz. Duck Tents
IN FACT, WE HAVE EVERYTHING
FOR THE HINER WITH THE EX=
CEPTION of Groceries and Hardware
H. J. LYNCH
' The Up To Date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41 SKAGWAY
Haines, March 12—Upon the an
nouncement here last night of
■ he passage by the senate of the
Alaska railroad bill theree was
a grand celebration and display of
fireworks and later a smoker was
| held in the rooms cf the Haines
democratic club. All the people of
the town took part in the rejoicing,
many speeches were made and an
outline ol plans for future pro
ceedings discussed.
INVESTIGATION -
ENOEDjIODAY
Chicago, March 12--The congres
sional investigation here into the (
I causes w^ich led to the Michigan
copper miners strike was ended
I today.
113 HE
Loudon, March 12 —Suffragette
laids here today have caused many
places -.-f interest to be closed to
tourists and hotel managers believe
ihey cau see the loss to themselves
ol a good many Yankee dollars.
ORDER IROOPS
18 IRE BORDER
Washington, D. C., March 12—
The Ninth and Seventeenth regi
ments or United States regulars
have been ordtred to the Mexican
border, which when they arrive,
there will make about 18,000 Uni
ted States soldiers in Texas, more
by three thousand men than the
total oi' those who were led into
Cuba by General Shafter.
FORT SEWARD WIXS
ARMY CHAMPIONSHIP
In a recent bowling contest In
wiAch crack teams of the army
posts at Fort William H. Seward,
Fort Gibbon and Fort Jeff Davis,
located at Haines, Taua.ua and Nome,
respectively, competed,* each on its
own alley, the Fort Win. H. Sew
ard team warns victorious. The
results of the contest were report
ed to all the posts engaged in the
tournament by wire after each ser
ies of games were played.
Paris, March 12—Gabriel d'An
nuzio, Italian poet who announced
some years ago that he had come
to France to live and never expect
ed to return to Italy, will go back
to his native land this spring ac
cording tc an announcement made |
today. He will speud some time
at Florence. D'Annunzio's cred
itors are said to have influenced
his stay abroad.
ARE READY 10
ENTER RING
Milwaukee, March 12—Ritchie ]
and Wolgast will both be ready
for the fight of their lives tonight
at the sound of the gong. The in
terest i* the fig'at is at a high
pitch. The betting odds are in fa
vor of Ritchie.
Fillets Of Finnan Haddie
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Just received direct
from Vancouver.
We offer this excel
lent Fish at 20c lb.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGMAY, ALASKA.
10 DROP BOMBS
FROM AIRSHIPS
Mexico City, March 12—Advices
receivedd in this city today state
that General Villa expects to drop
bombs into the town of Torreon
from aeroplanes.
komeToIr
IS CONVICTED
Nome, Alaska, March 12—Hugh
O'Neill, editor of the Democrat here j
was this morning convicted in the
district court of criminal libel
against C. D. Coyhrane, a Nome
attorney.
GETS GRANT
FOR TjnilKON
Ottawa, March 12—Dr. Alfred
Thompsou, member of parliament
for Yukon, has succeeded iu secur
ing a grant of $50,00u again this
year to finish the overland trial
and to wut cable ferries on the Yu
kon, the Peily and the Stewart riv
ers over the overland trail. When
this is done, this summer it will
make It possible to travel by con
tinuous journey from Whitehorse
to Dawson via^ this road at all sea
sons.
STRANGE AND
SENSATIONAL
New York, March 11:—One of
the most seusatiioaal of the many
strange and sensational divorce
cases that New York has known
was brought into court today when
attorneys for Joseph R. Stouebreak
tr, prominent merchant, formerly of
Baltimore, argued for ^n injunction
to restrain twelve men, named as co
respondents in his petition for di
vorce, *rom visiting his wife pending
settlement of his divorce suit.
The hearing today attracted not
only a btx crowd of curious spec
tators, uut lawyers albo took great,
interested in the legal side.
They declared that action by a
petitioner in askin that visitors
of the opposite sex from the
dfeendent by restrained from
paying attention to the latter, is
without precedent, in New York
courts, if not in any American
court. Among some of the men
named in Stonebreaker's petition
against Constance Stilwell Stone
breaker, and who probably will be
witnesses, are "Big Bill" Edwards,
ex-Stieet Cleaning Commissioner of
New York who captured the ass
assin Gallagher when the later
attacked 'he late Mayor Gaynor; Al
exander R. Peacock, Pittsurgh mil
lionaire, and B. O-'fford Kline, bro
ther of Mayor Ardolph Kline, who,
as president of the board of alder
men succeeded to the unexpired
term of Mayor Gaynor when the
latter died last fall. —
TIMER
PASSES ON
Paul D'Heirry, United States
commissioner at Chitina, and one
of the best known pioneers of the
north, died suddenly it Chitina at
2 o'clock Tuesday morning. The
news of the death was conveyed to
friends of deceased in messages
sent by Deputy Marsbaj Woods, of
Chitina. Deceased had been ill for
some time but 'was believed to be
improving and his sudden demise
came as a surprise.
Paul D'Heirry'a death closes an
eventful life. Little is known in
Alaska of his early life beyond the
fact that he was born on the Pa
cific coast about 60 years ago and
received a brilliant education. As a
young man he was admitted to the
bar and also engaged in newspa
per work. During the Seattle boom
in the SO's he amassed a consider
able fortune and entered politics.
His brilliant intellect soon brought
him to the front and he was an
acknowledged i power in the af
fairs of the state of Washington un
til the l-anic of 1895-6 swept his
fortune away. For a time he was
assistant general of that state.
When tile stampede took place to
Nome, D'Heirry joined the argonauts
and engaged in mloing bui later
accepted a position in the United
States marshal's office there. From
Nome he went to the Circle district
where he spent a number of years
developing ground which he believ
ed would be a good dredging prop
osition. Disappointed but not" dis
couraged he walked up the Yukon
t'ver to Eagle j and crossed the
great interior to. the coast in the
dead of winter. Arriving at Val
dez he again engaged in newspaper
work as editor of the Daily Pros
pector. He was an exceptionally
forceful writer and being of a gen
ial nature made many firm friends.
Paul D'Heirry was appointed com
missioner at Chitina about one year
ago by Judge Overfield and has
held the position with credit to
himsmelx and the department since
his appointment. The news of his
sudden death brought expressions
of regret from his many friends.
He leaves one married daughter
and gnndgon, who are believed to
b« living in British Columbia.
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Alaskan office.
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