HISTORICAL. I.
CiOVEBXOfl
TRICE TEN CENTS
DEATH TOLL HEAVY IN THEATER DISAS1
IEIS OAETH
Ofi POLAR TRIP
1 -• 1'raj.uay,- Jan. 30.—
■..iMt Shakleton. the discover
' ie south pule, d.ed on boart
• -'up. the lines' on January 5
akleton was one o( the besi
.. >u Hritlsh explorers and con
>til his work to the Antarctic
in principally. \t the time ol
- death lie was taking another ex
d on into the Antarctic.
The report received here states
death was dui# to angina pec
r:s. a::d the body was brought
r•• by a Norwegian steamer and
it be taken to Kurope for final
<sor Crauva. and other mem
r< v : ti e expedition will continue
the trip.
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1 \I.I. V( t «IMJV\N1KI» B\
SLKKT AND RAIN
- Frani-isco, Jan. 30—The snow
I • -o on Sundaj In all San Fran
co Hay towns to a depth of twi
ti^and. Berkel.y and Los An
-•if?- -d from snow and sleet,
t was fulloweu by heavj rains
■a made traffi' almost inpossl
i VI.UOKM \ (iKTS
I VKTligi AKK SHOCKS
in Francisco, Jin. 31.—Most ol
- ia from San Francisco north
Southern Oregon were badly
■!j> by an earthquake early
... >^raph» throughout the
■ .'nuntry recorded the shake
i nr ,'. San Francisco it was es
serere. Dishes and win
ws : ;iftied and at Redding. Cali
s. -•■r.il buildings were dam
od. Two distinct shocks were
It. one a: three o'clock and the
■ r . L>. o'clock this morning.
J XTUlI! >1! S 111 NT
m\v
Boston. Jen. 31.—Six-v patrol
«n -irii: ! Hith shotguns and ritl.».>
nattied tor ;»n hour ycstei'da>
. • -t ! Mur.ay. a netro whe
1 L«: nidid himself in itis horm
i the south end
Murray si.< t and wounded 'wo o!
patroln.fci . a Negress and a Ne
, o. ;i .d set j.re to *he bed t«i jrhicb
an infant lay.
Murray v.-j-s tlna..y captured. Ihii
was uninjured. although over on«
hundred 0; .».s weu tired into th«
c il-in.
SIR JOHN BADDELEY
Sir John Baddeley, formerly senior
j alderman of London, is now 'lord
mayor of that city. He Is a Londoner
| by birth and is seven'ynine years of
I tye. He is in the pr ting bu.-.i ess
| and has written books about St. Giles,
j Crlpplegate. the Gildhall, and the al
! dermen.
liRITISH KOYF.RXMKXT
ISSl'KS STATKMKXT
KKCARDS Kc;YITI.\\ AFFAIH
LoiuIuq, Jan. 0.—The basis on
which the British government would
he willing to tertni!.ate the Egyptian
protectorate and rjcognizing Egypt
as a sovereign state and to agree to
the establishment of an Egyptian
parliament, is announced in a state
ment this evening issued by the for
eign office.
MAI"RICE l.KAHY
DOWX WITH IXI M K.XZA
Seattle, Jan. 31.—Maurice Leahy,
the well known Seattle-Alaska at
torney. is seriously ill at his home
with influenza.
Maurice Leahy is perhaps the best
known attorney in Alaska and re
presented the territory in the ship
ping board bill at Washington a few
years ago.
| CAX'T WITHDRAW IJyiolt
FOB PF.RSOXAL ISF
i Washington, Jan. 31.—Intoxicat
ing liquor stored in government
bonded ware houses cannot be with
drawn by the owners for their per
i sonal u-«e. the supreme court held
today. T1 e court then took a recess
I until February 27
Mr. aid Mrs. G. J. Farwell re
Iceived a wire from Vancouver stat
ing that Billy Farwell has an infec
tion of the ear and has been com
j pelled to undergo an operation.
: This has been performed and it is
, hopca that he is gating along nlce
1 ly.
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PERSONAL SERVICE
V. ;: MAKE A SPECIAL EFFORT TO SERVE Ol'R CUSTOM
i.R» IN WHATEVER WAY WE CAN. BUT OCR SERVICE IS
N*>T FOR Ol'R SKACiWAY CUSTOMERS ONLY. WE WISH
: !•; >■; n/ENs of skagway and vicinity to feel that
I m-> thkir bank and that we are expecting you
10 I MvE rsE OF Ol'R FACILITIES WHETHER YOU HAVE
A.N '.< ( or NT WITH I S OR NOT.
Baunk ©IT
SKACWAY, ALASKA
LOOKS GETTER
EVERY OUT
,\1X PKOSPEITS SHOWING IT
<;0(>l> lH'T ONLY ONE COM
PANY WILL Still* ORE THIS
YEAIJ. TRANSPORTATION ON
LY DRAWBACK.
Oscar Le Tournau, one of the pio
neers of Mayo, arrived out on Fri
day's train and wll\ leave tomorrow
for Vancouver and Seattle.
. Mr. Le Tournau went to Mayo
ubout eight years ago and has lived
there continuously ever since. At
present he is engaged in the hotel
and clothing busiress, owning the
Royal Alexander Fotel, one of the
finest In the town, with twenty
rooms all steam heated and electric
lighted, as well as a big clothing
store which he operates In connec
tion with the hotel.
Mr. Le Tournau is enthusiastic
over the future of Mayo as he has
seen property after property pros
pected and big rich leads of silver
galena exposed, and today, with
over twelve different parties work
ing on mines, all c.' which are get
ting the most flattering results, Mr
Le Tournau feels is safe us if his
money was in the bank.
Mr. Le Tournau owns several val
uable claims, but has done no work
on any of them, altho he expects to
next summer.
I ne mree Dig co.npumes art- Kt'i
ting out ore and opening up theii
properties but only one will ship
ore next season. About fifteen
hundred tons of shipping ure ure
now lying ut Muyo Landing and
more is being added to it day by
day. Over eighty horses are being
used in transporting this ore to the
river bank.
Mr. Le Tournau says that trans
portation is the great question, but
all are confident tl.at there will be
railroad communication very soon,
as there is such a vast quantity of
high and low grade ore in sight that
there must be some mode of getting
it to the smelter cheaper than is
now used.
Hundreds of prcspects that carry
ore that goes from five to seventy
five dollars per ton can be operated
if transportation is cheap enough
and these will be opened up just as
soon ns the people are assured that
the railroad will be built..
>lr. Le Tournau reports that there
is quite a shortage of many kinds
of goods in Mayo and is making a
hurried trip In order to get his
goods in over the Ire. Everyone In
Mayo looks for a large influx of min
ers next season, as vhere is plenty of
virgin ground, not to say anything
of the hundreds oi good prospects
that can be bought cheap.
Mr. Le Tournau stated that Cap
tain George Black, who met with
quite an accident lately, is all right
now and will be out today and take
the Mary south.
The establishment of an assay
ofllce at Mlnto Bridge last summer
did much to help develop the camp
and lie hopes that it will be kept
there this year.
The road building last year was
a boon to the camp and it is expect
ed that much more work will be
done this year alon£ these lines.
The extent of the mineral zone is
so large that it requires many miles
of roadways to give the prospector
a chance to visit the favored spots.
Mr. Le Tournau stated that the
Mayo Board of Trade has opened up
a new trail from Minto to Mayo,
which is just completed. This trail
shortens the distance from White
horse about two hundred and twen
ty-five miles. Goiag from White
horse, one goes to Minto by stage
and then connects with the mail car
rier and the distance is only eighty
miles, which is made In four days.
| Mr. Le Tournau will return about
March 10.
CARDINAL BILLOT
I r
Cardinal Billot, who is a Jesuit,
caused a great sensation in the Jesuit <
i church in Rome by refusing to admin. I
istor the ho'y Swicrament to three J
young women in very short skirts, low
necks and short sleeves.
1 l . S. SHIPPING HOARD
I.INKK MAKES (JIICK
TRIP FROM JAPAN
Victoria, Jan. 30.—The American
Shipping Board liner Pine Tree
Siate arrived here today from Yo
kabama. Tlie Pine Tree State made
the run In eight days and nineteen
hours.
BONE IN WASHINGTON
K.VGAGED IN CONFERENCES
Washington. Jan. 31.—Governor
Bone of Alaska, who arrived here
yesterday, has been almost
continuously in conference since his
arrival, with Secretary Fall and oth
er olllcers of the Department of the
Interior.
In a few days he will go before
•the house committee on appropria
tions with Colonel Mears of the Al
aska Road Commission to justify the
request for appropviation for Alas
kan purposes. .
SAYS PROVIDENCE RULED
FOR FIVE CENTURIES [I
Rome, Jan. 30.—The Premier Pri- I
mate of Belgium, Mercier, said to- ;
day that Providence for the past live )
centuries had rultd that the Su- I
prenie Pontiff should be an Italian I
and he predicted that no change ,
would be made now in the nation- <
alitv of the Pope to be elected.
C. S. CANNOT INCREASE
ISLAND FORTIFICATIONS
Washington, Jan. 31.—Under the
terms of the naval treaty agreement
which will be submitted to the plen
ary session of the conferenc Wed
nesday, the United States cannot in
crease fortifications on Guam or
Philippine Islands, but may do so
in the case of the Hawaiian Islands.
HEIRESS TO MILLIONS TO j
LIVE IN FACTORY COTTAGe!
Chicago, Jan. 31.—Mrs. Marion I
B. Stephens, a daugter of the late
Normal B. Ream and heiress to a
forty million dollar fortune, has an
nounced her engagement to Alexan
drovitch Vanslatsky, a Russian re
fugee mechanic.
Mrs. Stephen says they will make
their home in Vaiuiatsky's factory
cottage in Philadelphia.
Subscribe lor the Dally Alaskan
One Hundred and Foul teen Meet Death
In Wreckage When Theater In Cap
itol Collapses Under Weight of Snow
Washington, Jan. 30.—Ninety
people were killed last Saturday
night when the root of the Knick
erbocker Theater, veakened by the
great weight of snow which has fal
len for the past thirty-six hours,
gave way.
Snow has been falling steadily and
the roof of the Knickerbocker The
ater, one of the Capitol's moving
picture palaces, raved in without
warning at nine o'clock, burying the
audience of three hundred people in
the twisted mass of steel girders,
concrete and snow.
Among the dead are included
former congressman A. J. Barch
iield of Pittshurgh, Miss Barchfield,
his sister, the daughter of Chaun
cey C. Brainard, correspondent for
the Brooklyn Eagle, Guy C. Aldrichj
of Salt Lake City, a brother-in-law
of Senator Reed Smoot, Captain It.
H. Conroy, formerly of the British
army, and his wife.
Luverne Sproule, nephew of Con
gressman Sproule of ^Chicago, was
seriously injured, as was also Ed
ward Shaugbnessy, the second as
sistant postmaster-general, and his
wife.
One Member of Family of 7 Left
Washington, Jan. 30—Grant Ivan
ston, eleven years old, is the sole
survivor of a family of seven, who
arrived here a day or so ago to take
government positions. The balancc
of the family perished in the Knick
erbocker Theater disaster. The
father, Oscar Kanston, was from
Chicago.
Death Toll Reaches lit
Washington, Jan. 30.—The death
toll caused by the collapse of the
roof of the Knickerbocker Theater
on Saturday night stood at one
hundred and thirteen early today.
['OMMENCK TO BURY
KNICKERBOCKER l>E.\l»
Washington, Jan. 31.—The burial
r>f the Knickerbocker disaster vic
tims began today.
Sixty-two badly injured persons
are still in the. hospitals without
much hope for their recovery.
Deaths were reported hourly from
hospitals throughout the city where
one hundred and forty injured vic
tims, many o£ whom arc near death,
are being cared for.
With the list constantly mounting
up tlio polico officials and rescue
workers believe that it will pass tho
one hundred and twenty-five mark.
Washington, Jan. CO.—With all
the bodies removed from the ruins
of the Knickerbocker Theater th«
death toll reaches tho high fic'i: o
of one hundred and fourteen.
Washington. Jan. 30.—In a state
ment touching on the Knickerbock
er Theater disaster, President Hard
ing said today that "the terrible
tragedy was staged in the midst cC
a great storm and has depressed all
of us and left U3 wondering about
the revolving fates."
Senate .May Investigate
Washington, Jan. 30.—An inves
tigation of the Knickerbocker The
ater disaster by a senate committee
is proposed by a resolution intro
duced this afternoon by senator
Capper of Nebraska.
Senator Capper Is a member of
the senate District of Columbia com
mittee.
. Washington. Jan. 30.—Investiga
tion of the cause of the Knicker
bocker Theater disaster in this city
was begun today by tile Dostrict of
Columbia government, with a prob
ability tiiat congress will also un
dertake exhaustive inquiries.
Washington. Jan. 30. — President
Harding tod;iv requested that all
capital social functions be postpon
ed until "the city i^covers from its
grief over the Knickerbocker disas
ter."
i:.stkui:tii in ami oct
The Estebeth arrived at noon to
day. bringing eighty sacks of mail,
most of which was from the south.
Two passengers trom Anchorage
who are on their way to Mayo ar
rived.
The Estebetii will leave on sched
ule time, tonight at 11 o'clock.
THE HIE PASS &
YUKON ROUTE
THE GATEWAY ROUTE TO
Yukon Territory, Atlin and
^ Interior Alaska
Semi-Weekly Train Sen-ice between Skaguay and Whitehorse
during the Winter Season.
For information regarding passenger and freight rates app.y to
H- Wbeeler General Manager
Skaguay. Alaska
or
510 Alaska Building
Seattle Wash.