AlMk# WihHeal U%ruy
Aknee
Vn :s SEVENTEENTH YEAR
SIC AG WAY ALASKA, TUESDAY APRIL 28, 1914
PRICE 10 CENTS
Both The United States and Mexico
Will Be Asked For A Statement
Of Their Demands
Vera Cruz, April 28—."he trans-1
ports with General Funston on board
Hive arrived aud are now lying in !
the harbor. The troops started to j
leave for the shore in the boats]
when came a hitch, supposedly from:
Washington.
General Funstou is to be in su
preme command on shore and Ad
miral Fletcher will return to the
flagship. Martial law is to be con
•inuod and marines are entrenched
with mounted machine guns three
miles out from the city.
Washington, D. C. , April 23—
Secretary of State Bryan announces
that arrangement have been made
or 11 Americans to leave Mexico
City safely.
Mexico City, April 2S—A refugee
rain u:ih 2.">0 people on board left
ere today for Vera Cruz.
Seattle. April 2$—The armored
cruiser West Virginia left here to
day for the coast of Mexico.
Washington, April 28—A formal
acceptance by the Huerta govern
ment of peace mediation has been
tabled to the Spanish Ambassador
here. Both the United States and
HlGHK.sT ISl'lLDIXG WEST
OF TUK MISSISSIPPI
The highest building vest of the
Mississippi, a page view of which
ippe -s in the May Popular Mech
:.i»'s M.:~ iine, has just been com
pleted iu Seattle, Wash. The tower
rises 450 ft. above street level,
and »s so conspicuous that it is
already being used as a beacon by
marl ?rs in making their way on
Pu_ Sound, and it is planned to
t illuminated at all hours of
gilt to make it available for
s ise night and day. T!ie build
covers a lot that is : OS by 120
feet. The main structure is 21
stories high, and to this the tower
dds 12 s'ories. In addition to this
to are two stories *ielow street
level. The height to the lantern at
the top of the tower Is equivalent to
■4 2 stories. The foundation rests on
1,276 concrete piles driven to a
iVpth of 50 ft. below the surrace.
In building the foundation 4,000
Mexico will be asked for :i state
ment, each making ki\ovn its do-1
mands.
There is no stop hero ill the war
preparations.
Chihuahua, April 2S— Geuerals
Carranza and Villa ara in confer-,
ence here today in reference to the i
attitude which they will acsunie to
ward the United States.
Rafael Zubaran, mini iter of the
interior under Carranza, will go to
Washington.
Vera Cruz, April *•;—ao vices
were received here today that no
Americans had been killed in .Mex
ico City, but that many Americans !
had been expelled from various
cities under Huerta's orders.
There are seven political pris
oners confined iu the fortress tin -e
who will be released by Jluerta at" or
the American officers ha\e com
pleted their inspection.
Mexico City, April 2S— Huerta's
power is weakening and hand bills
are being distributed today in the
city which state that Clio dicta: .r
i? absolutely responsible for t'in
action of the United States in land
ing marines in Vera Cru?.
barrels of cement and mere than
1.000 tons of steel were used. On
the foundation piles a focal weight
of 76,560 gross tons will l e carri d
the steel for the super-structure
alone weighing 4,732 gr->ss tout
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IX TE11TIAIJY I'KltlOI)
Seattle, April 28—TV j pieces of
petrified wood, estimated to lie
from 1,000,000 to S,00<V>i>0 ye :i
old, were received reccnily by the
geological department cJ the Uni
versity of Washington fior.i Menlo.
Wash., where they were unearthed
twelve feet below the surface.
According to I'rofefsor J. II. Hret/
the rree from which the wood was
taken grew at a period vhcn much
of the Pacific coast was tovered b>
sea. One of the pieces is honey
combed with holes bored by the
teredo, a small marine animal which
plays havoc with piling at the
present day. Some of these holes
Gentlemen: Our
Spring and Summer
Suits
Hats, Shoes
Rain Coats, Furnishing Goods, Etc.
Are Now On Display
Suits Hade to Your Pleasure
At $18 and Up
When in Need of Goods in Our Line Come In
and Look Over Our Stock
No Hard Feelingt and No Harm Done
If You Do Not Buy
STORE OPEN ETENINGS
H. J. LYNCH
The Up To Date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41 SKaGWAY
1ST. HA ACCEPTS OFFER OF IDIATi
have become completely filled in
the course of ages with f>lime and
mud, while others are filled only
partly with crystalline calcium car
fconato from ground water.
The wood has been replaced
Jargely by dark gray siliceous mater
ial, though some of it bas turned
to coal. According to Professor
Bretz, it grew some time iu the
tertiary period, supposed to have
begun some 8,000,000 years ago.
!>-nver, April 2S—Sovw guards
•••ere killed by striker? today at
Iiie various mine ceuteis. The
miners are using machine guns at
I'ayetto.
The strikers today set fire to «*
mine :it M'alsenburg.
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Edmonton, Alberta, April 28—J.
Cornwall Fruser, a member of the
tribe of blond Eskimos liv'.ng at the
mouth of the Mckenzie river in the
sixty-ninth parallel of latitude, has
' oiumi^ioned a local trading com
pany to lihip a typewriting machine,
with the latest approved attach
ments, to his hut on the roof of the
,.:fth, 2_0u miles north of Edmon
ton.
Eraser, who is a trapper, hunter
aud pathfinder, was educated in an
English mission school at Point
Harrow, one of the Northern out
posts. Me has never been south of
the sixty-fifth parallel, inside the
Arctic circle.
Officers of the trading companies
opt.atin;4 in the district report he
is one ot the best-posted men in
the Far N'orth country. He speaks
and \v.i.._s tile English language
fluently, and is familiar with con
ditions ;.d ;i.*:.iir3 ♦hro«i,ji/... Can
ada, tha I'nited States and Europe,
as the result of wide and varied
reading c-f newspapers and maga
zines that have been given to him.
PERSONAL
George Vautier, Tauana river
mine operator, who hao been a
Sliest of the Pulien House for about
a week, loft on this morning's train
for his home at Fort Gibbon. Mr.
Vautier was for years a Deputy U. S.
Marshal in that division of Alaska.
F. F. \V. Lowle, local agent of
(lie C. P. R. loft on tho train for
Whitehorse this morning, where he
will remain until Friday, and pos
sibly longer, on business connected
with tlio company which he
represents.
TROOPS SEI1
10 COLORADO
Washington, D. C-, April 28—An
order for federal troops to go to
tjio Colorado mine striker was issued
today.
Washington, D. C., April 2S —
Hearings on the Paiumi lolis bill
repeal were closed last right and
the committee bega:n its consider
ation today.
Washington, April 2S—'The Al
aska townsites thai have been w;! U
drawn from entry by President
Woodrow Wilson at the •' uggesti
of Secretary of the Interior Frank
lin K. Lane Include the following:
Passage Canal—Plao-jr Crt«
Turn-Again-Arm—Ship Creek; .M <t
anuska—near mouth of river; Su
Itna Junction—East aide of river
where officials say junction v.i i
naturally be located; Talketh.i;
Healy creek; Neenana; C«■ < 11«» Cro.-.
ing; McGrath; Tazlma Juucti
McCarty; Washburne Point: .\i-n.
kenzie Point; Campbell Point; ::.«<?
possession of all of Fire island.
The purpose is to hold the?e lo
cations for townsites. permittii
the people that actually desire pro
perty in them for use to secure ii
without contributing to the praii -
of speculators.
Seattle, April 28— Tne Seattle
Times has a telegraphic story from
Washington that Portage Uay
being considered by secretary of the
Interior Lane as the terminus of
the government railroad. >1. J. Sul
livan, who undertook tii promote
the railroad for Portage Bay, is
referred to as the discoverer of the
route.
THE BOATS
The City- of Seattle will reach
here at 4:30 this afternoon.
The Georgia arrived at 4:30 yes
terday afternoon and sailed at
12 o'clock midnight.
The Alameda was reverted in
Juneau early this ttternoon. She
will reach Skagway some time this
evening.
Christie's Soda Biscuits
These celebrated Canadian biscuits !
Can now be Bought from Us At
40c per tin-2 lbs/ ^
Will keep fresh for months
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
An adjourned meeting of tl>e
town council was held last night
at which Mayor Kennedy and all
the members were preseut.
Hull call.
Minules of previous meeting,
read and approved.
Councilman Blanchanl of tho i
Ways and Means couiuiKtee report-:
ed th> checking oul of Town Treas
urer II. J. Lynch and the checking i
in o£ Martin Cemv .,y oa the 22nd. j
of April. The books and accounts or |
Mr. Lynch \vre found lu excellent!
P. P. committee, reported progress
on tho work on the wingdam, which
i e stated would i.i all probability
he completed this week.
Councilman S'-'mer of Health
■vhoin lie L,iit v s re living the
necessary aid and utlcnucn.
Conn; i it!un Ba -ion, of tho Judi
I'orted thai the bondsmen of the
late To'. ; Tio ..urer II. J. Lynch
Works ' i . . r 101 led an
bu:idi:r< • of v '.er ; i tlie Home
"voir.
.v I ■» • vl by sv.-o.-Al pro-;
■ o.itcl asking
i'or tlio : or I'.ie . Jumps from
! i!ie n- <i .. i i i.a riti-eet, ue
!i' il Kife'iiili. Ttoter
11c*ti to imi'isii on 1'. W. and I
A , or. • it.*i fr. 11 V. I. Hahn !
lent. oi' tl'o W. I'. & Y.
Rou-e, in i Hi h it v::j ibied that (
ii:- (i. 1 Dickesui of that j
cs'eJ him to get
:n « ion o n il: ■: of the
4.\ 1 ,» V.' I*. V. Unute
• Ii 1 i i> ii > ido strip of
c> i > !io ouisiil.' of each of
• ■>nii.an.- roadbed
:. sav.io io be pre
-i-iu.!'' iioa .v two or three
also
outside of the
d Elginb Streets.
w ,jr!; L'-- )•!»' I ai-il planted
out to f. • . Tin' ton--.unnicatiou j
wag 1 i 1 over f->r fn-t!;e> consider-j
TUo foHowiag bills were read,
approved and ordered raid: '
W. L. Speer - ? 17.00
W. H. Marrett 84.00
Alaska Transfer Co. ... .. 66.00
I). N. Hukill 16.00
W. S. Sparks 27.50
Wm. Arter ^ .. 7.50
D. G. Hurley 25.00
Geo. Mathews 25.00
H. P. sSeemau 315.24
Wm. Mathews .. .. 25.00
C. Fuquet .. 25.00
Fred Kindling 25.00
D. Martin . .. 25.00
Joe Edgar 23.50
J. Eckert 23.50
H. Olsen .. 25.00
Ed. Achi30n . . 25.00
P. McNlchol 21.00
John Ward 25.00
Chag Nye .. 40.00,,
Martin Itjen 120.00
Phil. Abrahams 5.00
Pack Train Restaurant .. .. 3.00
J. A! Nettles .. 3.00
W. P. & Y. Route (817 bolts) 10.66
(Note—We desire to call es
pecial attention to the Item in black
faced type immediately preceding
this paragraph, an explanation of
which may be found 'n the edi
torial column in this issue—Ed.)
A petition for an extension of the
city water main on Thiid avenue,
was referred to committee, with
instruction^ to report at next meet
in. '
Upon moion, under the head ot
i.ew business, a resolution was pass
ed adopting the rules ot procedure
in use by the previous council.
Upon motion a resolution was
passed suspending Rule No 4, and
changing the regular meeting nights
to the first and third Mondays of
i he month instead of :he second
and fourth.
Councilman Selmer, on behalf of
Llie Skagway brass band, asked for
• hat organization the privilege of
using the city hall everv Tuesday
i;igbt for ba-iti practice. Upon mo
tion this request was grafted.
Upon motion it was ordered that
»n electric light switch be placed
at the most convenient spot near
the front entrance to the city hall.
Town Treasurer Mar'.in Conwtv
appeared before the board and re
ported the treasury short of money
to pay outstanding warrants unless
lie be authorized to draw on the
£3,000 reserve fund on deposit In
the B. M. Behrends b.-nk, at Ju
neau, which, upon motiou, he was
..istructed to do.
Upon request of property owners
on the west side of the river near
the wingdam the committee on pub
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CU.rtlU«,Q»
" Hard to Fit"
Some men are called
"hard to fit;" others
just think they are.
But any man, of
whatever figure, can
be fitted in clothes
here. We haye made
special preparations
for men of odd and
unusual sizes; stout
men, very large men,
tall men. Drop in and
look over the line.
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irirkg liats and Shoes
Now on Display
WILL CLAYSON—Clothier