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No. 3<X> SIXTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1914
DE
FENDS A. F. OF L
In iianapolis, Ind., Jan. SO—Pres
ides Gompers in a speech here to
day before the conYfcution of the
Unit -d Mine Workers Association
defe- ded tlie actions of the Ameri
can 'ederation of Lator in the Mich
igan coppers miners' strike.
SI
Extensive improvements are under
way at the Cordova dock and a big
gang of workmen ate busy from
early morni.'ig until late at night.
The piledriver crew are putting in
new piling under the sites of the
big new warehouses, carpenters are
busy on the work of erecting the
buildings and as the work is being
rushed many helpers are being giv
en employment.
One of the big warehouses, which
is 40 by 140 feet is nearing comple
tion. It has been fitted up with
warm storage to care for shipments
of perishables as they are unload
ed from steamers. The trade to in
terioi points is steadily growLng
and us all shipments up the line
from Cordova are being made from
the dock, tlie warehouse where per
ishables may be kept will prove a
great accommodation.—Cordova Al
askan.
HEAR THE EAGLE
SDREAMFEB. 1
Preparations for the grand mas
querade ball to be given on tie
night of Feb. 7th, at the W. P. A.
club gymn^ium, by the Fraternal
Ordei Eagle3, are going steadily
forward under the energetic efforts
of th • committee of arrangements,
and :ioti':ng is being neglected
which \\.!1 tend to render it a
memcrabi-.' occasion in this year's
Skagv-ay social events.
A list ot the prizes to be awarded
to th-i participants will be publish
ed in the Daily Alaskan on Monday
nest.
ARE AFTER 1
SMELTER TRUST
Washington, D. C., Jan. 30—Af
ter months of qui at Investigation the
department of justice today recom
mended a probe ito the methods
and business of the American Smeit- j
j lug and Refining company, known esj
the smelter trust.
HE IS OUT FOB
mmw
It Is rumored, Bays the Cordova
Tlmee, that Deputy Marshal Wood,
of Chitiaa, is a candidate for the
marghalship of the First division.
The officials of th© Attorney Gen- !
eral'a office In Washington have talc
en cognisance of the friction exists
ln£ between the present Marshal
and the District Attorney, both of
whom are republicans. A change,
therefore, is anticipated shortly, and
like Brother Chapin and the local
commiasionerahip, it may be tbat
Wood is taking time ty the forelock.
GOOD SEASON
I FOR TRAFPIHG
T. D. Lahey, manager of th« La
! hey & Handley fox farm, Is now
at Haines. He says the farm is
getting a large increase in the
number of fur bearing animals on
hand. The trapping season has been
a fruitful one, and haa resulted in
adding some fine pairs of mink, as
irall as additional foxes to the farm
They now hare 32 cross and silver
gray and two black foxes, and they
expoct to have 25 pairs of mink be
fore the close of the trapping sea
son, which they expect to use for
all that it is worth. The foxes are
caged in wire pens, with a pair in
each peu. They will be kept for
breeding purposes.—Corodova Times
J. Ikuta, Skagway Jeweler, to
gether with his wife and little girl,
will leave on the Spokane tonight
for Seattle. They will likely not
return for a couple of months.
JOST 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
7x9 and 8 x 10-3 ft. Wall 10 oz. Duck Tents
IN FACT, WE HAVE EVERYTHING
FOR THE niNER WITH THE EX
CEPTION of Groceries and Hardware
H. J. LYNCH
^Thc Up To Date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41 SKAGW\Y
Wllliamsport, Pa., Jan. SO—Bob
Fitzslmmona displayed much of ht»
old time rigor here last night in *
kix round go with Knockout Sween
ey.
knofToie
LESS SiwiS
San Francisco, Jan. SO—The
grounds of the Panama Pacific In
ternatio-%1 Exposition are a haven
for handle* animals and birds.
Wholly uninvited, a dog, four cats,
carrier pigeon, a canvas-back duck
and unuumerable gulls and fiah hav
taken up thoir abodes In the ground
and all arc thriving, except such of
the fcsh. as fall into the nets or
are caught by the hooks of fisher
men alour the waterfront.
i ain
dance mm
Pon t forget that the Elto club
dance takeo place tonight at Elks
'lall on Sixth Aronue. With excel
lent music, a good floor and a con
genial crowd, which are character
istics of the club'a entertainment*, a
delightful time can b« had by all
tlio^e who attend.
ILL REPAIR
IHE WHF
Fraak Burkhart wa* awarded the
contract of putting in the new pill
ing under the Wiese fish warehouBe
on the Ketchikan wharf. The
underpinning Is getting weak, »o In
anticipation of the coming season's
business It will be repaired and got
ten into shape again.
THT3 BOATS
The Northwestern left Cordova at
4:30 p. m. yesterday and 1b expect
ed to reach Skagway tomorrow after
noon about 5 o'clock. She will only
stop hero long enough to transfer
mail matter and will then continue
southward.
The Spokauc left freudv/ell for
Skagway at all o'clock this uornlug,
but as she has to stop at Haines
to unload freight she will not reach
there until eome time this eTening.
The Georgia left Juaeau for Skeg-J
way at a p. m.
NO FOREIGN i
CRISIS EXISTS!
Washington, D. C., Jan. 30—Pres-.
ident Wilson insists today that "no
foreign crisis exists either with Mex
ico or Japan and declares that the
reports which are being circulated ^
of the Japanese government supply-,
lng munitions of war to Mexico are j
false.
SHORT COURSE !
FORMERS
Ames, la., Jan. 30—While maiy
states have "short courses" of .in
struction for the benefit of farmers
fruit growers and Btoclc raisers, and .1
even house wives, in connection
with the educational scheme <>*
state colleges, Iowa has brokefc the
Ice in the way of industrial educa
tion by organizing the first shqrt
course for painters and decorators
held in connection with the state
convention cf union painters and
decorators. V •
The ' engineering college Bas
charge of the work and the first
session found 105 painters and dec
orators from all over the state in
attendance. It was expected that
the short course for other trades
will be a feature in the future and
Is likely to spread to other states.
Tradesmen and manufacturers in
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Illinois, and Wiscon
sin are investigating the idea with
a view of organizing.similar courses
in their states. With the passing of
the apprentice system of education,
the short course under the state
auspices is thought to be the next
step toward education of mechanics
in many lines.
AN AERIAL ROPEWAY
ACROSS THE ANDES
A Btetl ropeway^ 37fe miles in
length, will connect two Columbian
cities across the summit of the An
des Mountains, being an extension
of a railway already in operation.
The ropeway will cross the eastern
range of the Andes at a point half
way between Mariquita and Mani
xares, and at an altitude of 11,000
feet. Power will be supplied by
water brought from a higher alti
tude to the power plant, 3 miles
from Mariquita. The ropeway will
be built in 12 sections, at each
Junction point of which a motor cap
able of handling the load of two
sections is to be installed, so that if
one motor is disabled, the motors
on each side will be able to carry
the emergency load, and traffic Will
not be halted.—From the February
Popular Mechanics Maga7ine.
There not being enough lady bas
ketball players present at the W.
P. A. club gymnasium last night
to make up a match game a short
time was spent by those who were
there in practicing up for future
event*.
PREFERRED STOCK
OYSTERS
These ne rtry selo-.t large east
ern oj-eVers. If you bar® not yot
tried any of these, you hare miss
3d » Crest. Bold in 1 lb. tins at
33 <*ete and a lb. tins at 45 cants
•erh.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
8KAGWAY, ALASKA.
IS DECLARED
| TO IS* HOAX
| Santa Barbara, Cal., Jan. 30—The
story published in a Los Angeles
' morning paper yesterday in regard
' to Clark, the wealthy Spokane man,
; being held for a $75,000 ransom by
j a blackmailer, is declared here to
j be a hoax.
IMPROVEMENTS
AT PETERSBURG
The Co-operative Wharf Company,
being desirous of pleasing its many
patrons, the management has decid
ed in put in an electric light plant
This plant will be installed in the
near future and will light the wharf,
scow, slips and approach, making a
very convenient landing.
Another improvement in which
the accommodating wharfinger is
quite interested 'n, is the telephone
connection which is to be made with
the bank. This is considered nec
essary on account of the large#sale
of oil made at the wharf. The bi-ni:
being agent for the Standard Oil
Company, & telephone connection
will facilitate the work.—Progress
ive.
YOUNG ROWER
IS TAKEN ROME
P;ttsy Scheffler, aged "three, of
Cordova, ran away from home last
Friday and was apprehended on her
way to First street and returned
to her mother. Patsy was on her
way to the railroad station to take
the train for McCarthy, where she
expected to go over the trail to
I visit her father who is in the Chis
ana.
.11). WOLGAST KNOCKS
OUT RUDY UXHOLZ
Fondulac, Wis., Jan. 30—Ad. Wol
past in a go here last night with
Rudy Unholz, knocked the latter
out in the second round.
mm lost
OFF NORFOLK
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 30—The steam
er Monroe en route from here to
New. York, went down early this
morning immediately following a col
lision with the steamer Nantucket,
bound here from Boston. The lat
ter was xiot seriously injured and
slood by and picked up the passen
gers from the wrecked vessel.
San Francisco, Jan. 30—By grant
in? to a concessionaire the privilege
of erecting and maintaining with
in the grounds an "Inside Inn", with
accommodations for 2,500 people in
1,800 rooms, the Panama Fao'fi:
Inti. national Exposition Company
haj guaranteed to prospective visit
ors protection, against certain hotel
keepers wyho might prey upon them
in 1915. The rates at the "Inside
Inn" will be from one to three
dollars a day, and arrangements can
I r.ov." be made in advance by soeiet
I k-s and others for accommodations
a treasonable prices.
Captain Erickson, of the halibut
fishing schooner Polaris, claims to
have discovered new halibut grounds
on Prince William Sound but re
fuses to divulge where they are
located. He says the banks are ex
tensive and will create a new fish
market at Cordova. The Polaris
is now at Seattle having taken 40,
I 000 pounds of fish to the market
j there when goiing south for her an
nual overhauling.
PERSONAL
S. E. Humphreys of Dawson is
booked for the Spokane's southward
voyage tonight.
C. C. Babbage will have charge of
J. Ikuta's store here while the lat
ter is absent on the outside.
Headquarters For
Smart Overcoats
You will find your over
coat here in a varietj of
fabrics
Beautiful Weaves,
Scotch Tweei.s Chin=
chillas—all made up,
A Large line of O'Donnell Shoes for Hen
Utz and Dunn Shoes for Women
WILL CLAY SON—Clothier