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The daily Alaskan., 1915-04-24
LETTER RECALLS
 THE OLD TIMERS

Wrangell Sentinel: MT. Worden recently received q letter from Capt. w. D. Moore asking him to send some photos of Wrangell and the Stikine river.
 This letter recalls to a number Uf Wrangell's oldest citizens rem iniscenCes Of this family of pio- neers, the "Moore's" and mum. Der of the old timers remember Capt. Wm. Moore, who brought the first stern wheele' into Alas ka waters and for a number of years made regular trips from Wrangell to within a few miles Of GlenOra, B. c.
 This boat was called the Ely ing Dutchman," and although we are unable to find out if this boat was named at Wrangell or not it is presumed that she was christ ened with a bottle of kock beer in honor of oar esteemed friend Ed Ludecke, as it is said that Lew was flying some In those days without the aid of a moHoPlanc.
 4 little of the inside history Of the Moore family can be gleaned by the fact that they all appeared to be pioneers In tie steamboat business. The father, Capt. Wm. Moore, made his first trip on the Stikine, from Wrangell to within a few miles Of Glenora, in 1862. In 1874, W. D. Moore and J. w. Moore, sons of Capt. Wm. Moore. came 10 Wrangell and according 10 statement made in the letter re ceived, were the discoverers of gold on Dease creek in the Cassiar mining country.
 Later on one of the Captains sons went up the Lynn canal and staked off a liberal niece Of land and built the first wharf in what is now known as Skagway.
 It would appear that z man who had the nerve to tackle the Stikine with river boat built in those days would have a monopoly of the business, but this does not appear 10 be the case, for scon after the Moores had engaged in the river traffic Capt. J. C. Cailbreath pur- chased a river steamer called the Alaskan" and soon after became q keen rival of the Moore family fir the transportation business. It might be news to many who have paid from $17.5O to $2O.OO each for tickets to Telegraph creek to know that the fare in those days did not exceed $1O.OO up river to a point near Glenora, and during the days of the Moore and Call breath fight over the transporta- tion business, I am tCld that the fare dropped to S2.5O.
 The son, Capt. w. D. Moore,
The daily Alaskan., 1915-04-24
TIE FRONTIERS
 ID BE CLOSED

The Hague, April 24-It is ru- mored that the Belgian and Dutch frontiers are to be closed to all traf- ,ll IL is also h,utei that there is a movement under way by which .'e German troops along the bor- ders of the above countries will fall back upon. Llege. thus re- leasing large number of German troops for use elsewhere in the event of Italy's intervention.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-04-24
PARAGRAPHS OF PEOPLE
 AND OCCURRENCES Of INTEREST

The Jefferson is due from Seat tie on Monday
 Customs Inspector and Mrs. L. A. McAlister of Summit are Skagway visitors.
 A special train will leave for Whitehorse tomorrow morning 9;30 o'clock.
 Next week Fred Fohzo and his son, Fred. Fonzo, Jr., will leave on prospecting trip down the canal.
 Dr. L. S. Keller will leave to- morrow morning on a prOressinal visit to Whitehorse.
 Daniel Fraser of Vancouver, B.. C., is here with a bunch of cattle which he is taking into the interior. John Locke, an ol1-timcr of Dawson, is here on his way inside after spending the winter in the coast cities.
 Chas. Coghlan. mate Cn Inc river steamer Casca, and lis wife were outgoing passengers ou the North western last night.
 John NcAlister, q brother of Can adion Customs Inspector l.. A. M1- Mister, came in on the Princess NaQuiuua this morDiug. Manager ". D. Grcenougn Of the Atlas Mining Go. O. Whitehorse, Y. T., came over from the interior yesterday and left for the outside cn the Northwestern list night.
 Jos. Uuger. who is 10 fill a clerical nosition under General Agent F. E. Wurzbacher, of the ". P. & Y. R, arrived on the Princess Alaquinna tl's morning.
 Mrs. McClinton and Mss Graham, who arrived in Skagway yesterday from the Chisana, and Ms. Rogers, who came in from D2wsou, left on the Northwestern last night for Seattle
 The Humboldt left seattle last u,-Lt for skagway w,'4 the follow u.g people on board 3Ur this place: Wm. GIyins. E. O. Young. E. 4. vo-dts and four stee1age. For Haincs: John ROse|o. Jr.
 The Princess Maquinna got ill at $ o'clock this morning with 2G first and , second class passen- gers, a lot of freight and II head Of cattle. She will leave fer the south at s o'clock tonight.
 A husky young stranger from Van Zaut county, Texas, arrived in Skagway last night and has taken up his abode at the home of MT. and Mrs. Robert Browning. Mother and child are both getting along ricely.
 The government boat Peterson came in this morning from Ft. W. II. Seward with the following pas zengcrs from the post on board: Capt. (Dr.) Lambie, Sergt. and Ms. Albiu, Sergt. Dayton and Corps. Fiernay and Mayo.
 Thos. Kirkland, well-knowu min tug operator at West Arm, near the famous Engineer mine, and on Pine creek, in the Atlin district, is here after a visit to the outside. He will leave for the interior in the morning.
 E. W. Corbett, manager or the Northern Light & Power Co. of Coal areek, in the Canadian Forty Mile country, is here on his re- turn from England, where he went last tall on business connected with the company.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-04-24

1 Mrs. Albin, wife of Sergt. Albin of FI. W. II. Seward, ia in the w. r. hospital in Skagway, where she will shortly undergo q surgical op- eration, which will be performed by Er Lambie, post physician and sur geon, assisted by Dr. Gable of this Ilace.
 The event of the week will be the ball tonight which will close 1 the season for the Elgle. No pains will be spared to make the affair an enjoyable one. The floor is in good condition. Excellent music will De furnished, and refreshments will n served. Go to the Eagles hall tonight~aud have q good time. ! J. E. Young, chief engineer on tge B. Y. N. river steamer Daw- SCH, is here on his way in to White horse. Mir. Young has become d benedict since he passed through Lrrc last fall, having married very charming young lady who is well known in Sllagway anG ths interior towns to the north.
 ". l.. Phelps and E. A. Dixon, Yukon councilmen frou the south trn end of the territor.S are eX- pected to return to their homes in HNhitehorse today, after having at ,cuded the annual se-sicn of that body, which opened in Dawson on March 30tn and adjourned on the 1Gth of the present month.
 QIartarmaster Smith Of the NorJhwstern, who WAS dropped off ncre when that vessel went to the westward Jew days ago, a:.d las been in the ". P. hospital eyer since endeayoring to overcome a threatened attack ci typhoid fe- yer, went back to hs position on the boat when she get into Skag- way last night.
 Jos. W. Boyle, operator Of four liz gold dredges on the creeks near DaNson, came up oH tie Princes NHQuiaua and is stopping at the UUllan House. He Is accompanied by Dr. fly. Payne ot New York, vao Was through here about two years ago. It is Dr.. Payne's in tcnG2n to make trip into Si- &oria sometime during the ap- preaching season of open water in lie north.
 The Northwestern came in from tEe westward last night at 7:3O o'rlcck, having been delayed for tAree hours by @ terrific storm which was raging pear Cape Spencer. She left Skagway for the south at g p. m. Captain Hunter Of the Northwestern reported that they had met the Mariposa yester- day afternoon poking her nose di- rectly into the storm, and with the heavy seas breaking clear over her bows at every plunge.
 Joseph Lane, trayoling auditor of the C. ?. R., arrived on the Princess MaQuinna this morning and is checking over the accounts of the local office today. Mir. Lane has been in Skagway before, but his former visits will probably be brought more clearly 10 the remem- brauce of the people who lived here at that time when we mention 8 notable hunting exploit in which ba engaged on one oG those occa- sions and in which he was the prin- cipal actor, the total result of which was a sickly looking jack-rab- bit that he proudly exhibited around town upon his return, claiming that it had fallen prey to his un-
The daily Alaskan., 1915-04-24
THE TRIAL WILL
 HAVE ID WAIT

New York, April 24-The order of the supreme court yesterday granting Harry K. Thaw a jury trial to determine sis sanity will have to be approved by the ap- pell4te lewiston Of tie supreme court before it bsaones effective.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-04-24

 THREE BATTLES

Paris, April 24-Three battles are now in course of Geyelopmen. from which the people of Europe are cNpectaut of great results, viz: 1t Ypres, Belgium, by the opposing fleets iu tLe North Sea, and in t1e Dardanellcs, or some other vi yal Turkish point.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-04-24

H.ore, in which she points out that The National Conference Of Cbari- tics and Correction has all OpDor- t.utty greater than any other tLa, il las had in the f0rty-two years ct its existence, greater because at 10 oue Of the other periods of econ mic depression has there been s' i-rge q body of persons iuteres,eI ll social questions, and il no o,-- lr year have there bceI such my- u.e@Jo45 problems to cOusider, We aeed, moreover, to keep our minds ouel to re&G the signs Of the hard times 50 as to be abe tc help re- atraiu and guide forces which are deeper and, it may be. more re- lsutIess than any witb which we have had to cope in t.e past
 "Our deb. to Europe can be better met, iu my judgment, by cur reoos- uiziag the super-uatioagl claim 10 be one that strikes deeper than OFT purses, and by giviuS not only of OUT means but of ouc minds and spirits, the fruits of which can he drawn on more deeply and enduring Iy, I believe, If We dc not let the e:Iphasi5 on the mere material blind cur larger vision"
 Hotel reservations il Baltimore have ia some instanJcS alreadf nearly reached capacity.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-04-24

who now resides at St. Michael, Alaska, does not givs much infor- nation in reference tc his present occupation, but 1t is learned through other sources that he has for g. number of years owned CT operated boats plying between St. Michael and Dawson, '. r.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-04-24

Two itinsrant eyaHgeliSts held services on the lower part of Broad way last night, reminding one of the lime when the Salvation army was in full swing in Skagway.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-04-24

Iee cream served with regular Sunday dinner at tic Pack Train restaurant.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-04-24

(COntinued on last page)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-05-05

disfigured the bludgeon he always car
ried with pride. But the argument
was a sorry one and in itself would
have broken down the prosecution had
he been man of better repute. Now,
those few chips taken from the handle
of this weapon will carry different
significance. For in my folly asked
to see this stick. which still exists at
police headquarters. and there in the
wood / detected and pointed out a
trifie of steel which never came from
the unbroken blades of the knife taken
from Johns pocket"
Fallen was the proud head now and
fallen the great mans aspect. II ne
spoke it was to utter a low oliver!
Oliver!"
The pathos of it-the heart-rending
wonder in the tone brought the tears
to Deborah's eyes and made her last
words very difficult.
But the one great thing which
gives to these facts their really dam
gerous point is the mystery you have
made of your life and of this so-called
hermitage. If you can clear up that.
YOU can afford to ignore the rest"
.aThe misfortunes of my housed" was
his sole response. The misfortunes
of my house"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-05-05
Who Go to Church?

The facts about church member
ship are contained in United States
census bulletin No. 103, and the per.
centage of church membership in the
total population is given for the year
1906, rs years after Kansas has be-
come a prohibition state. According
tc this tabulation, which Is the latest
obtainable, the lowest percentage OF
church membership was in Oklahoma,
including Indian Territory, the rate
being 1872 The rate in New York was
43.7; in Pennsylvania, 43: in Illinois,
3s.3; in Nebraska, 32.4; in Maine. 29.s:
and in Kansas, 28.4. Forty-three
states had a larger percentage Of
membership than had Kansas.
Since this tabulation was made up,
two of the four states that had low
er rate Of church membership than
had Kansas, namely Oklahoma and
West Virginia, have joined the ranks
of the prohibition states. Of the six
states, therefore. having the lowest
rate of church membership In the
United States, four are prohibition
states.-Royal e. Cabell in Leslie's.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-05-05
Welsh Songs Promised.

A Cardiff correspondent of an Eng
lish newspaper says:
"Cymric ardor on the battlefield is
going to be inspired and sustained by
Cymric music. Not the least impress
sive sight today, and during the past
week, among the Welsh units training
at Porthcawl has been the gathering
of the soldiers for choral singing.
When the new Welsh army of 10000
men take the field it will go to battle
to the sound of Cymric war chorus.
which experts have described as the
finest martial music in the world.
THE organization just formed is
known as the Welsh Army Male Voice
chorus, and as the recruits include
some of the finest singers in the
Welsh valleys, men who have com.
peted in scores of Eisteddfods. the sol
diers' practice sings at Porthcawl par
take of the character of frst-class
concerts, which attract to the vicinity
of the hall large numbers of residents
Of the town and visitors.
Miss Gee of Denbigh, an ardent
patriot, is distributing a fine selection
of Welsh war songs. with request
for the rendering of these and less
singing of 'Tipperary.'
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-05-05
SYNOPSIS.

,-, crowd Of neighbors invade
glJ.53 home of Judge Ostrander,
ss.sigs and eccentric recluse, fol-
~ rsiled woman who proves to De
y c. of a man tried before the judge
s'i'l-.rocUted for murder years DeIofe.
's .1,Sfer is engaged to the Judge S
- wbom he is estranged, but the
w w between the lovers. she plans
~ ~. 5ar husbands memory and asks
y ~. ~ did. Deborah ScOville reads
.ts,sner clippings telling the story
ss .,gg-ier of AIgernon Etheridge by
" s IriIs in Dark Hollow, twelve
80 re The Judge and Mrs. SEQ
vi at Spencer's Folly and she
{. = H. m how. on the day of the muir
~ saw the shadow Of man, whit
.,ick and wearing a long peaked
10 nudge engages her ana her
-. ~ gsut6er to live with him In his
- e...rs home. Deborah and her law
i TssE 20 to the police station and
- S', .iiol; used 10 murder Etheridge.
LOVERS a broken tnife-blade point
~ in if Deborah and Reuther go
\. Titb the Judge. Deborah sees a
IN nj oliver, the judges son, with a
\ t,ri painted across the eyes. That
h ii finds. in divers room, a cap
rsak like the Swallowed one. and
IN, nth q broken blade-point. Anon
n. stters and a talk with Miss
y. l1rrease her suspicious and fears.
sris that Oliver was in the ravine
& n murder night. Black warns her
a5Ts her other anonymous letters
m at divers guilt. In the court
-as Judge is handed an anonymous
The note is picked up and read
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-05-05
CHAPTER xiii.
one Secret Less.

Suddenly he faced Deborah again
The crisis of feeling had passed. and
he looked almost cold.
"You have had advisers" said he
'Who are they?"
.I have talked with Mr.. Black.
The Judges brows met.
well, you were wise" said he,
Then. shortly, What is his attitude?'
Feeling that her position was fast
becoming intolerable, she faiteringly
renlied. "Friendly to you and Oliver
but even without all the reasons
which move me. sharing my convse-
TONS"
"He has told you so?"
mot directly; but there was no mis-
;udeing his opinion of the necessity
Won were under to explain the mystic
rios of YOUR life. And it was yester-
dav we talked; not today
like words thrown into . void,
those slow. lingering. haif-uttered
nbrases seemed to gafen an echo
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-05-05

which rung not only In his inmost be-
ing. but in hers. Not till in both ma
lures silence had settled again (the
silence of despair. not peace), did he
speak. When he did it was simply
to breathe her name.
Deborah"
Startled, for it had always before
been madam" she looked up to find
him standing very near her and with
his hand held out.
i am going through deep waters. =
said he. Am l to have your sup
port?"
"Oh, Judge Ostrander, how can you
doubt it?" she cried, dropping her
hand into his, and her eyes swimming
with tears. But what can / do? Ii
| remain here will be questioned If
fy-but. possibly, that is what you
Want-for me to go-to disappear-to
take Reuther and sink out of all men q
sight forever. If this is your wish.
am ready to do it. Gladly will we
be gone-now-at once-this very
night.
His disclaimer was peremptory.
mo; not that / ask no such sac
rifice. Neither would it avail There
is but one thing which can reinstate
Oliver and myself in the confidence
and regard of these people. Cannot
you guess it, madam? | mean your
own restored conviction that the sen.
tence passed upon John Scoville was
a just one. Once satisfied of this.
your temperament is such that you
would be our advocate whether you
wished it or no. Your very silence
would be eloquent"
Convince me; i am willing to have
you, Judge Ostrander, But how can
you do so? A shadow stands between
my wishes and the belief you mention.
The shadow cast by Oliver as he made
his way towards the bridge, with my
husbands bludgeon in his hand"
did you see him strike the blow?
Were there any opportune shadows
to betray what happened between the
instant of-let us say divers ap-
proach and the fall of my friend?
Much can happen in minute, and
this matter is one of minutes. SEQ
vile had heart open to crime, Oliver
not This | knew when / sat upon
the bench at his trial; and now you
shall know it, too Come! ! have
something to show YOU
He turned towards the door and
mechanically she followed. Her
thoughts were all in whirl. She did
not know what to make of him or OF
herself. The rooted dread of weeks
was stirring in it's soil. This sugges-
ton of the transference of the stick
from hand to hand was not impossible.
Only Scoyille had sworn to her, and
that, too, upon their child's head, that
he had not struck this blow. And she
had believed him after finding the cap;
and she believed him now. Yes.
against her will, she believed him now.
Why? and again, why?
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-05-05

e.y desire to recognize h,. wo~.h ,
lou, who have shown yourself ready
" orop your husbands cause thopeh
you consider 1t an honest one. when
YOU saw what havoc it would entail
TO my boys repute. You believe-and
on what evidence?" he broke in "Ra.
cause OF the picture and the coinci.
uence OF his presence in the rayine ?"
Eyes"
But these are puerile reasons" He
was speaking peremptorily now and
Win all the weight of a master mind.
ana you are not the woman to be
SATISFIED with anything puerile. There
IS something back of all this: some.
thing you have not impaired. What
IS that something? Tell-tell-"
oilver was a mere. boy in those
days and very passionate one. He
mated Etheridge-the obtrusiye men.
tor who came between him and your
SELF"
"Hated?"
les, there is proof"
he did not ask where. Possibly he
knew. And because he did not ask
she did not tell him, holding on to her
secret in a vague hope that so much
at least might never see light.
i knew the boy shrank sometimes
from Algernon's company" the Judge
admitted, after another glance at her
face; but that means nothing In a
boy full of his own affairs. What else
have you against him? Speak up! |
can bear it ALL"
He handled the stick that-that-s
Never! Now you have gone mad.
madam"
Il would be willing to end my days
in an asylum if that would disprove
this fact"
But, madam, what proof-what rea.
son can you have for an assertion so
monstrous?"
"You remember the shadow | saw
which was not that of John ScoyilIe?
The person who made that shadow
was whiting stick; that was a trick
of divers. have heard that he even
whitfield furniture"
Good God!" The judges panoply
was pierced at last
They tried to prove, as you will
remember, that it was John who thus
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-05-05
Destroying the MOSQUITO

The way to destroy the mosquito In
its larval stage is to pour a little kerr
osene on the surface of the pool or
stream inhabited by the Industrious
wiggler The oil shuts out the sup
ply of oxygen from the water be-
meath. The wiggler rises tail first to
the surface and tries to force his
breathing tube through the thin layer
OF oil. He fails and promptly dies
from suffocation-a suitable deatL for
so fratricidal an insect
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-05-05
Garlic Flavor in Milk.

Recent investigations in the dairy
division Of the United States bureau
of animal industry have proved that
the flavor of garlic may be entirely
removed from milk by blowing air
through it while it is held at tenn
perature Of at least 140 degrees Fair.
enheit. An exposure of 80 minutes Mt
145 degrees is sufficient to free milk
from the most Objectionable flavor.
A somewhat longer exposure is neces.
sary for cream.-Scientific American,