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No. m EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1915
PRICE 10 cfe#TS
RUSSIAN GUI1ERS BRING DOWN
ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP NEAR VILNA
London, August 21—Russian gun-;
ners are reported to have brought ^
down a German Zeppelin yesterday
that was approaching Vilna. The
airship was manned by a pilot, en
gineer and eight soldiers, who had
^ith them machine guns and incen
diary bombs.
Today's advices from the East
ern battletYont state that the Kus
sians are fighting despreately to
check the onrush of the Austro
Gennans at Ossowetz,"* but have
only been enabled to resist the ad
vance of the invaders because of
the marshy nature of the ground
surrounding the country south of
Drest litovsk, the Teutons having
penetrated the country far fceyoud
the Bug river.
HIDES LIGHT
UNDER BUSHEL
W'uile the name of Dr. Wester- |
maun has appeared in the columns !
of this paper a number of times :
during his sojourn in this city, us
being one of the "Col. Stevenson
t;rcup," and has proven himself to
1-e a 'horough gentleman and all- J
arcjnd sponsman, through his ath- i
letic proclivities?, his real identity 1
CALENDAR OF
COIN EVENTS
TONIGHT
Skayway brass band will meet iti
'iremen's hall at 8:30.
Dance under auspices of tlie White
Tags Athletic club.
SUNDAY
Regular sen'ices in all churches. [
See announcements on page 4.
MONDAY
Meeting of Skagway Horticultural |
Fair association at city hall, S: 00 j
P m.
The calendar of coming events
is intended to bo a regular fea- :
tare with the Daily Alaskan and
is compiled for the convenience of
our readers. You will confer a fa- j
vor by calling us up and giving ad-'
vance information of meetings, en
tertainments, etc. Announcements
of theatrical and other entertain- j
meets to \vEich an admissioa fee
is charged will be inserted at regu
lar rates.
•was disclosed for the first time
this numing by Captain Davis
of tte 16th U. S. infantry now
s'ationed at Fort Seward.
Through Captain Davis it is
learned that Dr. "VVestermann en
joys the title of being one of the
woi Id's three greatest -rifle shots,
having -won cold medals at the
great National and International
rifle tournaments during the past
several years. He is a captain in
Company M, 71st infantry. New
York National Guards.
It is believed that the officers of
Fort Seward will make special ar
rangements for the entertainment
of "Cart." Westennann at the post
at an early date, where targets will
be re-erected that he may give an
exhibition of his skill with the reg
ulation army rifle, although the
target practice for the season has
closed. I
BASEBALL
Scores at Dawson Discovery Day
celebration:
1st—Whitehonse, 11, Dawson, 5.
2d—Whitehorse, 10, Dawson, 3.
3d—Whitehorse, 11, Dawson, 5. ]
4th—Whitehorse, 5, Dawson, 0. ,
Name; Juneau Miil-summer Carni
val and Exposition. Date; Sept
US: tn 19th. Place; Hippodrome. '
Amusements; Merchant fair booths .
ni'.d var'ed wheels of fun, chance:
and sport. Ten cent dance con-1
tiuuously in center of the building, :
five lady entertainers direct from ,
T-itt's, i:i latest cabaret work, sing
it:':; ai'J dancing from 7 until mid- ,
:iis;'!t t;:t-h evening, side shows, ex-!
(Continued on page 4.)
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COHSIDERIIG REGDMIE9DATI01S
FOB URGE INCREASE IN ARMY
Washington, D. C., August 21—
j President Wilson has before him
today for consideration recommen
dations for a United States garri
son armv of 640,000 men.
It is rporteed here that Mexi
can soldiers today firod across the
international boundary line at
Lochiul, Arizona, the amount of
damage, if any, not being men
tioned.
Advices are that General Car
ranza is preparing to move against
Mexico Ci'.f immediately.
Washington, D. C., August 21—
Ambassador Gerard has been in
structed by the state department to
notify Germany of the torpedoing
• and sinking of the steamer Arabic
| ai-d the loss of two American lives,
'and to ask for an explanation £roni
| thai, country.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 20 —
j (By wireless to Daily Alaskan) —
Secretary of State Lansing has
cabled instructions to the Ameri
can fcoiisul at Queenstown to se
cure affidavits covering all facts in
connection with the sinking of the
steamer Arabic from the American
■ passengers who were rescued from
the sinking vessel.
Queenstown, Aug. 20—(By wire
less to Daily Alaskan)—There are
swven American survivors of the
Arabic wreck here.
M
ChrisUauin, Aug. 21—(By wire
lees 10 Daily Alaskan)—A German
submarine stopped the Aniek, a
Norwegian military steamer, in Nor
wegian territorial waters yester
day.
GERMAN FLEET ENETRATES
INTO THE GULF OF RIGA
Petrograd, August 21—A Ger
mau fleet is reported to have pene
trated into the Gulf of Riga and
eugaged the Russian warships gath
ered there.
Adv'ces received here today state
that tli- Turks are taking the
offensive in the Caucassus region.
RULGARIANS CONCENTRATING
OX TURKISH FRONTIER
Naples. August 21—One hun
(h •> and fifty thousand Bulgarian
soldiery are now being concentrated
ou the Turkish frontier.
The Dolpliin came in at 2:45 this
morulag with 34 round-trippers and
six local people on board. She
sailed on her return to Soattle, via
Sitka at S:15 a. m. with 1C passen
gf--s oat. of Skagway for Seattle
and eight for Juneau.
Thera will not he another boat in
from Seattle until sometime Tues
day of next week, on which date the
Spokane of the P. C. S. S. Co., and
the Northwestern of tho Alaska
Steamship Co. are both due. The
Georgia, which will arrive tomorrow
on her regular run between Juneau
ar i SKagway, will doubtless bring
anv accumulation of mail that may
be lying In the postoffice at Ju
nta u destined far way ports and
Skagway, which will relievo the
situation tomewhat.
Commencing early tomorrow
morning and continuing all day, the
members of the Elks' tennis club
and the W. P. tennis club will play
a series of games on the Elks'
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SI. LGUiS
St. Louis, Aug. 20, 11 p. ni.
(By wireless to Dally Alaskan.)—
The suburbs of this city are flood
ed and thousands are homeless to
night. Over f've inches of rain
fall has occurred in the last 16
hours. There is four feet of water
In the subway.
LATER
St. Louis, August 21—The bodies
-of nlno people have so far been
recovered from the floods that are
sweeping through a portion of this
city.
unbelievable details
OF TURKISH ATROCITIES
Rome, August 21—Almost un
believable details of Turkish mas
sacres of Armenians in Bltlis have
be.-n received. In one village a
thousand men, women and children
(Continued on psuge 4.)
tenuis court on Sixth street, con
s.stlnp of singles, doubles and
mixed.
Sergt. Malfus L. Terry of Ft. W
H. Seward and Petra Ham mar of
the same place, came up to Skag
way ou the Peterson this morn
ing and were married in the court
house at 2 o'clock this afternoon
b" Commissioner Martin Conway.
The happy couple 'will remain at
the Pollen House until the de
parture southward of the steamer
Georgia tomorrow night, when they
will return to, Ft. W. H. Seward.
The government boat Peterson
will leave Ft. W. H. Seward on
Tuesday or SVednesday of next
week with a bi? party of deer hunt
ers from the post, headed by Capt.
Davis, bound for Hawks Inlet and
Fresb Water Bay. After reaching
the hunting ground the party will
divide, some of them going to one
place and the remainder to the
other. They expect to be gone
[about ten days.
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THE MEETING LAST NIGHT OF K
SHAY COMMERCIAL CLUB
Tfle Skagw-iy commercial club
met at the town hall last night at
8 o'clock with Col. \V. L. Stevenson,
president, and Pliil Abrahams sec
retary-treasurer in their respective
places and between 20 and 30
members present.
After the minutes of the previous
regular meeting had been read and
approved, an invitation was extend
ed by president to all those jvh°
had the interest of the town at
heart to place tlieir names on the
membership list, which was re
sponded to by several of those
present.
The secretary 'reported receipt
of several unimportant communica
tions, which were ordered laid on
th$ table.
Committee reported unfavorably
on the incorporation of the club.
Their report was adopted and the
committee discharged.
The secretary was instructed to
communicate with the head of the
Alaska road commission ia Tegard
to the construction of the new
wagou bridge across the Skagway
river at 2 2d street, setting forth
the urgent need for its early com
pletion. Ho waa also Instructed to
procure a seal with the worda
"Skagway Commercial Club," on the
stamp.
The club by resolution upon re
quest of C. O. Walker, heartily en
dorsed arrangements that are be
ing made for the holding of the
annual exposition of the Skagway
Horticultural society. At the re
quest of C. L. Brown of Juneau, tho
club instructed the secretary to
send a letter to the management
expressing pood will and a desire to
see the Carnival and Midsummer
fair that is now being arranged for
in the capital city, mads a great
success. . :
j The president then took up the
Cadell letter, to which reference
has already been made several
times in the columns of the Daily
Alaskan, and asked for authority
(Continued on page 4.)
London, Aug. 20—(Special by
wireless to Daily Alaskan) — Tho
Russian government is considering'
thr removal of the capital from
Petrograd to Moscow, and it is re
ported that the Russians may aban
don their present efforts to hold
their new line of defense with
Brest Litovsk as the pivot and re
tiro to a third and stronger lino of
defenses.
Fierce fighting continues along
the lino from Ossuretz to Brest
Litovsk.
Shells from the German 6quadron
have been driving back the Russian
wing operating in the defense of
the country surrounding Riga.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Barron, well
known old time Dawsonitcs, arrived
in Skagway yesterday and sailed
south on the Dolphin this morn
ing, They have wound up tlieir af
fairs in Dawson, and are going to
Olgary to make their home. Their
sous, Jack and Abe, former stu
dents In the Dawson high school,
are iu Calgary in the law business.
Tbe parents desire to be with their
j eons as much as possible, and for
I tha* reason hare chosen to cast
thetr lot with the thriving town of
j Calgary.
Mr. Barron leaves a legacy to
I too Yukon in the way oi the Barron
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