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No. 210 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 191fi
PRICE 10 CENTS
FRENCH TRODPSIN MACEDONIA
RECEIVE FIRST BAPTISM OF FIRE
Alliens, Oct. 18—According to
advieesa just received In this city
the French troops in Macedonia
underwent their first baptism
or lire today -when they were at
tached by forty thousand Bulgarians
near Hudowilandova
Petrograd, Oct. 18—The Grand
I'uke Nicholas, it "was announced
here this morning, has crossed into
Turkish territory at Norshin, whero
fa terrible battle is now. said to
be lu progress.
The Czar has issued an ukase
proclaiming a state of war at Mos
cow, on account of local disorders.
Berlin, Oct. IS—The Servian
forces ia the Maova district are
now said to be retreating.
GEiMfS ATTACK
SWISS TOWNS
Paris, Oct. 13—German aviators
today dropped bombs on Chaux
fonds and Renau, which are both
Swiss towns.
WILSON WILL OPEN HIS
DEFENSE CAMPAIGN
Washington, D. C., Oct. IS —
President Wilson ■will begin the
opening of a defease campaign at
the Manhattan club, New York, on
November 4th.
THE SPANISH CABINET
TENDERS RESIGNATION
Madrid, Oct. IS—The present
ministry lias decided to resign and
the members of the cabinet loday
presented their resignations.
THE ITALIANS WILL
CAPTURE PRECASLN'A
Rome, Oct. IS—The Italians are
no*- storming the fortress of Pre
t'aaiua and its capture is considered
certain. j « -'iif-J!
ITALIANS EXPECTING
TO NEGOTIATE A LOAN
New York, Oct. IS—It was an
nounced here this morning in the
financial district that the Italian
government will shortly endeavor to
arrange for a $25,000,000 loan on
ou» yean notes, the sum so
borrowed to bo used iu America to
pa;. for war material. The loan is
to bear six per cent interest.
1 HUGH G. wxm IS
SHOT IX FOOT
Hugh G. Weir, of the Pacific)
Coast Steamship Co.'s office, is in j
[ St. Ann hospital as the result of be
I lug accidentally 6hot through the
foot while out duck hunting. Half
a dozen No. S shot had lodged in
i Mr. Weir's foot and had to be cut
cut. As yet the condition of the!
| injured foot is not serious and it j
' is expected that no hindrance to a ;
: speedy recovery will develop. — Ju
neau Kmpire, Oct. 14.
MIXERS AND PROSPECTORS
REPORT QUIET SEASON |
Whltehorse Star : Leroy Chur
chill who arrived in town early i
last week, is one of the few oper-1
ators in the Livingstone district
.who has done much better than
defray expenses during the past sea- j
son which was an unusually dry
one, there not being sufficient
water for sluicing purposes ex
cept for a very short time. Chur- i
: chill's property was on a side creek, j
j however, and he had water most of)
the summer. After taking out a 1
fine lot of pold, he sold his claim j
and has once more joined the ranks
of the prospectors. He returned to
Livingstone Monday of this week,
tne steamer Kluahne carrying him
and his outfit as far as Mason's
Landing.
Mike Murphy and Andy McKin- i
non, two other husky miners from |
Livingstone, arrived overland Sat- j
urday morning ajid both report hav-!
lag done fairly well considering the '
' dry season. They left on the re-.
I turn trip yesterday. Andy was to
structed by Commissioner Black, j
who arrived Tuesday on bis way to
.'the outside, to perform work to the
amount of ?150 on the trail leading
j from the head of Lake Lebarge I
across to the Livingstone Crossing
on the Hootalinqua Tiver. McKlnnon
will perform the work before going
| on to Livingstone.
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BRITISH RECRUITING OFFICER SAYS
HE WANES 3*000 MORE MEN
London, Oct. 18—Swayne, direct
or of recruiting for the British
army, in a statement issued today,
says that he wants three and a half
million moro men by next spring.
The allied troops now occupy
Strumitza, Turkey in Europe, where
assisted by Servians, the French
troops encountered the Bulgarians
at Glevheld.
Seventy one people were drowned
today when an Austrian submarine
sunk the French, steamer Henielin
in tta Msditerranean without warn
ing.
Bitter criticism of England's in
ability to stop Zeppelin raids was
heard today on all sides upon the
rendering ol the coroner's verdict
in the recent deaths in this city
caused by bombs dropped from Zep
pelins.
LATEST NEWS OF
IHE STEAMERS
The Georgia came iu at 6
o'clock last night and left at her
usual time this morning.
The Northwestern c?mu in from
tho westward at 2:30 this afternoon
and will sail for the south at 7
o'clock tonight.
The steamer Tanana got into
Whitehorse Saturday at 1:30 p. ni.
with 29 outbound interior passen
gers and the Dawson at 4 p. m.
yesterday -with 50.
The Humboldt arrived in Skag
way at 4:30 p. m. Saturday with
several passengers and quite a
lot i'f freight and sailed south
at 7:30 p. m. tho same day with
63 outgoing passengers, 1C of whom
were' for Juneau,■ l for Vancouver,
•U. C, 35 for Seattle and 1 for Ta
coma.
The Princess Sophia left Van
couver, B. C., Saturday night for
Skagway and will arrive here early
Wednesday morning, sailing south
at her usual time Thursday night.
kIfISES
AID ff. SEWARD
Haines, Oct. 16—Ira H. King and
wife who have been taking a va
cation for the last month at Ketchi
kan and Seattle, returned home on
the Jefferson.
Charley Joe, a native, and his
wife, returned home the first of
the week from San Francisco, where
he Jhas been attending the fair and
lecturing on the Alaska exhibits.
Commissioner Kennedy has been
confined to his room during the
past week with Btomach trouble,
but is now able to be out again.
Tho Indians have been on a glori
ous drunk during the past week,
and as a consequence one old In
dian and his wife were arrested for
fighting, plead guilty when brought
before the corjt, paid their fine,
and are now again happy, and we
hope a little wiser. They; claimed
they got drunk on cider, and per
haps a word of warning will not be
out of place. When cider, by rea
son ■ f its age, a? otherwise, be
comes intoxicating, It is as unlaw
ful to sell or give It to an Indian
as it is to sell or give them whisky.
There is a man In Haines who is
such a 6trong sympathizer with the
allies, that he doesn't like to eat
Dutch cheese or sauerkraut.
Tim Creedon, the town marshal
protem, is making a slaughter of
undesirable dogs, and dogs upon
which license has not beeu paid.
THE OBSERVANCE
Of "ALASKA DM*
The following nows item was
written for publication in Saturday's
issue of the Daily Alaskan, and
already in type, but got mixed with
other matter that was left over
on account of lack of space and did
not appear as intended. Whether
cr uo.t our remissness bad anything
to do with the non-observance of
the day here we have no means of
knowing, but it is true, neverthe
less, that but few if any business
house or public officec closed their
dooT3 for business, -which is not
as it should be, for this day should
bo observed strictly as a holiday by
every patriotic Alaskan, and in
speJTking thus wu include ourselves
in tto dereliction of duty and
promise that it shall not occur on
future anniversaries of thf day.
Tho purchase of Alaska from
Russia by the United States was
consummated on October 18, 1867,
aad the territorial legislature at
its first session sot that day
aside as a holiday. It was pretty
generally observed at its first an
nual occurrence last year, and will
also be on next Monday by the
closing of most of tho uublio offices
in the different towns in Alaska.
health news
The United States public health
service and the various health
agencies of this country are work
ing to prolong the average dura
tion of life. In this the strongest
(Continued on page 4.)
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From non-irrigated district
—due today ex "Humboldt"
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Extra Fancy G-rade
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GRAHAM WHITE EXECUTED AS!SPY
-HIS WIFE BETS IMPRISONMENT
Winnipeg, Oct. 18—It waa re
ported here this morning that Gra
ham White, the famous aviator,
had been Bhot In London Tower aa
a German spy, while hto wife had
been sentenced to ten yeans' Im
prisonment as hla accomplice.
WHAT'S DOUG
iN SKJH
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Paul Moore of Sail Francisco, who
has been to the westward, is re
turning home on the Northwestern.
W. A. Norton, Iditarod agent of
the W. P. & Y. R., was an outgo
ing passenger on the Humjjoldt Sat
urday.
Deputy United Stato& Marshal
Frank R. Cook left for Juneau on
official business on the Georgia
this morning.
k On account of today being Alaska
Day, and a territorial holiday, there
will bt no meeting of tho town
council tonight.
The snow is pretty well down
on the surrounding mountain sides
today, and looks as though It had
come to stay until spring.
There was a heavy frost last
night and as a consequence the
sidewalks in town werg in an ex
ceedingly slippery condition this
morning.
In a letter Just received from
Dr. L>. S. Keller he states that he
doos not know just when he will be
home, but hopes to get over be
fore the month pasess.
H. E. Lund, at one time employed
by the Home Power Co. of Skag-way
and later on the river division of
the W. P. & Y. R., left enroute to
San Francisco on the Huboldt Sat
urday.
Tomorrow night the members of
the Skagway brass band will give
an informal dance of two hours at
the Firemen's hall, admission to
which will be 25 cents. Dancing
will commence at 9 o'clock and end
|a-Jl.
Information comes from White
horse that the Grafter copper mine
again started up last Friday and
the prospect for a large output of
ore looks good. The new hoist boil
er that has just been put in is a
fine one and it la now believed
that work will go on without fur
ther hitch.
There will be a special meeting
of the Skagway Igloo of the Pion
eers of Alaska at A. B. hall to
morrow nighfc at 8 o'clock for tha
purpose of giving the obligation to
all those who have been elected
members and not yet gone
through that ceremony, and also
to receive applications for member
ship from those desirins: to join.
Mrs. C. Krumbigel left on the
train this morning for her homq in
Atliu. She was one of the passen
gers on board the ill-fated steamer
Mariposa and had with her several
excellent snapshots of the Teasel
lying on the hore, one of the pas
sengers on the beach after the ac
cident and another of the rescue
boat Despatch, with the passengers
of the Mariposa on board.
Supt. Jack Hayes expected to
leave for Chomley, Prince of Wales
Island, on the Humboldt, but at
the last minute before the south
ward sailing of that vessel 'received
a message from Lieut. Mehaffy of
VaMez, who recently took the po
sition. in the engineering 'depart
ment of the Alaska road commis
sion held by Lieut. Edgerton, to
await hiiu in Skagway, as he would
arrive on the Northweetern. . ,
SECY DAVIDSON'S MOTHEIt
DIES IN THE SOUTH
Juneau Empire, Oct. 14: Charle3
E. Davidson, surveyor general and
secretary of Alaska, received last
nigh; a cablegram announcing the
death in Port Jones, California, yes
terday, of his mother.
Mr. Davidson received a telegram
about a week ago saying that hifl
mother was ill, but not hearing any
thing more serious regarding hfir
health it wag thought that Bhe wafl
j recovering until a telegram was re
[ceived yesterday afternoon saying
j that she was not expected to live;
t in the evening another telegram.
| was receivd announcing that sha
had died. Mr. Davidson's brother
and wife have been visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Davidson here since the ar
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