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No.lt2 SEVENTEENTH'YEAK SKAGWAV "ALASKA, WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 11, 1914 PRICE 10 CENTS
THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND
TROOPS ARE WITHDRAWN
Rotterdam, Nov. 11—It U report
ed today that thirty fivo thousand
(iernuui troops have been withdrawn
from Thielt, Belgium, and are now
enroute to Ghent.
THK BELGIAN MLMSTER
ASKS FOR HIS PASSPORTS
Constantinople, Nov. It—Belgian
minister to Turkey, resident in this
city, today asked the jjovemment
for his passports.
(iKRMAX WARSHIPS ARE
SIGHTED STEAMING NORTH
l.inia, Xov. 11—Four German war
ships were sighted steaming north
IKist the mouth of the harbor today.
HEAVY SNOW IS IMPEDING
MOVEMENTS OF troops]
Geneva, Nov. t»—A heavy snow-!
fall which is said to have occurred j
in the Y«sges mountains recently is
i e|>orted to be greatly hampering
the movements of the German army
in 'hat section of country.
PREPARATIONS ARE MAKING
SECOND SIEGE PREZEMVSL
Loudon, Nov. 11—Preparations !
arc now said to be under way for |
i he sec<>nd siege of Przemysl.
THK KAISER PRAISES THK
DEFENDERS OF TSIN'GTAP
Ik-rlin, Xov. ll—The Kaiser to
day issued a proclamation in praise
of the (ietrman defenders of Tsingtau
iiiiil also the commander of the j
• ••••■man fleet which is cruising off]
the Chilean coast and came out |
' i»t best iu an en«;ag,.*mejK which j
occurred last Sunday between it* 1
w arslups and tliree British cruisers,
in which one of the latter, the Good
Hope. was sunk and all on tx*rd
lost.
Ileports by the war office are
favorable for an early ady*nce of
the Germans on Argonnes.
POPE MAKING PREPARATIONS
I
. FOR PEACE PROPOSALS
l.ondon, Nov. ll—Th? Pope it
Is announce*! here today will short
ly take stejis looking toward a re
sumption of peace in Europe.
Two hundred marines are report
ed to have been lost when the Ger
man cruiser Emden was destroy
ed by an Australian cruiser near
Cocos island yesterday.
Turkish mobs are said to have at
tacked the Germans in Constantin
ople today.
JAPANESE TORPEDO BOAT
IS SUNK BY A MINE
Tokio, Nov. 11—A Japanese tor
pedo boat was reported to have been
titxku by a mine at the head of Kiau
chau bay today.
BRITISH WARSHIPS ARRIVE
IN HARBOR BUENOS AYRES
Buenos Ayrew, Nov. 11—The Brit
ish warships Carnarvon and Defense
arrived in the harbor here today.
ARE MOVING TOWARD THE
WINTER ENTRENCHMENTS
I*aris, Nov. 1 •—Thq allies are
said today to be moving toward
the wintep entrenchments uf the
German army.
The Crown Prince, as commander
in-chief of the German and Aus
trian armies is now operating
against the Russians, while the
German army in Belgium will make
a supreme effort today t«> reach
the channel.
GERMANS ARE REPORTED
SEEKING CESSATION
St, Petersburg, Nov. 11—It is un
officially Announced here tixlay that
the Germans are seeking a cessa
tion of hostilities.
AUSTRIAN'S WIN AFTER
THREE DAYS' FIGHTING
Berlin, Nov. 11—-Word was re
ceive*! in this city this morning of
the defeat by the Austrian* of an
army of 130,000 Servians, after
three days' fierce fighting, in W est
ern Servia.
CAR RAN ZA CONSENTS TO THE
EVACUATION OF VERA CHlZ
Mexico City,, Nov, 11—Goueral
Carranza today granted t'-ie request
of the Washington, D. C., adminis
tration regarding the evacuation of
Vera Cruz.
TROOPS TO BE WITHDRAWN
FROM VERA CRUZ SOON
Washington, Nov. 11—The Unit
ed States troops will be withdrawn
from Vera Cruz soon, according
to announcement made here today.
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TSAOE. MARK,*
H. J. LYNCH
ESSAY Ofi "DOMESTIC SCIENCE"
Br IS. ALBERT REINEBT
Read Before the Skagway Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation at its First Regular Meeting, on the
• '
Evening of Friday, November 6th
Have you ever stooped to think
what an important business home
making is? Th© prosperity of the
nation is founded in - the welfare
or families, and the welfare of the
family depends upon its haying a
healthful, ha.ppy home.
The home, as we know it, has
grown out of the need or a shelter
for family life. Long ago, before
men had learned to build Louses
and cities, mothers, seeking shelter
for their babes, crept into caves.
These were the first Iio.nes of hu
man beings.
The home makers have -always
been women, the care of the home
and the management of house
hold industries haying at all tim?s
been in their hands. In very
early times men spent their lives
hunting and fighting. The animals
they killed they brought home for
the women to coofe. in order to
do this more conveniently, the wo
men made dishes of clay and baked
them in the sun. Because the wo
men stayed at home all day, they
were interested to itnprovo their way
a* living. Dwellings more coni
;"ortab:o than caves began to be
constructed, and so developed the
>cnts made from animal skins and
boughs. Gradually as people
became more civilized the
houses were made If-rger and
finer, until today v.e have
homes built in varying styles, to
suit different climates and the cus
toms and ideas of dfiferent coun
tries.
Tbe home today is a place of
shelter and a place of rest as it
was in primitive. ages, but it
should also be a place for moral
instruction and ideals. it should
be a field for social activity, and
of character building—for growth
in every single line of our natures,
physical, mental and moral.
We recognize tne neca or
I trainirg for the doctor, the teacher,
the business man, and the lawyer,
but until very lately, little atten
tion has been given to the need of
special training for that broadest of
fill activities, home-making. Is pre
jparation less necessary for this
j great service which involves many
kinds of work, some of them diffi
cult, and which usually includes the
noblest of all occupations, the care
[and training of children?
And do you not think, since
almost every woman is at some
time engaged in making a home,
or in helping some other woman
makfj one, that every girl should
learu all she can about liome-mak
iug?
And how can she better gain this
knowledge than by a systematic
study of Domestic Economy in
the public schools?
A quarter of a century ago edu
cation was defined as the prepara
tion for life—instead of its being
recognized, as it now is, as co-ex- '
tensive with life.
As the period of preparation is
limited for a large portion of the
population, the desirability of in
cluding a practical knowledge of
Domestic Science in the lower
grades seems urgent. Girls should
be given a right mental attitude to
ward household duties, and this
they will gain through a clear,
definite, systematic presentation of
Domestic Economy, and' its allied
subjects.
The question is often asked,
"What is Domestic Economy?" and
the answer is confidently given,
"Cooking and sewlug." Such a
conception is pitifully narrow. If
Domestic Economy span.} r.o broad
er horizon than this, there is
just reason why educators should
stop to consider the cost, but cook
ing and sewing are only small
parts of the subject, as are the C. &
H. small parts of the science of
chemistry. To those who have
studied the subject, n is as broad
as the world, and ae vital as life.
By political economy or national
economy is meant all that bears
most intimately upo.i state and
nation; domestic economy then
should include all that bears upon
home life and human development,
and if this is true it is the nucleus
of every other economy in the -world.
No ology or ism but touches it;
history, science, literature, lan
guage and economics are part and
parcel wi»h it, and link "s to the
past. Art is the stimulus to great
er beauty and truer ideals for to
day, and sociology is the beacou
light of the futura Dewey (John)
says, "After all, life is the great
j thing; the life of the child, not
l more than the life of the man,''
| and domestic economy means vne
conception and maintenance of lif®
j at its best. Its whole aim should
be to create the best cltildTen, to
| place them in the safest environ
j ment, and to train them that they
j shall develope into the most per
I 'ect types of men and women, physi
i chilly, mentally and morally.
| To accomplish the desired result
j help must come from all sides. The
kindergarten, primary and inter
mediate grades have their particular
fields, the high school may advance
the work, the college and univer
versity must train the leaders, Ibut
back of all must stand the home
and the men and •women who are
bearing the burdens of life today.
When the parents of our country
are convinced that a training for
the most practical and sacred duties
of life is needful for th* truest de
velopment of their children, then
from educators and statesmen will
come a response to their call. An
improved home life is perhaps not
all that is necessary to humanity,
but if mothers and teachers were
Sweet Cider;
Ju«t opened our second barrel; i'ts good
50 cents a gallon
Beginning November 9th until fur
ther notice store opens at 8 a. in
closes 6 p. m., Saturday 8 p m.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
HOW IS THE TIME TO
LOOK AFTER WIPES
Now is the time to clean stove
pipes and renew safeties and stoves.
Any day- the cold snap is likely to
occur, and stoves be put to the
test, and the opportunity for con
venient preparation for the winter
be past. All not complying with
the law are liable to severe pun
ishinent.
This is the season of the year
when stoves and stove pipes have
to be reckoned with as a factor
in the everyday life of the average
Alaskan.
Some poeple have an idea there
is no occasion to be eternally harp
ing on the question of fire preven
tion, but when we live in wooden
houses, lined with cheese cloth and
paper, some of them so small that
ono cannot swing a cat in them,
She stove jammed against the
walls and into corners, where they
interfere the least with our getting
around, it does not rquire a column
at printers' ink to prove to the
people of Skagway that such a
condition of things requires watch- j
ing, and pretty close watching at i
that, in order to avoid contributing !
to general fire loss.
In order to overcome as much as j
possible the danger of fire from I
your stove pipes take them down at j
least once a month and examine (
and clean. They may not particular-1
ly need it, but it will only take y°u j
a short time to do it, and the feel- j
ing of safety that you experience !
from so doing will amply repay
you for your time and trouble.
Keep stoves and pipe* two feet
rrora walls, unless protected by a
sheet of zinc, tin or asbestos, leav
ing a space between it and the wall,
so that air may circulate freely.
Protect the floor under the stove i
with zin» or tin.
Keep curtain, shelving and like !
at least two feet from stove3 and
pipes.
When cleaning pipes, take them j
out of the safety. You cannot |
tell anything about their condition in
you do not remove them.
The small round holes around the j
edge of the safety are for the j
better informed concerning the ac-1
tual needs of the human being, the j
result would be a superior race of j
men. From no source but from the i
homes can a nation recruit her i
citizens, and upon the training of |
the girls depends these homes. We j
are yet to learn that there is
power in right living and that
nothing which pertains to life is
trivial or unimportant,
purpose of permitting the oleuia
tion of air. Do not put corks la
them or haave them papered oyer
even if they do ruffle your sense
ot the artistic.
Do i.ot leave all the dampers in
your stove wide open when you
leave the house. Leave them just
a little open, so that expansion of
fuel gas will not blow the top off
'he stove.
If, notwithstanding that after th.9
above precautions have been ob
served, you are awakened In the
night by a smell of smoke, do not
dress. Wrap youreelf in a woolea
blanket- and get out as quickly as
you can. Shut all doors through
which you may pass. If smoke Is
thick keep head close -to the floor
as possible. Less smoke exists
on the floor.
Every household should have a
patent fire extinguisher at hand
ready for usy in case of Emergency,
and means should also be provided
for the escape of inmates of a
house in the event of the fire get
ting so much headway before its
discovery that it is uncontrolable.
But if people will observe the
above precautions there is very
little likelihood that they will ever
have trouble from fires, incipient or
otherwise.
HEXRV FRIEDENTHAL IS
"AGAIN" IX THE Itf-VG"
After having gone out of the ej
presj business last fall in order to
try' his hand at gold digging In
' he Chisaria camp, from which ex
pedition lie returned a few months
later with much experience of »
kind, but no gold dust'to speak of,
Henry Priedenthal is again back in
his old business, having bought
the team and wagon recently used
by Ben Culbertson for th« game
purpose.
Although Henry is not '.apt to
draw down any diplomas or prem
ium for his abilities as a miner
there are no insects, winged Or oth
erwise, on him when it comes to
hustling baggage, express matter
or parcels. Neither is he in the
tortoise class when it comes to
the delivery of anything entrusted
to him, for he's "Johnny on the
Spot'' in this as well as vail other
branches of his business.
If you want anything in his line
Ting up office phone, 34, or real-.<
dence phone, 76, or call at the
pool room if there is an order you
wish to deliver personally.
OUR STOCK OF
"UTZ & DUNN'S
SHOES AND POMPS
FOR LADIES
Are now on display, and a large
stook ol O'Donnell Shoes for Men.
See Our Window Display of
LADIES' FUR SETS
A New Stock—Something We Have Never
Carried Before. Look Them Over.
WILL CLAYSON—Clothier