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No. 202 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SKAGrWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1915
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OPENING GAME OF WORLD SERIES
WON BY TOE PHILADELPHIA TEAM
Philadelphia, Oct 7—There was
an immense crowd present today to
witut^s the opening game of the
world's series between the Phillies
an<t the Red Sox. The weather was
clear but the grounds Wet from
hut night's rain. The score was
3 to 1 in favor of the Phillies, but
the Boston team still Temains the
favorite in the betting. Philadelphia
made one run in the fourth and two
ruus ia the eighth, innings, with
five hits and one error; battery, Al
exander and Burr®. Bostou made
one run in the eighth, innings, with
ei^hf hits and one error; battery,
Shore and Cady.
Boston has five new players who
will try to make the Red Sox team
next. year. These are Pennock,
formerly of the Athletics, and Coop
er, once of New York, both pitch
ers; Haley, a catcher; McNally, an
infielder and Shorten, an outfield
er. They were sent to the 'Provi
dence International during the sea
son a'id recalled. They are now
with the Boston club.
Atlanta, Oct. S—According to
a statement matki here today, in an
iaterTiew with a newsj>aper corres
pondent, William Jennings Bryan,
former secretary of state, hag Lis
plans all formulated for the dis
position of the remaining years of
his life, in which is included ac
tive participation in national poli
tics, but "wherein he debars him
self from seeking or holding pub
lic office.
LflNMER
HAS BUN OF LUCK
Raoy Record-Citizen: Lyman W.
Turner, a former resident of Ruby
district, who left here about a year
ago and mushed across country to
Kn.i, has met with exceedingly good
fcrtune, according to a letter re
ceived from the coast by a friend
of his oa a recent mail.
After prospecting on Cheyenne
fraction and other ground with un
satisfactory results, Mr. Turner es
tablished a sawmill on Salatna riv
er and operated it during the sea
son of 1913. Last fall he got a
hunch to "beat it" to the coast.
In cruising around out there he
chanced on 2.000,000 feet of saw
log3 w hlch had been abandoned by
s->:nc former adventurer. JlQ went
to Juiieau and by paying the gov
ernment stumpage of 60 cents per
thousand the logs became his pro
perty. The next step was to take
in a partner, and a mill at Bird
creek, Turnagain Arm, followed in
due course. The mill has been iu
operation for a couple of months
and the product finds a ready Bala
at a satisfactory price.
The advertisement of Fleming &
Turner—"Native Lumber, Rough
and Dressed, of All Dimensions"—
occupies a prominent placo in the
Cook Inlet Pioneer, puhl«hed *t
l Anchorage.
OF HIS FATHER
We received the following in- j
quiry through the mail this morn-j
lag:
Sedro-Woolley, Oct. 1, 1915.
Gentlemen: — Would you kindly
adviso me as to how I would get
information of my father, Johu
Fero, who, I have been informed,
was in Skagway some years ago. I
am very anxious to i<ear from him
auj any information you can giv»
will be appreciated.
Yours respectfully,
JOJiN FERO.
Sedro-Woolley, Skagit Co., Wash.
There was a John E. Feero in
Skagway who died in 1898, and
whose family, consisting of Mrs.
Feero, two sons and two daughters,
are still residents of this place.
There was another son named Stew
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PRESIDENT AND HIS FIANCE
IAKE A JfIO NEW YORK
Washington, D. C. Oct. 8—Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson, whose en
gagement to Mrs. Norman iGalt was
announced yesterday, left lor New
York today accompanied by his
fiance. It Is rumored that the presi
dent has gone to purchase an en
gagement ring at Tiffany's, the fa
mous jeweler.
President Wilson first met Mra.
Gait last fall and became acquaint
ed with her through her intimacy
wit a his daughter Margaret. Mrs.
Gait, the widow of a former
well-known jeweler of this city,
who died eight yeans ago, spent a
mouth last summer at Cornish as J
a guest of the president's daughter.
She Is of the handsome brunette
type, with dark hair and eyes and
is a stylish dresser.
She haa been received in Wash
ington social circles and has always
proven, herself to be a vivacious en
tertainer.
Friends of the President consider
that her unusual beauty and the
fact that he has been lonely through
the marriage of his daughters
since his wife died a year ago,
contrasted with hie former happy
mood and love of home, have been
contributing factors prefacing the
announcement of the engagement.
STRIKES ROCK
The Northwestern, which ar
rived in Skagway this afternoon
from the south, struck a rock off
Potter's Buoy reef, on Pinnock Is
land, two miles south otf Ketchikan,
at 2.15 Wednesday morning. She
was floated seven hours later and
found to be not seriously damaged.
The vessel ran into a heavy fog
just before 2 a. m., and as the den
sity of the fog increased Captain
J. C. Ilunter, -who was on the bridge
with Pilot Hudstrom, stopped the
engines. The fog prevented the
v'ew of the lights on shore. As
the vessel drifted. Captain Hunter
sighted the land of Pinnock Island,
about 600 feet straight ahead. The
engines were reversed, with the re
sult the big vessel backed onto the
rock of Potter's Buoy Reef, at the
hour stated.
The Northwestern is due to sail
for the westward at V o'clock to
night.
THE MARIPOSA ALSO
Seattle, Oct. 8—Tho steamship
Mariposa of the Alaska Steamship
Co. struck a rocky ledge early this
morning, in Fitzhugh Sound, off
Pointer Island, tearing a hole
through her bottom. The steamer
Despatch arrived on the scene
shortly after the Mariposa struck
and took off the latter'e passengers.
A Canadian Balvage steamer will
be at once 6ent from Vancouver.
There appears to have been no
casualties, and the message an
nouncing the accident does not state
how serious the damages are to
the boat. The vessel left Seattle
ou Wednesday night northbound.
SEVENTEEN THOUSAND
OFFICE its ARE LOST
London, Oct. 8—An official an
nouncement made today states that
seventeen thousand British officers
have been lost up to the present
time in the Far.
Allied airmen aro reported to
have raided Leige today and bom
barde' the city with a Bhower of
shells.
JOHN LAWSON IS
ALLOWED BAIL
Denver, Oct. 8—The Colorado
supreme court today admitted John
Lawsou, accused of murder in the
recent coal strikes, to bail in the
Bum of $36,000. Lawson, who is
in confinement at Trinidad, this
state, shed tears of joy at the
prospect of his reloase from con
finement and claims to be abso
lutely certain of acquittal on a
second trial of his caset
Juneau Camp No, 32, Arctic Bro
therhood, held its annual election
of officers Tuesday night, at which
the following were selected to fill
the chairs for the bnsuing term?
Arctic Chief—Alfred (Maltby.
Vice Arctic Chief—Hugh Crowth
er.
Recorder—Martin S. Perkins.
Chaplain—F. E. Bradley.
Trustees—John B. Marshall, Al
len Shaltuck, A. E. Maltly, Chas.
Carter and A. A. Humfrey..
The office of Arctic Recorder will
carry additional duties as custodian
of the new A B. Home, which will
be opened Bometime during the
month of December.
GREECE DECLARES A
BENEVOLENT NEUTRALITY
Athens, Oct. 8—Premier Zaimis,
and the Greek cabinet today de
clared the attitude of Greece to be
onn of benevolent neutrality toward |
the allies.
FORSHADOWS A LOAN
OF FIFTY MILLIONS
Toronto, Oct. 8—There is the
foreshadowing of a Canadian war J
loan of $50,000,000 it is stated
today toy Finance Minister White j
of the Dominion.
PIN-MONEY SWEET
MIXED PICKLES
We have just received another
shipment of these
FAMOUS SWEET PICKLES
undoubtly the best flavored on the market—There
in nothing else like them—Sold at 30c the pint
P. H. GANTY
IDE HOI OF SERBIA Of
TEUTONS NOW IN FULL SWING
London, Oct. 8—The new Teu
tonic Invasion of Servla to new in
full swing under General Von Ma<ck
ensen and Bulgaria has already
struck a blow at the Servian*!
through a bombardment of Nisi), by
its birdmen.
Berlin, Oct. 8—It waa officiary
announced here today that Bulgaria
had cast her lot with the Teutonic
allies.
Geneva, Oct. 8—Servia has, de
clared war upon. Bulgaria and the
foreign war office at Nish liaa hand
ed passports sto the Bulgarian min
ister stationed there. lesterday
Bulgaria sent an ultimatum to Ser
ria, giving her twenty four hours
in which to reply, demanding the
immediate restoration to Bulgaria
Of Servian Macedonia, which bounds
both the above countries on the
Bouth and wa« parceled out to Ser
via at the close of the last Bal
kan war.
Bulgaria's ultimatum to S«nria
was the cause of genuine surprise
as it had been announced through
the dispatches that the. Bulgarian
premier had assured the Greek min
ister at Sofia that Bulgaria would
not attack Servia unless aggressive
action was first taken against the
latter by Austro-Hungary.
IHE GARDENS
OF ALASKA
By Bepslq Beatty
(On Board Steamer Seattle)
As one looks on the face of an
old woman and wonders what she
was like as a girl, so do we Bearch
old towns for traces of the folly and
the glory of their youth.
The feverish, mad little mush
room cities that spring up in the
wake of a gold rush grow old and
decay before their time.
Some there are who try to build
a placid future upon the foundations
01 a stormy past. Others are con
tent with a placid present which
does but contemplate with romantic
vision the glory of that oast.
In Skagway there is no longer
any excuse for the hectic life of
Skagway's youth. Empty bouses
and deserted stores bear witness to
the tact that Skagway is not what
she once was. But don't think for
a moment that Skagway's days are
done. If her population, has
dwindled from thousands to hun
dreds, her end is not yet. Where
once she hatched gambling games
an- schemes of high finance, now
sha grows flowers, entertains tour
ists and advertises herfieLf as the
North.
Skagway has an imagination and
an eye for beauty. There is a
beneficent summer sun in Alaska
that works overtime trying to make
up for its winter negligence. Day
RUSSIAN CRUISERS
BOMBARD TORT VARNA
Amsterdam. Oct. 8—Two Rus
sia u cruisers are bombarding the
Bulgarian port of Varna today.
and night 'works its will upon tlia
aaitu. The result Is a riot ot
bloom, wrought as if by magic.
It had hidden its face from view
that early Septemoer morning we
reached Skagway, and every cloud
ij the heavens was weeping.
Despite the rain, I felt a thrill
a« I left the dock and walked in
to the little town nestling between,
tho Teat mountains. Hanging over
th3 water's edge was a low build
ing which looked like the cabin
part of a steamer. It was gay Svith
red paint and flower boxes, aad
the sign above, "The Best Twenty
Flve-Cent Lodging in the City/'
seem 9 ' almost too good to be true.
1 contrasted Its bright, cheery ex
terior with that of the twenty-fiv®
cent lodging-houses I have seen la
citieg and rejoiced that men. who
can pay no more might have so
much cheer for so little money. On
tho other side of the street was a
Iop cabin which had grown tired of
its nrimitive state and had taken on
an exterior coat of plaster. If It
tooled itself it fooled nobody else,
for 't was a log cabin still, deapite
its yellow paint. Down one street
and another I walked, stumbling
upon one lovely little garden after
another. A locksmith's shop .waa
surrounde* with Xlower boxes, and
over the sidewalk waa an arbor cov
ered with climbing yellow blossoms.
California poppies, glorified as
ters, dahlias as large aj> plates,
marigolds, foxgloves, nasturtiums,
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