NOBLES OF THE WYSTIC SHRINE
HUE POURING IN BY THOUSANDS
Seattle, Wash., July-12—A «ira-i
v:m of Mystic Shriuers composed
of twenty-five train loads of Nobles,
escorted Imperial Potentate II. K. j
Smith to this city from the Kast, I
reaching Lore this morning to at
tend the greatest convention ever
held ia this city. Several other
caravj'.tis front Pittsburgh, Toledo,'
Springfield, 111., Hammond, lud., |
and other cities mobilized iu Chica-;
»,o last Wednesday and left Cor
Seattle the following morning. It
is e.-pected there will be 50,000
mo.-t nobles reach here by tonight.
The gigantic task of preparing
'*r their coming was completed last
> k and the United Northwestern I
it-mpie headquarters opposite the
New Washington hotel officially
thrown opeu.
At the most enthusiastic meeting
tiie Nile Temple executive commit
tee It:is held, all of tile various
■ :,.!ii !:.- .i heading the different de
ari:tie:its centering under General
I'aair:.: iu J. iC. Childberg announced
Wc tine.--day of last week one after a
'•tiur th.it th<y were ia readiness
:• L'.o hosts' coming. The meeting
d tho New Washington hotel,
extent J until midnight and left
::o detail untouched having to do
u::'j the Imperial Council.
'1 r:.;ted Northwestern Temple
headquarters, ' erected for the
IHE TENNIS
I0M1ENI
A hirge crowd of flayers and j
spectators gathered at the W. P. A.
tlub tenuis court on Saturday after
noon, when the players who had en
tered for the club singles tourna
meut played off the various match
is;.
One game remains to be played
to complete second round, that be
tween Messrs. Lediard and Bone-J
brake, this will be called tonight at j
C; 13 sharp, after which the win- j
ner will meet "either Messrs. Tel- I
ford or Lowle in semi-final, and j
then the final best two out of j
three sets w ill bo finished if pos-1
siMe.
Some splendid games were put j
np by the ladies on Saturday. Af
ter a series of very close and ex
citing sets, Mr*. W*. C. Rlanchardj
a: .1 .Mi.-s Cook wero left to fight |
meeting at a cost of more than. $5,
OOtf, was included in the general
survey, the executive committeemen
maiiug an official inspection of
the building, decorations and ar
rangements at 9 o'clock. It is
here that each of the visitors will
be taken ou arrival for registration
a.id presentation of souvenirs.
Enthusiastic preparations for the
decorations cf practically every
large display window in the prin
cipal business section of Seattle
in houor of Shrine Week were com
pleted last week at a meeting of
ti;e Seattle Display Men's associa
tion, held under direction of Presi
dent Charlts Boyd.
.Members present represented the
large downtown stores and with
out dissent if s voice agreed to ar
range their respective windows in
keet'i-it with the general Shrine
schcnie, using the order's colors
and cmhltuus. That a uniform dis
play along the thoroughfares will
add much to the attractiveness of
the city was agreed unanimously.
Three prizes, in the form of cups
donated by Herbert A. Schoenfeld
of the Standard Furniture company,
Chairman R. R. Fox of the decora
tions committee and Charles Good
man 'n charge of decorations for the
ritr. w'll le competed for, as well
as irany olhc*r awards.
out the final which resulted in a
»in fcr the farmer.
The Ked Cross ladies served soft
drinks during the tournament, sev
eral dollars being reulizeu therefrom,
whLli will be sent to the head
quarters of the association in a few
days alnng with the linen rags for
bandages that were collected last
week bv the Skagway branch of
the Daughters of the Empire.
iheKmnt
A BOH
Ctuymas, July 12—It was only
through the 'vigorous protests of
th<» American, French, German, Brit
ish and Italian counsuls in this
city, seconded by Admiral Howard
of the United States cruiser Color
ado, that prevented the Carranza
cruisir Guerrero from bombarding
(lie city today.
A Word About Shoes
There may be other good shoes made, but we handle the very
best makes that we have been able to find, and we have been
looking for the best for a number of years.
We handle the follow
ing makes:
(all guaranteed)
THE AMERICAN
LADY
For Ladies and Misses
SECURITY SCHOOL
SHOE
For Girls
CROSSETT
and
THE AMERICAN
GENTLEMAN
For Men
PLA-MATE,
SCUFFERS. and
SANDALS
For Children
THE A. A CUTTER. BERGMAN. ZIMMERMAN & DEGAN
Makes in Heavy Shoes 8, 10, 12, 16, and 18 in height'
H. J. LYNCH
Up-to-date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
Broadway between^Third and Fourth Phone 4 I
WILSON GIVES NO HO OF
HIS POLIOY TOWARD GERMANY
Cornish, July 12—Tho official
j German n"te in reply to'the second
' note geut that country by President
; Wilson was received here yesterday
i but there is no inkling of what the
| president thinks the policy of the
! country should be. The president
'spent the entire day in perusing
' and meditating over the note and
I did uot even attend church.
! He was' In communication with
I Secretary of State Robert Lansing
j and other cabinet members for a
long time after he had read tho
German reply, but refused to com
ment on the situation.
Washington, D. C., July 12—An
alyzing the German answer today,
officials found "little on which it ap
peared that negotiations between
the United States and Germany can
bo further prolonged.
Those in official quarters,
familiar with diplomatic prece.le.ilsi
and the progressive development of]
TOWN LOT SALE
AT ANCHORAGE
Ship Creek, Alaska, July 12—At
the sale of lots in th" government
townsite in Anchorage, which start
ed last week, the price has been
from j-475 to $1200 each.
Washington, D. C., July 12—'The
sta'n department today received
advice that General Gonzales, act
ing for General Carranza, now oc
cupies Mexico City and that the
Zapatistas had fled.
THE ISN'T
IS POSTPONED
Lcuion, July 12—The threatened
German offensive in the Lubin re
jjio.ii has been postponed, the south
ern movement of the Austro-Ger
man armies iu Southern Poland
checked and •.eneral Von Macken
sen's army driven back over a wide
front. The change in the war situ
a^'oi. has not surprised the Rus
sian staff, which h&s felt for several
days »u::t Warsaw was not in dan
ger, and that with the coming of
iime the losses that Russia has
sustained during the last several
weeks would be compensated by
victorit-s.
tlie American attitude, believe that,
j having stated its position and asked
for assurances which have been re
fuse!, that the only course now left
j for the United States to pursue
seemed to be an announcement
that it intends tc assert its 'rights
'as pstablihed under the rules of
intei national law.
T''is course would mean in ef
fect that the United States would
lawa't the violation of American
rights before taking- summary action
to compel respect for the rights of
! Americans as they have been as
sertid by the presideut.
There has been a revival of talk
concerning tli.j absolute severance
of diplomatic relations with Ger
many.
Germany's complete evasion of
the question of liability for the
loss of Americans on the Lusitania
has revived that subject most acute
ly, according to well informed per
sons.
BANDITS HE
THEIR ESCAPE
Liiivingston, Montana, July 12—
The tlvree lone bandits who held up
and robbed several stages in the
Yellowstone Dark Saturday, and se
cured a rich booty thereby, made
their escape and left no traces of
iIih route of departure.
lie pick
MEN IK SHAY
C. C. GaisforJ, president of the
Moose Bay Pur and Trading Co.,
and manager of the Silver Fox Film
Co., tie latter a moving picture
concern, is here to remain for some
time while taking'views in the vi
cinity of Skagway. He has been to
the interior where he procured a
fine collection which will be exhibit
ed tn the outside moving picture
houses a'»out the 1st of October.
His scenes will cove;- about 10,
000 teet of film and will include
northern views taken all the way
from Ilerschel Island, in the Arc
tic oC:an, to the southernmost
and westernmost limit oi Alaska.
Mr. (Jaisford and his assistant,
Mr. C. H. Scott of Juneau, were
with the excursionists at. Ft. Yu
kon and on the 22d cf June got
a magnificent picture oi the mid
night sun. '
Coming up the river they stopped
at Dawson, where they were shown
every courtesy by Commissioner and
Mrs. Black of the Yukon territory,
Chas. Settlemeier of tlu Dawson
Daily News and J. W. Boyle, man
ager of the Canadian Klondyke
Additional Society on page 4.
Aiuuwmuuumwtuimuumufimtumiut I
1 Fruit Jars, Jelly
f Glasses, Etc.
OUT. STOCK IS COMPLETE.
We offer the following special
prices during canning season:
Mason Pints, 80c per dozen.
Mason Quarts, $1.00 per dozen.
Mason Gals. $1.25 per dozen.
Small Jelly Glasses, flat, 25c
per dozen.
Large Jelly Glasses, tall with
top, BOc per dozen.
Mason Jar Rubbers, heavy 10c
per dozen.
Mason Jar Tops, 25c per dozen.
Parawax, 15c per pound brick.
P. H. GANTY
BRITISH STEAIHIEBS WARNED TO
LOOK FOR MBS ON BOARD
New York, July 12—Warning by
wireless have been sent to the Brit
ish steamers Ilowthhead and Baron
Napier, boiji loadod with a cargo of
mules for the allies, to look for
bombs aboard the vessels, as it is
thought they may have been placed
by Holt before the boats left this
port.
Three ships sailing from this port
tc Havre and reaching there last
May, it was learned from an au
thoritative source today, were
found to have unexploded bombs
aboard, the missies having been
placed on the ships in this city
before sailing. One of the ships
was the British ship Bankdale,
which sailed from Ts'ew York 'May 7
{or Havre, and another was the
iji:i'l Krie which sailed April 2'J
f >r tl'.f- same destination.
iJ >tU vessels were carrying auto
mobiles and other supplies for the
French army.
I'li3 United States secret service
and French government, it was
cuid, had joined in an investigation.
Paris, July 12—After battling
with the Germans for 120 days al
most without cessation the French
forces arc now reported to he in
possession of all the eminences
looking upon Flardere, Lilie and
Donai.
CHIDE Of BULL
AT FT.
A telegram was received from Ft.
W. 11 Seward yesterday morning
by t'ie manager of the W. P. A.
club inviting tiie baseball team
down to the post in the afternoon
to play the soldier bov:;, and say
ing that in the event of an accept-j
ance the Peterson would make the
round trip with the players and as
many eexursionists as the boat
could accomodate. ' The bid was I
accepted, notice hastily sent out,
a. tram selected and a 12:30 in the
afternoon the Peterson steamed out
of the harbor with a capacity load.
There were also several tenuis play
ers on board who event down to
the uost to have a friendly set-to
with their friends there.
The baseball game ended in the
seventh inning with a score of 5
to 6 in favor of the Skagway team.
The tenuis games were merely
friendly bouts between mixed play
ers from both places.
Tiie allies also continue to gain
ia ii:o trench warfare along the
west front. However, reports are
still'being receive*! of immense Ger
man reinforcements to their west
ern lines.'
Jas. Kennedy, manager of the
Skugway branch of the Will Clay
s'. !i Mercantile Co., who left here
several weeks ago in company with
his v.-'i'e and little daughter for a
visit to the outside, returned home
on (tie Alameda last night, and is
!).vi:ig welcomed warmly this niorn
i'lj? l>y his Skagway friends, who
iiv lude the entire population of
tli>j town.
H- reports Mrs. Kennedy as be
ing in better health than for a
:ii.iii':cr of years past, she having
undergone a serious surgical oper
I'ck.ii at Mayo Bros, sanitarium in
ltoi'H-«ier, Minn., with the most
satisfactory results. At present
Mis. Kennedy and their Title daugh
ter are stopping with the former's
rrother at Condon, Oregon, where
they will remain probably a month
longer before returning north.
The return trip from Minnesota
was made via Kansas City, Denver,
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Port
land, Ore., and Seattle.
Safe
You'll never be'4put out" by shape
losing fabrics in your clother or uoor
wear if you'll clioose
Hart Schaffner & Marx
or
Ed V. Price & Co.
CLOTHES
Drop in and look them over
Will Clayson
The Clothier