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No. 225 SEVENTEENTH YEAR SIvAGWAY ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1914 PRICE 10 CENTS
BELGIANS FORCE INVADERS
TO RETIRE FIVE MILES
pari* Oct. --—Despite the bom
Ktnliufut of the allies' position by
German artillery, the Belgian »rmy
forced the German* to retire five
miles during the battle of the Yaer
river, in which the latter are ro~
ported to hare lust for the time
being
King Albert of Belgium hi r*>
|H>rteil to be protecting the EngiMi
Channel coast from the threatened
German Invasion.
The allied armies, according to
the latest advices, are Mid to be
advancing in a wedge formation and
driving the Germans before them
in the battle line around thi# city.
The latter are reported to be re
treating toward Lille.
K18SIAX STUDENTS ARK
CALLED IXTO SERVICE
St. Petersburg, Oct 22—The
students of the universities and
high schools of Russia have been
called into military service by the
KuvaiuiKSH and there 19 KfOM re
joicing among the students thereat.
The Russian forces are rep<*«ed
to have been victorious in the
fighting which has been going on
between them ami the AiMtro-Oer1
iiumi anny along the Vistula river.
GERMAN CRUISERS SOK
OFF JAPANESE COAST
Tokio, Oct 22—Two anxtiliary
German cruisers are reported to
have been sunk of the coMt near
here today.
A Japanese squadron is reported
to be seeking a German fleet which
Is known to be in flm ■nl^hlinr.
hood of Hawaii.
Honolulu, Oct, 23—The tepUKM
battleship Hisen is outaide the
three mile limit awaiting the Ger
man cruiser Geider, whch H -njt
present in this haarbor repairing
ajul coaling.
GERMANS REPORTED TO BE
IX FILL RETREAT IN POLAND
St. Petersburg, Oct. 22—The
(Jet-mans are reported here todnjr
to be in full retreat in Rua«Un-Po
land, thirty miles west of War
saw.
GERMAN'S ARE RETREATING
FROM CITY OF OSTEXD
London, Oct- 22—Reports Just
received here state that the Ger-1
mans tore evacuated Osteml and
*re now retreating toward Bruges.
It is ajqo said that they are being
unmercifully hammered by the cam-.
Mncd ettotin of the British navy
and the British, French and Bel
gian troops.
The accurate bombardment of the
British navy is said to have des
troyed Slype.
Advices have been received here
that Austrian and German warshijw
ha«| planned to destroy the Suez
canal, but that their plot hud been
discovered and frustrated.
GIANT SIEGE GUNS HAVE
REACHED CITY OF ANTWERP
Rotterdam, Oct, 222—The giant
German siege gnns which were used
la the earlier part, of the war to
reduce the fortu of Liege have been
taken to the city of Antwerp.
CANADIAN- OFFICER K1IXK1)
N'EAR SEDRO-WOOLEV
Blaine, Oct. 22—Canadian immi
gration Inspector Adams, and one
bandit were killed in a fight today
between Canadian and American of
ficials and men who are supposed
to have robbed the S®dro-Wooley
bank last night. The robbers, with
the exception of the one who was
killed, made their escape into the
wood# and are still at large, posses
are being raised to hunt them down.
JAPANESE ARRIVES
FOR WORK AT FAIR
San Francisco, Oct. 22—Goichi
Takeda, Japanese architect, who
drep the plans for the Japanest
|»villon at the Panama-Pacific In
ternational Exposition arrived here
on the liner Tenyo Maru. The
Japanese pavilion will be a re
production of the temple of Kin Ka
Ku Ji at Kioto. Much of the work
is being done in Japan and but little
time will be required to assemble
the tmbera on the Exposition
grounds.
"The materials for the Japanese
buildings are ready to be shipped"
■aid S. Ishi, Japanese commissioner
to the exposition here today. "The
Mrs* shipment of building materials,
•tones and trees for the garden,
loft Kobe October 8, on the ship
Shinyo Maru."
+The Best Always the Cheapet *
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W» Keep tii a Best.
AMERICAN GENTLEMAN
Mk| CROS8ETT SHOES for
HMO.
AMBiUC&N LADY Shoes for
Ladies and Misses.
PLA-MATE, SECURITY" ami
PliA-DAV Show for the
Kiddle*.
t H. J. LYNCH
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SEWARD JURYMAN' OX
FIRST ALASKA MURDER
Robert Michaelson, who served on
I the Jury iu the trial of James E
Dwyer for the Knik murder and aid
ed Iu bringing in a verdict yester
day morning, waa a member of tJie
jury in the first trial that ever took
place in Alaska. The first mur
der trial took place at Sitka in
1876 before Judge Dawson. It was
the trial of a Jesuit Priest named,
as well as Mr. Michaelson can re
member^ Father Fuller who was ac
cused of murdering his bishop,
Bishop Siegele, below Anvik on the
Yukon in the sameTrear. The
bishop and the priest were engag
ed in establishing missions. One
evening as they were seated around
a camp fire with some natives the
priest suddenly rose to his feet
and shot the bishop dead. Mr.
Michaelson says that during the
trial everyone, particularly the of
ficials and the oficers of the gov
ernment ship then at Sitka, were in
favor of the acquittal of the priest.
The defense was the insanity plea,
but the jury brought in a verdict of
manslaughter. The priest was sen
tenced to ten years in the peniten
tiary but disappeard after three
years. The probability is, al
though MV. Michaelson does not say
so, that the authorities believed him
insane and had him removed to an
nsylum.—Gateway.
END OF THE DURKEY
WILL CASK IS SEEN
St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 22—With
the recent death of Mrs. Harriet
Blaidsell of Champaign 111, the once
nationally famous Durkey lost
will case has suffered a
relapse, from which it may
never be revived according to
prominent attorneys here. Mrs.
Blaidsell is a direct descendant of
Colonel Durkey. Far years her
husband, an attoreny, haunted of
ficial circles in Washington, until
he became physically and mentally
weakened by the strain and died.
Funds ran low, although the goal,
had it ever been achieved, would
have meant more than $25,000,000
for the heirs, of whom Mrs. Blaid
sell was the principal. The heirs
sold shares in the case, there being
not one state in tho union in which
some shares were not sold. J. J.
Hill of St. Paul is one of those ,
directly interested, since the case
was founded upon the allegations
involving the Northern Pacific,
Southern Pacific and the Union Pa
cific railroads. During the legal
wrangle, lasting in all 35 years, the
Durkey will was found providing for
Mrs. Blaidsell. According to the
heirs, the government still has
this $25,000,000 awaiting the ar
rival of its legal owner.
INSANE patient dead
•Jim Smith, a native, who was •
committed to the Morningslrte asy
lum, Portland, Oregon, on June 17,
1913, from Juneau, died on the 14tl^ 1
instant, according to advices receiv- !
id at the governor's ofice. Death i
resulted from lobar pneumonia com- <
>ined with valvular disease of the I
leart. Deceased was 71 years of 1
ige at the time of his death. It
s understood that his wife was 1
iving at the time the deceased was i
:ommitted to the Sanitarium, but i
•he governor's office has no inform- 1
ition regarding her. I«
SUV I GET
MI II
C.' C. Gaisford, president and gen
eral manager ot the Moose Bay
Fur and Trading company, of Ta
coma, Wash., has branched out
from the prosaic into a realm of
idealism, and is making a tour
o£ Alaska, the southeastern por
tion In particular, in company with
a motion picture operator, for the
purpose of securing a set of films
which will be used in an education
al sense throughout the United
States. (
If or several weeks pant, Mr. Gals
ford and his operator hay® been
working their way up the coast, se
curing the most beautiul, unique
and interesting scenes, and in most
of the Inland Paassag© towns, ttiey
haye managed to get feature films,
such as workings in the Treadwell
mine, some of the engineering feats
which have been performed in and
around Juneau, the streets of Ju
neau, the governor's house, and even
the Governor himself was caught on
the film while passing up the steps
sf the federal building in the capi
tul cit>'- * J#«iA
It is not Mr. Gaisford's intention
to slight Skagway, far famed as
the Garden Spot of Alaska, and
leuowu to the world as the gateway
to the treasure house of the North,
And he is anxious to secure eome
exceptionally good films of this
t'ity and the trip over the White
Pass. Realizing the vast amount of
favorable advertising that would
accrue from a pictorial description
>f the trip up to the summit of th«
White Pass, the railway company
has offered to furnish a specially
jnuipped car -which will be run
ihead of the Saturday's train, upon
which will be placed the m°ving
picture apparatus.
That the main street of
Skagway may present its b«t
ippearance for this undretak
ng, a special train will be
•un down Broadway tomorrow
ifternoon at about 1 o'clock and
will be caught on the film all the
way from Fifth avenue to the de
pot. it is the desire of Mr. Gais
■Ord that this special train be load
sd with people so that it will show
what the streets of Skagway look
like during the busy season. All
persons are therefore invited to be
present at a little before one o'clock'
tomorrow afternoon, a*d have a
ride on the special, which will be
backed down to the depot at that
-ime, then taken up towards the
shops and then run down to the
lepot. It is the intention of the
vperator to catch on the film every
;esture and action of the people as
■hey leave the train at the depot.
Preparations are under way to
»ive a "sourdough" ball at one of
he halls, presumably the Arctic
Brotherhood, and it is the intention
o get a few hundred feet of film,
howing the interior of the hall with
he dancers stepping the light fan
astic. . i WW
Let everyone who can spa-re the
ime, be o« hand at one o'clock to
morrow afternoon and add to the
ealism of the scene, and thus show
o the world that Skagway is still
hustling and bustling city.
ilood River Apples I
Have the Flavor :
4•
We offer Extra Fancy Jonathans *
* from this famous apple district at +
| $2.25 per box t
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: Winter Bananas
T
Especially Fine Eating Apples at
J $2.50
* P. li. GANTY, GROCER
+ 4* *?* "®*
first three-gun
turret for Nevada
Boeton, Oct. 22—Within a few
days there will be installed on the
■emt battleship Nevada, at the Fore
River shipyards, the first three-gun
turrets ever placed on an American
battleship. They will be the best
protected of any in the world and
will bq the heaviest ever set UP>
weighing Qa the avreage about 80
tons, or some 11 tons heavier than
the turrets on the Argentine battle
ship Rivadavia, which was consider
ed the "last word" in naval con
struction.
• Each of Nevada's turrets will
have three fourteen inch- guns, the
most powerful on any Uniied States
battleships and rivalled only by a
few British and German fleets. They
will weigh about 147,500 pounds
.each, will be fifty-three feet long
and will throw a projectile weighing
1400 pounds. The latter will carry
a much larger amount of high ex
plosives than the 875-pound projec
tiles of the 12-inch pieces.
Two of these three-gun turrets
will be installed, one in the fore
castle deck, and one on the quarter
deck, .with a two-gun turret behind
and slightly above each other so
there will be five fourteen-inch
guns pointing ahead and a similar
number facing astern. Thus the
fire of all ten guns may be concen
trated at either side, almost direct
ly ahead or astern. The advantage
of such an arrangement has deep
ly impressed naval authorities the
world over. The New York and
Texas, the only American ships now
In commission with 14-inch guns,
carry them mounted in five two-gun
turrets instead of four as on the
Nevada and her sister ship the Okla
homa..
It js estimated that about three
more months will be needed in which
to complete the work of laying on
the Nevada's side armor. Because
of the fact that she will use only
oil for fuel there will be but one
smokestack and the boilers can be
concentrated 'n the middle of the
ship. The boilers can thus be given
heretofore unkonwn security in the
form of the heaviest armor ever
employed for ^his purpose.
EIGHTEEN THOUSAND MARINES
NEEDED IX CASE OF AVAR
Washington, Oct 22—Acting Sec
retary of the Navy Roosevelt said
this morning that eightgen thousand
additional marines would be needed
to man United States battleships in
case of war. j
The Mexican peace conference
has agreed to protect all Mexicans
who served in the late war and in
consequence America's prompt eva
cuation of Vera Cruz is now prom
ised.
ABE UTILIZING THE PARCEL
POST FOR FARM PRODUCTS
Washington, Oct. 22—The plan
of Postmaster Otto Praeger, of
Washington of utilizing the parcel
post for the delivery of farm pro
ducts to city consumers has spread
throughout the country, Scores of
I state and country fairs, with parcel
post exhibits among their well-ad
vertised "striking and novel fu
tures," have already been held or
are now in progress, according to
reports reaching the postoffice de
partment.
| A statement issued by the post
ofice department declares that
"Postmaster General Burleson's sug
gestion that postmasters the coun
try over join in giving the public
ocular demonstrations of the advan
tage and the best methods of using
the parcel post has been adopted oa
a huge scale."
The state and country fair exhi
bits have been installed under postal
auspices pursuant, to the direct ap
proval of this plan of further edu
cating the general public in the use
of the parcel post.
Hundreds of letters In reply show
; tag the widespread adoption of tha
I plan have been received by the
j Postmaster General. Interest ta
| the farm marketing feature of the
! parcel post has become so general
[ that the postofflce department ha*
been compelled to orlnt 800,000 ad
| ditionai copies of the parcel post
; circular recently issued.
In exhibits made at the fall*
| prominence is given to samples of
the approved types of container®
for the transmission of perishable
farm products through the mails.
Experience is shown, postoffice de
partment officials say, that much
still remains to be done by way of
impressing upon the farmers the
necessity of properly packing food
shipment in suitable containers.
HE GAME TO SKAGWAY
FOR FLORAL OFFERINGS
Supt. jack Hayes of the Alaska
road commission arrived in Skag
.way from Juneau on the City of
Seattle this morning. His object in
coming was fo secure some of the
beautiful flowers i for which this
town is justly famed for offer
ings at the funeral of Dr. Edglngton,
who died in the hospital at Juneau
yesterday from the effects of an
operation." Herman Grimm and
brother Henry furnished Mr. Hayes,
upon request by the latter, with an
abundance of the handsomest vari
ces, of flowers grown in the Skag
| w»y valley, and he left on his r©
I turn on the same boat on which
he had arrived.
OUR STOCK OF
"UTZ & DUNN'S
SHOES AND POMPS
FOR LADIES
, ' ,1;
□Are now on display: and a large
□stock ol O'Donnell Shoes for Men.
See.Our Window Displa) of
LADIES' FUR SETS
A New Stock—.'Something We Have Never
Carried Before. Look Them Over.
WILL CLAY SON —Clothier