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No. SS8 SBYENTBENTH YEAB SK.V.nVAV; ALASKaTsATDRDAY OCTOBER 81, 1914 PRICE 10 CENTS
DUNKIRK IS PREPARING
FOR A STATE OF SIEGE
Berlin, Oct. St—Advices re
ceived here today from Dunkirk ai«
to the effect that tliat city is |»re
IMurlng for a state of siege and >u
fvent of » German advance it 's
understood that th« entire surround
ing district will be flooded by cut
ting canal dikos and submerging
the lowlands.
HAVE EVACUATED LIIXK AND
ARE RETREATING EASTWARD
Loudon, Oct. 31—Tile Germans
have again evacuated th« city of
Lille In France and the allied ar
mies are now saflB to be driving
ih.i»» eastward.
GERMANS REPORTED TO
HAVE EVACUATE) OSTEVD
Amsterdam, Oct. 31—It is re
»>orted here thjit the German* Uavo
evacuated ©steml.
ATTEMPTS TO CROSS INTO
SERVIA ARE REPILSKD
\'i>h. Oct. 31—Recent attempts
made by the Austrians Jo cross the
rivers Save and Drine into Ser
via hav« be»n repulsed by the Ser
vians with heavy losses to the form
er.
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT WILL
1U-; RETURNED TO PARIS
Paris, Oct. 81—The sea# of the
French government it is announced
will bo returnod to this city on No
vember 20tli, as it is anticipated
that by that time the tier mails will
have comjiletely evacuated French
territory.
The allies are claiming continued
gains over the Gwimds anil Aus
trians everywhere..
| ATTACK TSIXTAU FORT
UNDER COVEIJ OF MIST
Tokio, Oct. ;ll—Under cover of
a heavy mist which overhung the
harbor the Japanese squadron, as
sisted by British warships. bom
I battled the fortress of Tsintau yes
| terdajr.
PRINCE HENRY O FREISS
K1LLKI> OX BATTLEFIELD
Berlin, Oct. si—The report is
being circulate,] here that Prince
Henry of Reuss-Schleiz has been
killed in one of the battles.
CANADA'S SECOND CONTINGENT
DELAYED in organization
Ottawa, Oat. 31—The organization
of the second Canadian contingent
expedition for service in the Euro
WI3E COILS TO ENTANGLE SHELLS.
Photo copyright, 1914. by American Press Association.
The Germans took thousands of coils of wire with thorn from Hamburg
Into France and used them as protection »ssiinst artillery fire. The coils were
placed In iront of trenches to smother stu>!ls that feil in tlie:n.
rhe tkst Always the Cheapet
We Keep the Be®'.
AMERICAN GENTLEMAN
«nd CKOSSEXT SHOES for
men.
AMERICAN LADY Shoes for
Ladies and Misses.
PLA-MATE, SECURITY and
PLA-DAl" Shoes for the
t Kiddies.
•MAKES ufes walk easy:
TftAOE. MA^KT
H. J. LYNCH
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pean war has tee* delayed owing
to tho failure of the British war of
fice to state tlio number of men
wanted.
DENIED GERMANY FORCED
TURKEY TO DECLARE WAR
Loudon, Oct. 31—It is officially
denied that German warships train
ed their suns on Constantinople iu
oider to force Turkey to declare
war against Russia. Foreign diplo
mats in thai city are said to be
urging the Sultan to keep eut of
the European war.
A strong Italian foi'Ce is said to
have-seized the island of Saaseno
in Greece.
The German cruisers Scharn
horst and Gneisttau have been caj>
tured by tlie British off Sydney,
Austrailia.
AMERICAN AMBASSADOR
PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
Stv Petersburg, Oct. 31—George
(Narye Unlay presented his cralen
i li;U« here as American ambassador
to Bussia.
CARBANZA AND VILLA ABE
BOTH OF THEM ELIMINATED
*E1 Paso, Oct. 31—Both Carranza
and Villa are eliminated from active
participation In administrative af
fairs bv a decree adopted today by
the Mexican peace convention.
PRESIDENT NOT CONSIDERING
CLOSING OF THE MINES
Washington, Oct. 31—President
Wilson, from information given out
today, is not considering tho clos
ing down of the coal mines in the
strike district in Colorado.
SENATOR rlTTMAN KNOCKED
DOWN ON THE STREET
Reno, Oct. 31—United states
Senator Key Pittman of this state
was today knocked down on the
principal street of this city dur
ing a political encounter in which
he became embroiled.
RED CROSS ASKS PEOPLE
TO FOREGO EXTRAVAGANCES
Washington, D. C., Oct. 31—7
The members of the Red Cross so
ciety of this c:fy have issued a re
Quest to the people of the
United States to forego extravaganc
es and to devote the money thus
saved to the relief of the destitute
of Europe..
Director of 1He Mint Roberts 're
signed his position today.
Diplomatic representatives of the
allies are preparing to leave Con
stantinople immediately.
ladies
Owing to" election being next
Tuesday, tke regular monthly so
cial and tea of the Woman's Church
Auxiliary will be held at the resi
dence of Mrs. Jacobs next Wednes
day afternoon.
Selmer's orchestra will furnish
the music for the dance tonight, i
but the members of the Skagway j
brass band, by requcet, will render ^
several extra numbers. 1
THE HABLOWB'EN* DANCE AT
W. P. A. CLUB TONIGHT
There will ba a Hallowe'en dance
tonight under the auspices of the
W. P. A. club at the gymnasium of
that organization, but the credit of
the preparations for making it a
social event and for the beautiful
and appropriate decorations with
which the room is embellished be
longs almost exclusively to several
of the ladies of Skagway, who have
put in their time and taxed their
ingenuity to render it attractive to
the participants.
A party of pleasure-seekers from
Haines will be up on the Peterson
that boat having been arranged for (
a special voyage for the occasion.
The music will be all that can be '
desired as Selmer's orchestra lias j
been engaged for the evening, and j
the Skagway brass band will, by r®- j
quest, render several extra
numbers.
SAX DIEGO PAIR BUILDINGS
REFLECT SPANISH PERIOD
The Panama-California Exposition,
which will ba held at San Diego
throughout all' of next year, is in
tended to present the evolutionary
history o€ mankind in arts and
science. It is to be international
In scope, and although reminiscent
in many particulars, it will focus
attention upon problems and con
ditions not only of the past, but al
?o of the present era.
Pictures of some of the buiidiugs
are published in the November Pop
ular Mechanics Magazine. The
architecture is old Spanish, of the
colonial period, with the softly ton
ed mission effect predominating.
THE BOATS
The City of Saittle is due i"
Skagway at 6 o'clock a. m. Monday,
with 25 tons of cargo.
The Dolphin was leport-ed in Ju
neau morning and will reach
Skagway at 3 o'clock tomorrow
morning..
The sailing date of the Jeffer
son from Seattle which was
announced for Nov. 3rd, has
been cancelled on aocoumt
of the boat having to undergo in
spection. The Northwestern lias
taken lier place, however, and will
sail north on Nov. 2d, touching at
Skagway on the way to the west
ward, but not calling in here on
the return south.
The Mariposa is due liere this
evening, but up to the time of go
ing to press she had not been re
ported.
WELL RECEIVED
The movement to raise some
»oney in Skagway for the Red
Cross Society, and to aid the
European children orphaned through]
th<» present war is well received.
Monday there will be distributed
among the public places in the
town self explanatory receptacles
in which voluntary contributions
may "be placed. These "banks"
will be opened Thanksgiving Day,
and a receipt given by Rev. Ped
ersen to every place for the amount
contributed.. The POPULAR PIC
TURE PALACE and the NUGGET
MOvlES have each volunteered to
giva a benefit night for the fund,
the dates to be announced later.
New Goods I
Received This Week :
PREFERRED STOCK Canned Goods, Vegetables, Fruit, ,
Fish, etc. Prices no higher than last season; in several
instances lower. Quotations cheerfully furnished on lots of '
I doz. cans er more, straight or assorted varieties.
Heinz Bulk Pickles — Dill, Plain Sweet, Mixt Sweet and
Sour Spiced.
Atmore's Fine Quality Mincemeat, in hulk.
Yarmouth Bloaters; very large size.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER <
TO VOTERS
As next Tuesday, between '
the hours of 8 a. m. and 7 '
p. m., at the town hall, are •
designate^ as the time and •
place for holding the terri- •
torial and divisional elections *
in Skogway, the Daily Aizfckan •
wishes to direct the attention •
of its readers, and the public •
generally, to the qualifications •
required of voters, the manner •
of casting their ballots, the <i
number of eandidtes to be •
voted for, etc.; •!
Section 394 of the Compil- i
ed Laws of Alaka provides; <!
"All mala citizens of the «
United States twenty-one •
years and over who are actual *
and bona fide residents of Al- ♦
aska and who have been such •
residents continuously during
the entire year immediately •
preceding the •lection, and '
who have been such residents <
continuously for thirty days •
next preceding the eleetion in *
the precinct in which they <i
vote, shall be qualified to vote •
for th6 election of a Delegate •
from Alaska and of members <i
of the Territorial legislature." ♦
Chapter 1, of the Territorial *■
Session Laws, approved March •'
21, 191S, extends the elective •!
franchise to such women of the •
Territory of Alaska as have i
qualifications of citizenship re- •
quired of male electors. «i
There will be only one s®t
of judges and clerks of elec- •
tion, but there will be two bal- *
lot boxes, into one of which w
will be deposited the ballots •
cast for choice of delegate to '
congress and in the other the •
ballots cast for the divisional •
candidates, comprising the *
names of one senator and four *
representatives. •'
If it be desired to vot© for i
other f andidates than those •
appearing on the ballot, one or *
more names may be erased and <
the names of one or more oth- «
er candidates substituted there
fore. *
Any 'voter in doubt as to the •
manner in which to prepare a *
ballot may ask the judges of •
election for informaation desir-*
ed.
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BELGIAN* MINISTER GIVEN
PASSPORTS FROM MEXICO
Mexico City, Oct. 31—Paul Mu.v,
the Belgian minister to Mexico, was
today handed his passports by
the administration. It is under
stood that the reason assigned was
the addressing by him of a dis
respectful note to the Mexican gov
ernment.
HALLOWE'EN'
Some Merry, friendly country foMM
Together did convene.
To burn their nits, and pou theM
Blocks,
And hand taeir Hallowe'en.
—Burrt.
Tonight, October 31st, will b*
Hallowe'en, or the ere of v%ii of
All Saints' day. It is an. occaaio*
of certain popular superstition#
and observances in many Christian
countries, fairies, witches and imps
of all kinds being supposed to
be then especially active.. In S«o*
land, as related in Burn# "Hal
lowe'en," the evening is frequoatiy
I celebrated by meetings of young
people of both 6exec, when various
mystieal or playful ceremonies ar*
j performed with the view of reveal
[ ing future husbands or wives.
In America there are also
| cent amusements indulged In, but
I Hallowe'en is more genially ob
served in the small towns and Til
i lages by perpetration of practiea>
jokes upon the etaid citizens b7,
j school boys and young men, wMck
I frequently degenerate into a wan
ton destruction of property if
stringent measure* against it are
not adopted and enforced by ths
authorities.
f
university considers
LOXGEr SIMMER sesmox
I Seattle. Oct. 21—sioce tha re
ferendum vote of student^ at
summer session of the Uniwaity ol
Washington showed gd almost un
animous sentiment in favor of *
longer term, the administrate* has
been considering a reorganiza
tion of the university year. To that
end a committee has been appoint
ed to investigate the matter,
though its report will not affect th«
session for the summer of 1915,
which will extesd over six >yr»ek»,
as usual, *
The University of Chisago sys
tem, whereby the year IS divided
into four quarters, at the begia
uing of any of which the studsut
may enter, will be amoiig thoss
considered. This'syetem gives coa
stant use of all the university
plants, and enables those who so
desire to continue their college
course without intermission, short
ening the customary fouT-year
period iu college to a llttl« oy8r
'three years.
BELIEVED MEXICANS WELL
SOON* ATTACK AMERICAN'S
! vera Cruz, Oct. 31—It is believ
ed here that orders will soon bs is
sued by those in command of
Mexican troops for an attack o*
the United States soldiers statiom
e.d in this city unless the lattsr
are immediately withdrawn.
OUR STOCK of;
UTZ & DUNN'S
SHOES AND POMPS
FOR LADIES
Are now on display, and a large
stock ot 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