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No. 135 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1915
PRICK 10 CENTS
Washington, D. C., July 19—
Prvsideut Wilson returned today
from Coiuish, X. H., and it is be
lievva his home coming is prelimiu
ar;; tc a discussion of the last ;
Gernu.a note, as well as the phases j
o' the controversy that have de- j
veloped by the German submarine
attack upon the steamship Orduna,:
which adds a more serious aspect j
t-» the already grave situation.
The latest act seeros to dissipate j
tiip belief that' Germany has j
chaagcd lier submarine policy aud [
tuat she is acting in good • faith
to give warning to passengers of j
p.^s^ger ships before attempting \
tj destroy them
The government will probably askt
Gera?i'y for the retort of the sub- j
marine commander making the at-1
tacv '-efort taking definite action, j
Secretary Lansing stated Satur
day that he had nothing to say and
Cv.uld take no action until the Am-,
?rieaa passengers brought the mat- j
ter oeforeo the su-te department in j
a.i official manner.
London, July 19—The attack on :
t^e Orduna by a German submarine
is commented upon at length by all i
th© afteruoon and morning papers.
The impression prevails that the
tinted States can no longer ig
n >r- the issue with Germany and
must insist upon strict adherence
to international law.
CONFERS WITH
PARTI LEADERS
Seattle, July 19 — Colonel
Taeod're Roosevelt had a lollS
oufersnce today with the leaders
of the progressive party, but notli
tins bren allowed to leak out of
t.'ie nature of tUe matteis under
discussion. '
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
PLANNED 15Y GODDAKD
Sitka, July 19—Work has started
and the new buildings are well un
der w\.y at the Goddard Hot Spring
Sanitarium, 16 miles from this placy
The additional buildings will
give accommodations for a large
crowd. The excellence of the
springs for restoring health, aside
from the natural 'surrounding of
this place, and good fishing and
hunting, are drawing a larger num
ber of guests from all parts of
Alaska.
One of the maiu sports is fish
ing tor black bass. The place is
we!! equipped with boats and tackle
and t-e guests find plenty of out
of-door amusements.
For those who desire to read,
the well stocked library furnishes
them plenty of variety. The home
cooking and home service given by
Mrs. Ocddard and members of the
family are not the least of the ex
cellent things provided.
UPPER HON
BIKER HEPORi
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Wh'teliorse, July 19—Water i>4
..".ches. '
C:sca: Arrived It p. ni. 011 t!u>
17 til with 13 passengers.
Canadian: Arrived 12 noon on i
thf 17tii -with barge Alsek.
White "Horse: In Dawson.
Selkirk: Up Stewart Tiver at
2:30 p. m. on the ISth.
I Dawson: Up Dig Salmon at 2:3oj
a m.
Next sailing: Casea tonight.
REPORT THAT j
I FISH D SAPPEflRl
I
A ne«r and peculiar feature in j
the acts and habits of the king sal-'
| men occurred last week on the wi-st I
coist from Forester island to Cape j
Oinnv. The fishermen "were mak
ing gooO- catches and there seeuuvl
to be a good run of fish when all
, at ouce, within twelve hours, ilie ;
fish disappeared entirely, simul-1
taneously throughout the entire!
region, tut at this writing they are
again showing up and the last half
o* July and August will doubtless
witness the biggest run of tho.
sea'ou.—\V*angell Sentinel.
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
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Up-to-date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
C01CT TRIES
10 KILL FRANK
MiUedgeville, Ga., July 19—On
Saturday a couvict named Green in
tht penitentiary at this place
slashed tho throat o' Leo Frank j
wnile the latter was asleep and j
befor« tiie guards could Interfere. |
While the wound is severe and j
dangerous Frank has a fighting
chancy for liis life.
Tin, prisoner in making the at
tack is sii.l to have declared: "Yoa
will net kill any c.ore factory
girls."
Loo Frank recently had his sen
fuce commuted rrom death to life
imprisonment by Governor Slaton
fcr (hf> murder of Mary Faghan.
A» first the prison officials tried
to keop the news of the attack a
Svvret, denying that the condition of
F. auk was serious.
s
ELIi ROOT
FlitSI CHOICE;
Washington, D. C., July 19—A
long distance canvas ol the country
l>y the Daily Sun newspaper of this
•ity makes Elihu Uoot the first
choice of th0 republicans fur tho I
presidency in 191t».
Elihu Hoot was the secretary of
svar in the cabinet of President Mc
l<inl*y, secretary of state in the
jabinet of President Roosevelt and
i member of the Alaskan Boundary
rritunnl in 190J.
Sl.ila, Tenn., July 19—There is
i dead heat wave which is extreine
v oppressive and has occasioned
many protrations. Dispatches from
St. Louis report an electrical storm j
?f ;r?at Severity in the vicinity of I
:hat city and three deaths from
lightning.
VILLA'S TROOPS
ARE ii RETREAT'
Douglas, Arizona, July 19—-Gen
•ral Villa's troops were decisively j
iefeatcd today and arc now in full j
[light from Agua Priyta.
It was reported on Saturday that
Villa was massing troops at Torreon j
to meet an attack from troops un
der Hill and Obregon, commanders j
tor Carranza, and that tho latter
were preparing to press towards ^
t vat city.
FRONTIER LINE
Rome, July 19—The Italians, ac
cording to official announcement
made this morui:ig, have made great
g'lins against the Austro-Germans
near the Lana Pass, but the lat
ter 'ire said to be on the offen
sive in the Isonzo 'region.
U.line, July 19—The king still
remaps on the firing liue at the
ItnHan battie front.
DELHI LOOKS
10
Ketchikan Miner: Capt. W. II.
ri.,n, of Seattle, arrived up from
Lhd south on the Humboldt last
night, and today • has been mak
ing au examination of the Delhi as
she lies. When seen by the Miner
man, Capt. Tinn stated that in his
)]>inion it would be no great task
:j put the Delhi back into commis
sion again. He has made an offer
for the bo it as she lies, which
NWsrs. Heckman and Sayles, ihe
3W:>ers, will either accept or reject
tvuhin the next day 'or two, and
then, their decision being in his
tavor, Capt. Tinn believes that he
?an get the necessary backing to
tackle the project. He plans to
Make reoairs of such a nature right
liero at Ketchikan, that the. Vessel
:an be gotten into such condition
pat she can make the trip down
to Seattle and the drydock under
lir>r own steam. This is Capt.
n.:a's second examination of the
D»!hi, the first being almost im
mediately after she was brought
:lwn here. He states that Alaska
i>ooare back of him in his ven
ture.
THK R'IKAMSHIP MARIPOSA
IS SLHiHTLY DAMAGED
K-uhikan, July 17—While pass
ing l'oint Harrington, in Clarence
Slrni:, yesterday morning, the Alas
ka Steamship company's "Mariposa"
southbound under command of Cxpt.
C'lm'es J. O'Brien, struck a rock
i id sustained slight damage.
The Mariposa came here, for ex
amination before proceeding south.
Tht United States charts 6ho.v
175 lathoms of water at the point
ivhero the 'rock which she struck 's
ccaud '
riMNSFERS REAL PROPERTY
FROM JULY 1ST, 1015
P. & A. R. & Nav. Co. to Ella
M:iv Yeomans, lots 7 and 8, block
7S, Twelfth street.
W. L. Green to Herman Grimm,
K li east % lot 11. block 6, Sixth
ivenut>.
John Kalem to Royal R. Pullen,
lo4 11, block 22, Seventh avenue.
M. E. & P. T. Keelar to J. Ikuta,
wvst lialf, lot 2 fraction 3, block
7, Sixth avenue.
Henvy Dickson and wife, to Rob
ert Eville south half, lot 11 and
12, block 66, Main Street.
Fruit Jars, Jelly
Glasses, Etc.
OUK STOCK IS COMPLETE.
We offer the following special
prices during canning season:
Mason Pints, 80c per dozen.
Mason Quarts. ?1,.00 per dozen.
Mason ]/s Gals. $1.25 per dozen.
Small Jelly Glasses, flat, 25c
per dozen.
Large Jelly Glasses, tall with
top, 60c per dozen.
Mason Jar Rubbers, heavy 10c
per dozen.
Mason Jar Tops, 25c per dozen.
Para wax, 15c per pound brick.
P. H. GANTY
EVACUATION OF WARSAW IS
BEING SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED
London, July 19—Late advices
are to the effect that the huge Ger
man movement announced a
few days ago has devel
oped Into sanguinary fighting
along the whole Teutonic
frontier from the Baltic Sea to
Bessarabia. For nearly a thous
and miles the Russian front is be
ing subjected to violent attacks and
the urc-bability of the evacuation of
Warsaw is being seriously discussed
The German advance is being con
centrated 011 Warsaw and Riga,
while the Austrians and Hungarians'
aru moving northward from the
Dneister rive'r.
The statement says the Germans
have left a trail of destruction be
hind them along the Baltic sea from
Ale uel to Libau, where villas, ho
tels, aud casinos are said to have
be"a destroyed with only one ex
ception, that being the Dalace of a
a ijlish nobleman whose cousin mar
ried an American woman. The Ger
mans said the palace was spared
as a tribute to the American rela
tive of its owner.
According to a statement made
today by Premier Hammarskjold of
Swed«a that country may enter the
war at an early date. It is also
said that Germany has dictated
terms to Rumania and is massing
soldiers on the Rumanian frontier
to emphasize and enforce her ulti
matum.
WKu 51,000 women parading the
city to offer their services to the
government askel Lloyd George for
a spe«.-ch on Saturday, the minister
sa;d il;e government proposed to
uti'i?e the services of every one
who was prepare ! to assist it.
He declared that England would
eventually win victory, hut that the
D'ng''ab people must realize the
grav.'ty of the situat:on in ord©r to
assurce full responsibility. He said
that i' meant sacrifices for all citi
zens regardless of rank or profes
sion. but that there never had been
anv ccubt as to the final outcome.
The minister dwelt at some length
upon the importance of the people
beini; aroused to the need of Eng
land bending ever* enrgy towards
trie battle for civilisation.
He was wildly cheered.
Berlin, July li»—'The Russians
are uow reported to be lu full re
treat toward th-2 Narew river, the
German attack having proved a com
plete surprise.
HIES PEOPLE
FIGRT1 EI
Haines, July 13—Haines has
heen threatened during the past
week by torest fires raging between
the town and where E. A. Adams
lives, which ' lias required hard
and steady work to keep it from
doing damage to tlie west end of
town. The commanding officer at
Fort William H. Seward kindly
loaned the use of hose and also
sent quite a number of soldiers over
to assist the town people in get
ting control of the fire. The citi
zens of Haines are grateful, and
deeply appreciate the kindness of
the soldier hoys In giving them
aid in the hour of need.
Knowing tho danger arising from
forest fir^s in Alaska, it seejms
strajige that people are not more
careful, a.-.d especially when every
thing is as dry as it is now and
has been for' the last month.
They do njt seem to realize that
they not onlv endanger their own
property \ if they have any) but
also that of other people as well
Almost every one knows that there
is a heavy oenalty for setting out
a forest fire, or letting a fire made
by them get away from their control,
and it might be a wise thing to
rigidly enforce this law, then may
be people would he more careful.
Tom Lahev is down from the La
bey & Handley fox 'ranch, and
reports everything moving along
smoothly in his neighborhood.
Sergeait Anderson, blacksmith at
Fort Seward, with his family, left
oil th» Humboldt for Port Town
send, Washington, to which place
h« has yeeu transferred. ' He and
his estimable wife leave a host of
friends both in Fort Seward and
ilaiiies, waose well wishes follow
them to their new home.
Miss Marie Anderson, a trained
nurse-, well known In * Skagway,
Juneau, Dowlas and Haines came
uo from Juneau on the Humboldt,
and is taxing a very much needed
rest. Jhe ' brought with her her
little niec«. Miss Esther Madsen,
daughter of Captain and Mrs. Pete
Madsen. They are occupying one
of Mr. Liud'uolm's cottages.
The Heat
Decides
That it's up to you to seek relief. You
can get it liere in abundance in these
Cool Union Suits
They're the loose fitting garments, in the
softest of fabrics, 'which assure the
greatest measure of comfort. The same
is true of our two-piece suits should you
prefer them.
Will Clayson
The Clothier