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No. 203 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
London, Oct. 9—The advance
guard of the Teutonic army of in
vasion iuto Servia, which crossed
the Danube yesterday at Belgrade,
has been partly destroyed and the
greater part of those who were
left captured, according to advices
received here this morning, and the
wing that entered Servia across
tho riveT Save has also met with
enormous losses.
The landing of British and
Fre««-li troops at Salonifcl b still
steadily proceeding despite the- re
cent change in the Greek govern
ment.
Amsterdam, Oct. 9—It is re
ported that the Kaiser will short
ly leavtj for Servia to supervise
I military operations there la the
I German drive for Constamtinoplo.
| Paris, Oct. 9—General Von Mac
: kenseu will hay© to be heayily re
jiuforced, according to advices just
received in this city, before htj can
' continue hi3 advance in the Ser
vian. 'evasion.
Athens, Oct. 9—Bulgarian cav
alry is reported to be massing at
Kutseadil for an invasion of Ser
via.
London, Oct. 9—Although there
has been no .formal declaration of
■waT between Bulgaria and Servia,
within the past twenty fouT hours i
quadruple entente diplomats have
been leaving their poets in the for
mer country.
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IN THE WEST
Paris, Oct. 9—The Germans are
reported to be again losing ground j
to the allies 'n the vicinity of Loos.
Petrograd. Oct. 8—Fierce fight
ing continues between the Russians
and Teutons m ai Dvinsk.
is GATHERING DATA FOR
VITAL STATISTIC REPORT
Edward P. Kendall, chief drafts
man in the office of Chas. E. Dav
idson, U. S. Surveyor general and
secretary Alaska, at Juneau,
reached Skagway yesterday on the
Do »hin after having visited Ketchi
kan, Wrangell, Petersburg and
Haines gathering data for the vi
tal statistics report of the secretary
for those places prior to 1913, at
which time the present law in t©
gard thereto went into force and
has proved quite effective. His
wo»k consists in compiling a record
of the births, marriages and deaths
that occurred in the ireritory prior i
to the year above mentioned.
Since 1913 the records sent in
to the territorial secretary's office
by the U. S. commissioners have
been pretty complete and the record
of t'.ose events bafore 1913 have j
teen furnished by Town Clerk Dan
McKay, and are also fairly; com
plete.
The marriage department shows
there were 250 weddings in Skag
way prior to 1913 and 249 at
Ketchikan. From the old Tecords
at the Presbyterian mission at
Haines it Is shown that there have
bee a 116 marriages between na
tive born men and women there.
Mr. Kendall expects to leave on
his return to Juneau on the City
of Seattle tomorrow.
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF
SCIENCE IS BENEFITTED j
Whitehorse Star, Oct. 8: l>r. L. I
Slmson and Chas. Baxter, the latter
professional hunter's guide, arrived
in town by way of Kluane Tues
day afternoon after spending ten
weeks lu the wilds of Alaska and '
Yukon la quest of big game, Dr.
Simson having a special permit
fro.n «ne Alaska government to se
cure trophies for the Academy of
Science cf San Francisco.
Guide Baxter left here in June,
meeting Dr. Simson at McCarty, Al- j
aska, from which point they pone- |
trated the game preserves of the j
territory, later crossing the line j
into Yukon. In all they secured j
about forty fine specimens includ
ing moose, caribou, mountain sheep
and b^ar. They had a number of
men and horses in their outfit.
Although a native of California,
Dr. Simson spent 23 years of his
life in 3outh Africa and is one of i
the authorities of the world on j
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TRAIN ROBBERS
IKE BIG HAUL
Cincinatti, Oct 9—Not less than
one hundred thousand dollars and
maybs ten millions of loot was se
cured by bandits who robbed a
Baltimore & Obio train at Central.
The loot taken contained a shlp
m nt of money from the United
States treasury. The amount has
not been giwn out, although it is
thought to bo large.
Posses are now hunting for the
robbers.
Washington, Oct. 9—There were
a million dollars In negotiable
notes found on the Baltimore &
Ohio train which a party of bandits
looted today, that they had over
lookeiJ.
ALASKA COAL
ON HE!
Seward Gateway: On the arrival
of the Evans from the westward
she will have aboard a cargo of
one hundred tons of coal from the
Hubert mines at Seldo-via for A. G.
de Sherbinin, who will have the
honor of being the first man to
place Alaska coal on the local
market. The price of the coal here
will be eleven dollp-rs a ton. Coal
front the same mine has been on
sala far some time in Anchorage
and the Engineering commission has
used it in preference to outside coal.
Tho coal coming on the Evans is
taken from a depth of three hun
dred feet and is free from all the
ilrawoacks of the coal nearer the
surface. The coming cargo marks
a new «ra in Alaska conditions.
RICH SHE
IS JUMPED
Juneau Empire: There is a ru
mor about town that a rich strike
has bieu made In the Berner's
Bay district, and though no abso
lute verification of the report has
been received, it is believed that
several well known Juneauites are
Interested in the find.
About two weeks ago the gas
boat Lillian departed quietly with
Harry Fisher, J. C. McBride, H. T.
Tripp and H. B. Shepard aboard,
and without a word of explanation
slipped down the channel. A few
days later M'r. McBride and Mr.
Shepard returned and still no ex
planation was forthcoming. Yester
day Tom Cole Joined the party,
who were In Sitka today. And al
though cable messages have been
received by several parties in town
from Mr. Fisher and Mr. Tripp, no
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Seattle, Oct. 9—In the second
game of the world's serlea today
Boston, made one run in the first
innings and one In the ninth; ten
hits, no errors; Foster and Thomas,
battery. The Phillies made one
run in the fifth Innings; three hits
and one error; Mayer and Bums
•battery.
San Francisco, Oct. 9—It was
announced In this city today that
Burns, the catcher of the Phillies,
will wed Violet Laporte of Monterey,
this state, at the end of the world's
series.
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Paris, Oct. 9—Minister of War
Willerand today Inspected the
large new war fleet of French aero
planes and pronounced them to be
good.
BULGARIANS INTERNED
BY THE CANADIANS NOW
Ottawa, Oct. 9—It was announced
hers this morning that hereafter no
Bulgarians will be allowed to leave
Canada until the termination of
the present European war.
PRESIDENT "BLOWS"
HIMSELF FOR "SPARK"
New York, Oct 9—A magnificent
solitaire diamond ring was noticed
on the finger of Mrs. Norman Gait,
President Wilson's fiance, today,
which is presumed to have been
placed ther« by the latter. This
afternoon, the weather ibeing ideal,
President Wilson and Mrs. Gait
attended the second game of the
world's series of baseball between
the Phillies and Red Sox.
RECEIPTS INCREASE IN
OFFICE OF TREASURER
Juneau, Oct. 7: Figures compiled
in the office of the territorial treas
urer recently, show that the total
receipts of the treasurer's office
for the quarter just ended, amount
to $28,045.03 as compared with a
total for the previous quarter of
$17,350.72. The marked increase
is due to the fact that it was with
in the last quarter the new license
law became effective.
MEDICAL EXAMINATION
STARTED THIS MORNING
Juneau Empire, Oct. 7: Begin
ning the Work Of examining into
the health of the first grade stu
dents, Dr. W. E. Pallister has so
far reported upon five students of
the beginning class. The children
are taken to Dir. Pallister's office by
teachers and are accompanied by
their parents. It is expected that
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INTERESTING EVENTS GF THE DAY
IN MM AND VICINITY
The Northweetsern left for the
westward at 10:10 p. m. yesterday.
Agent F. F. W. Lowle of th^ C.
P. R. left this morning on au of
ficial visit to Afclln.
Mrs. Weldon H. Warren antici
pates leaving lor the outside on a
short visit at an early date.
H. Marie Emerllng of Dawson,
was an outgoing passenger on the
Alameda yesterday afternoon.
Wm. G. Sirench, United States
immigration inspector at Ketchikan,
is in Skagway on a short visit.
Mrs. Kaherine Boundy, housekeep
er at tHe Occidental hotel In Daw
son, left for Seattle on the Ala
meda.
D. .C. Nelson, a former employe
of the W. P. & Y. R., left for Cor
dova last night on tha North
western.
Wm. Anderson, a wincliman of th#
Yukon Gold Co. at Dawson, was an
outgoing passenger on the Alameda
yesterday.
A Crede Bonebrake, pharmacist
at Keller Bros, drug Btore, -went
over to Log Cabin on this morning's
traiu ou a short outing trip.
Tho Dolphin, which left Skagway
for the south at 4:30 a, m. yester
day, took from here one passen
ger for Seattle and five for Juneau.
Elsa Redpath, Mrs. LeRoy Brew
ster and Miss M. B. Trout were the J
only passengers to arrive in Skag
way on ther Northwestern, yester-1
day.
At the hour of going to press to
day, the condition of Mr. Henry J.
Lynch is reported by Dr. Gable, the
attending physician, to be slightly |
Improved.
Eddy Barry, engineer on the
helper of the W. P. & Y. R. be
tween here and Summit, left for a
round trip to Anchorage; on the
Northwestern last night.
At the Popular Picture palace
Sunday and Monday nights will be
given a three reel Warner feature
entitled "On the Fighting Line," a
stirring story of the Civil War,
with Geue Gauntier in a captivating
role.
The Northwestern on her next '
voyage to the westward, upon which
she will leave Seattle on Oct. 18th
for Skagway and on Oct. 22d from
hers to the westward, will go as
far as Anchorage, the vessel'a usu
al run being only aa tax west as
Seward.
The City of Seattle left Ketchi
kan at 3 p. m. yesterday, but as
she will likely have several can
nery callg to make between here
and there the time of her arrival in
Skagway la not definitely known.
She haB five passengers and 37
tone of freight for this port.
The Alameda, which came in
from the westward yesterday after
noon about two o'clock and sailed
south two hours later, took out
17 passengers from Skagway of
whom seven were first elites for
Seattle, two second class for Tacoma
and six first and two second class
for Juneau. .... .
Ia order to provide a place where
the members of the order may pasa
a tew hours in pleasant and harm
less amusement on Sunday, Skag
way Aerie No. 25, F. 0. E., ha« de
cided to throw open its social hall
an1 reading room on the first day
of each week from one o'clock p.
m. until an hour not yet designat
ed in the evening.
Geo. Kennedy, manager of the
Cordova branch of the Will Clay
son mercantile establishment, and
deputy collector of U. S. customs
there, came in on the Alameda
yc«'«rday and will visit in Skag
way a few days with his brother
James and family before going to
Juneau to see his mother and the
rest of the family.
The regular northbound train be
tween here and Whltehorse did
not leave until 11:30 a. m. and
the southbound train did not leave
Whltehorse until 2:30 D. m. and
will not reach here until about t
o'clock tonight. President El
liott of the W. P. & Y. R., and the
party of officials of the company
with him, will be on board the
southbound train.
Froia the big gravel dump piled
in tho center of the street In front
of the Dally Alaskan office today,
an uninformed stranger might have
thought Skagway on the eve °f de
veloping into a placer camp. It
would have been a wrong Inpre®
sion, however, as the torn up ap
pearance was caused by Street
Supt. Frank Page and Capt. M. Sun
deen, who were looking for a leak
in the town water main.
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