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No. 211 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1914
PRICE id CENTS
MBS K HI
fiiw a tints
l'»nv. Oct. 0—swngthnied by
the arrival of re-inforceuents the
l.fmuiiH are «*T*in gaining slightly
«• the allies at Mime points, but
• hat the tatter's linn have been
[Urrccyl by them anywhwe Is em
phatically denied.
A <<tn«ic German force is today
reported in the environ* of Lille.
The allies are said to be *««dUy
.■»d'-ancing toward Belgium in ort«
to *wist in the relief of Antwerp.
both germax wings ark
MOVING FORWARD SLOWLY
Berlin. Oct. ti—It is officially an
■MHinfnl ihat N«th German wings a)<
tinning forward slowly and in per
l«t oriler and are n<>w in the posi
• »«>n f'TiuwIj held by the French
left, hat no Kfnrea] battle has ma
lorialimL
IT IS FEARED THAT RKLGIAX
l !TY WILL sntKLY FALL
Antwerp. tKH. 0—The bombard
iihh by the Germans of the outer
ring of forts surrounding this city
-till continue* ami it is feared that
unless the l>r\tuiso! relief comes
»»m that the city will be forced to
< .-ipitnlate.
early rklikf of mussels
AND ANTWERP IS PREDICTED
Loml.m, Oct. t>— It is admitted
by the British war office today that
the i.etmans are again on the of
fensive, hut notwithstanding this
<h« early relief uf both Bru«cl*
»ml Antwerp is predicted.
GERMAN'S ARK ENTRENCHED
IX HI SSIAX TERRITORY
St_ I'etersbm g, Oct. ti—11 is i*e
poiied here today that the Germans
are «*ntr*nched on the Rujwian side
of the river Neimen, which they
were forced to cross by the Rus
.U«. who were pursuing them.
Official estimates place the num
ber of Germans who were killed,
wounded ami captured in the bat
tle* in Rmirian Mini at 70.01)0.
4 A I* SQVADROX CAPTVRKS
THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
Tokio. Oct. «—News was receiv
ed here today <* the capture of
Marshall Islands in Oceanica in
the South Sea, from the Germans.
The population of the islands is
about 15.000.
I.IKIT. GEN. VON MOL.TKB
18 DISMISSED BY RAISEII
London, Oct fl—According to ad
vice* just rtx-eived at the British
»Ar office in this city, Li^u', Gen.
: Von Moltke, chirf of the genet *1
staff of the German army, was to
day summarily dismissed by the
kaiser. It is said that the latter
wanted to send a large number >J
airships to attack England, but
that the former protested, which
*o enraged the Kaiser that he dis
luivsej \on Moltfce after a severe
1 reprimand.
j JACK DILLON GOT DECISION
LAST NIGHT OVER KLVNX
Kausaa City, Oct. 6—Jack Dil
lon, in ten fast rounds here hist
night with Jim Flynn, was awarded
the decision.
TEN MILLION DOLI.AK
GOLD DISTIJICT IN INNOKO
Valuable gold placers were dis- 1
covered in 1906 in the Innoko dis
trict, which lies between the low
er Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers in
Alaska. Two years Inter this region j
was first investigated by tlie U. S- !
Geological survey, and in 1911 and
1912 surveys in this field were ex- |
tended so that they now cover the !
more important part of the Ruby, :
Inioko, and Iditarod gold district*
A report has been recently is- i
sued by the Geological Survey, sum- '
marizing all these investigations, i
and this is illustrated ly both top-1
ographic and geologic maps. Tlte
results set forth clearly indicate j
tlia< these districts lie in an im
portant gold belt which has al- '
ready produced gold and silver to '
the value of nearly $10,000,000. The
region is now very inaccessible and j
operating costs have therefore been I
necessarily very high. For this I
reason but little attention has been j
paid to th« gold-bearing quartz veins
of the region, some of which give j
promise of having commercial jm- j
portance. When the district h:'s
been opened up by railroads and I
wagon roads some development of1
quartz veins will undoubtedly tak® ;
place, and the gold-bearing gravels 1
of lesser tenor can then be mine:)
at a profit.
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>WAR WILL NOT IITHE
PliAJfflC EXPOSITION
Japan Asks for More Exhibit Space
Plans Unchanged France Announces
•—Holland Increases Its Application
—Germany and Great Britain Will
Be Represented—It^ly Orders Work
on Building Rushed - Argentine In
creases Its Appropriation from
$1,250,000 to $1,750,000.
San Francisco, Special Corespon
denco:—Early in August in response
to inquiries from all parts of the
fclobe, the management °f the
Panama Pacific International Ex
position announced that the exposi
tion would not be postponed. The
development of events since that
time, in their relation to the exposi
tion, all tends to confirm the wis
dom of that original decision. Wheu
the decision was made no word had
been received from any European
nation as to what effect the Euro
pean war would have upon its
plans. lu the last 8i\ weeks, how
ever, it has become evident that
many European nations will be rep
resented at San.Francisco.
So rapid has been the progress in
the construction of the city of for
eign government pavilions and pa
laces to the we3t and south of the
i' Unce of Fine Arts during the first
mx weeks of the European war that
<.:ich of them api^ans to b« making
an extra effort to surpass its neigh
bors. Of the 40 foreign governments
wu.ch have committed themselves
to participate, not one has with
drawn. On the ocntrary many have
applied for more exhibit space and
some have greatly increased therr
appropriations. Spain, France, Italy
Holland, Japan, China, Sweden, and
other nations in the war zone have
officially notified the exposition
thit they will proceed with their
building or exhibits despite the war.
The beautiful pavilion of Sweden,
Bo'ivia, the Philippine Islands and
Cuba are from SO to 90 per cent
completed. Those of Honduras
and Canada—the latter a huge
structure to be filled wholly with
displays from Canada and moving
pk' ure halls—arc finished. The
German Kali syndicate building,
constructed in part by the German
government, is more than half fin
ished, as is the Holland pavilion,
which is set in a large garden.
The huge Chines© building, as well
as the two mosque-like buildings of
the Ottoman Empire, are nearly
half completed. The three govern
nien buildings of Japan, to be set
in a four acre garden, are being
built iu Japan, to be sent "knocked
down" and erected between the pa
laces of Cuba, Denmark and France,
one of them being an ancient tem
ple. Australia and New Zealand
are rushing their buildings, which
are over 25 per cent completed.
The Chilian and Peruvian buildings
will flank that of New Zealand,
while Italy, Brazil and Argentina
ssrround Turkey on throe Bides.
Within ten days after the war
broke out Holland had increased its
appropriation from $100,000 to
$400,000 and ordered that con
struction be rushed upon t'he great
Netherlands pavilion, immediately
adjoining the Palace of Fin© Arts.
The Persian display has been as
sembled at Teheran and is ready
for shipment, Spain, which had
not decided to participate officially
before the war has Bince voted an
Initial fund, $100,000, for participa
tion.
England, Germany and Austria
will be represented by individual ex
hibitors or by associations of ex
hibitors. Norway is proceeding ac
tively with her plans and Denmark
broke ground for her pavilion th
first week in September. The Ar
gentine Republic, in view of the
uew trade alignments between the
American continents, has increased
its appropriation from $1,250,000 to
$1,750,000; Italy has ordered con
struction rushed upon her great
pavilion. Since the war broke out
important republicans in France
have written the exposition for il
lustrations and data.
The Grand Duchy of Luxembur
despite the war has prepared and
shipped a marvelous exhibit of un
named roses to compete for the
$1,000 prize for the Panama Pacific
International Exposition Rose. The
Netherlands for its great govern
ment horticultural exhibit has asked
for and has been granted 52,000
souare feet of space and the plants
are being assembled in seven dif
ferent cities in Holland under the
supervision of government experts.
Japan tas asked for 8,000 addition
al square feet of exhibit space for
her horticultural exhibit, making al
together in the competitive horti
cultural exhibit a total of 12,000
square feet This in addition to
a four acre garden. Japan will be
represented upon a vast acale in all
the exhibit palaces. Cuba has ask
ed for additional spaca and is mak
ing elaborate arrangements for her
$250,000 display.
France cabled that her plans are
unchanged. Aside from the action
of the French Exposition Commis
sion the Athletic Department of the
exposition has received word from
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At 1:30 o'clock this afternoon the
body; o£ Tom Oka, a Japanese cook,
wae discovered in the toilet of the
Commercial cafe at Whiteborsc lying
In a pool of blood, which had flow
ed from two frightful wounds that
he had inflicted upon himself, with
either a sharp knife or a razor, one
across his throat, almost severing
the head from the body, and the j
other downward across the abdo
j men, by which he was dlMmbowel
ed.
So far as we cao learn he had
been employed at the Commercial
cafe as cook, bat no c&usq tor the
rash act Is known.
Oka was at one time employ**!
by the W. P. & Y. R. company i*
cook at the Bennett eMlng bouse,
and Is well known by many people
both here and along the line of the
railroad between Sk*gw&y And
Whitehorse.
France that there will be a repres
entation in the athletic events.
Undoubtedly some of the entries
on the athletic sports program will
not be made, and some of the art
treasures intended for the Palace
of Fine Arts will not be ahown at
San Francisco because of the war,
but not by any means the majority
or the most important of them, and
There are many factors in the sit
uation which will more than compen
sate for these losses
Since the war broke out there has
been a very sharp increase in the
lemand for exhibit space from the
manufacturers of the United States,
South America and the European
nations not at war.
While there is now no doubt that
x any European naJ'o.is will be rep
resented at the exposition, it is ap
parent that in addition, there will
ju an unprecedented representation
trom South America and the Orient
is well as from CentiU Anerica.
The exposition has become very
mportant in an extraordinary
aconomic situation Manufacturers
md exhibitors from South America
in J the Orient are preparing
'or a liberal representation. Cochin
China, Indo China and S'am, the
Philippines and many of the states
3f India and South Africa are be
ginning their preparations
In regard to attendance traffic
managers are of the opinion that
;he European war is likely to in
;iease travel to California in 1915,
ratner than to reduce it
CHARLES PEABODY NAMED AS
DIRECTOR OF RESERVE BAXK
Seattle, Oct. 6—Charles E. Pea
body, first presiden). of the Alaska
Steamship Co., from which position
be resigned some time ago, and who
;s now one of the principal stock
holders in the Puget Sound and In
land Navigation Co., was today ap
pointed by President Wilson as a
dirfctor of the San Francisco feder
al reserve bank
THE SILVER horde
ARE IN THE BAY
I These are the days of delist for
the Skagway lovers of salmon ftot
ing, for "the salmon are in tba bay-"
Following the run of herring,
which may be seen from any of the
wharves in counties^ numbers, tha
salmon came up into the bay, <uid
, "fishin* la bully" for they take the
spoon and when they strike
the fight is on. The gamey
fish run in weight from
IS to 52 pounds each, and
! yesterday Tom Running, who de
lights in all kinds of out door sport,
especially hunting and fishing, made
the biggest catch, haying brought
to town several beauties. Some
were caught but a short distsace
I "rom the wharf, while otheru were
J taken farther out In 'the bay. Dur
ing a great part of the day it waa
ideal weather for the sport, but lat
er in the afternoon the weather
j changed and a strong wind drove the
sportsmen to shore. Today many
parties started out, well equipped
I with salmon gear, and it is aafe
| to say that by night the price of
! fresh salmon will be hammered
j down considerably by the overstock
ing of the market.
It is not at all improbabie that
Skagway people may have an op
portunity of eating whale blubber
and fresh whale flank steaks, as
Cantain Louis Larsen, together with
Victor LeRoy Sparks Started out
with gear, and stated that they
were going after the Skagway
school of whales, claiming that
they were going to Dyea after one
! o£ Ernie Richter's spring porkers,
I with which they intended to bait a®
; anchor, and troll for the "big
The Princegs Hay ■will be in to
j morrow morning at 8 o'clock with
: f>ight passengers and 114 tons ot
| freight.
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
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A New Stock—Something We Have Never
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WILL CLAYSON—Clothier