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No. 197 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1915 PRICK 10 CENTS
ALONG EUROPEAN 6ATTLEFR0NT
WHERE BLOOD FLOWS LIKE WATER
Rom*, Oct, 2—Advice® have just
been received that Servia has of
fered Greece several large districts
ia Macedonia in exchange for the
latter's participation in an expedi
tion of the allies against Bulgaria
Several clashes between the Servians
and Bulgarians alon^ the frontier
have already been reported. _ .
Paris, Oct. 2—The allies have
taken military measures to defend
Servia and Greece against Bulgaria
and will iuvade the latter in case
of war.
The Prince of Wales is reported
to have narrowly escaped death at
the battle of Loos, when he
stepped Iron) the auto in which he
was riding to watch the progress of
the battle from a better position,
and a shell blew the auto and chaf
feur into small pieces.
-Milan, Oct. 2—Bulgaria is mo
bilizing all men up to iifty eight
years cf age.
London, Oct. 2—Within a fort-1
night, ,it is rumored, Bulgaria will
JUu the Teutonic allies in an at
tempt to cut a vray through the j
Balkans, the Teutons to attack on
the western and northern frontiers
while the Bulgarians will take the
east. ! . iJit
Three hundred thousand meu is
estimated to be the total loss on ,
both sides la the allies smash of1
the Germans In the West. The
French are bearing the brunt of the
fighting at Champagne and haye
captured many gun.9. French air
men are continually dropping bombs
on the Germans.
France Intends that her present
great offensive movement against
the Germans on tho Western front
shall be driven home and says it
is now only begun. She lacked
all kinds otf war material before
but -is now amply supplied with
everything and the weather is al
so favorable for carrying out her
plans. The' French Jhave made
slight gains at La basse au<l Cham
pagne. King George today cabled
his congratulations to President
Polncairo and General Joffre on
the bright outlook.
The morning papers in this city
deprecate as unpatriotic any invest
ment by British financiers in the
Anglo-French loan.
General Kuropatkin has been ap
pointed chief of the Russian grena
ller corps.
Amsterdam, Oct. 2—Cholera is re
ported to be raging In Galicia.
Berlin, Oct. 2—Turkish shore
jatteries today sunk an allied tor
pedo boat near Kerevigedire.
London, Oct. 2—The Germans are
•eported to be making progress in
>oth the Dvinsk and Volhynia, while
:he Russians are holding their own
jii most other parts of the battle
ina.
WILL MANDAMUS
II GOVERNOR
Juneau, Sept. 2—The Eagle Riv- j
cr school hoard hired an attorney
and threatened to mandamus Gov
ernor Strong for maintaing schools j
nine months in the year when the
law provides for only iive months, !
unless funds were forthcoming for j
th« Eagle River school, which had j
been notified there was no money
la the Nelson fund.
Governor Strong, however, has i
Informed the -,Eagla River school I
hoard that'he has enough funds to
provide a term of school there
as well as for two other districts
recently created.
THE LOCAL VT. C. X. U.
HOLDS ANNUAL ELECTION
The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union met Tuesday afternoon
in the annex of the Presbyterian
church, at which the ninth annual
election of officers was held r©
suiting as follows:
President, Mrs. Grace M. Zinkan.
Vice-Presidents, Jlrs. Elizabeth
Hlanchard, Mrs. Rachel Conway.
Secretary, Mrs. Lucy Johnson.
Cor. Secretary, Mrs. Ethel John
ston.
Treasurer, Mrs. Elizabeth Harri
son.
Press Supt., Mrs. Jennie W. Pratt.
Delegate to National W. C. T.
U. convention, Mr*. Francis Peder
Ben.
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GABLE NEWS OF THE WORLD
I0LD III BRIEF PARAGRAPHS
"Washington, D. C., Oct 1 — The
Grand Army of the Republic today
selected Kansas City, Mo., as its
next meeting place. Ellas Mon
fort was elected Commander
In chief.
Advices state that the British
claim to have sunk fifty German
submarines since the war begun.
President Wilson laid the corner
stone of the Arlington memorial
amphitheare today.
The administration, it was an
nounced today, -will ask lor the re
call of Capt. Vonpapen, attache of
the German embassy here, unless
he volunarily withdraws.
New York, Oct. 2—Morgan an
nounces that one single subscrip
tion of $30,000,000 for the Anglo
French loan had beeu received from
one of the wealthiest men in Ameri
ca. The Guggenhaims have taken
$5,000,000 of the loan.
Six hundred saloons quit busi
ness here today owing to the in
crease in license of $300 annually
and to the moving picture houses,
which are hurting the trade of the
retail liquor dealers.
The World's baseball fterles be
gins la Philadelphia next Friday.
San Francisco, Oct. 2—A letter
wai received in this city thia morn
ing Btating that Dr. Cook, the Arc
tic explorer, bad been Jailed at
Rangoon, Burmah, British India,
as a German spy but bad finally es
tablished lils identity and been re
leased.
Watertown, N. Y., Oct. 2—Secre
tary of State Robert Lansing, has
ended his vacation trip and left for
Wnshin,-ton City this morning. He
will atop over in Now York and con
fer y/lth German Ambassador Ber«i
storff.
Boston, Oct. 2—The Bull Moosers
will be a political factor In the
coming elections in this state, but
will, however, support republicans
if they can secure concessions in
the platform of that party.
Seward, Oct. 2—The stern wheel
er Tyconda was burned at Anchor
age today.
U. W. Betst, clerk in tho Quar
termaster's department at Ft. W.
II. Seward, wa« a Skagway visitor
today.
Juneau, Oct. 2—Spokane and
Portland, Or., mining and profes
sional men, headed by R. E. M.
Aldrich, cousin to Senator Aldrich,
R. W. Turner and C. Z. Hubbell
have formed a company to open up
the copper properties oil William
Henry Bay, between' Juneau and
Skagway. They will leave here with
men for development work on the
nest sailing of the steamer Geor
gia for Skagway.
HALL TONIGHT
The opening of the A. 'B. social
season tonight, by the initial dance,
is looked forward to t>y everyone In
Skagway with keen anticipation.
The music will ])e the test ob
tainable and that Is saying a good
deal. The hall itself haa >een
specially prepared and the floor,
which is considered one of the beat
for dancing of any in town (will
bo found to be in better condition
than ever before.
The Arctlo Brotherhood is
peculiarly Skagway's own organiza
tion, having been founded here
when Skagway was a young town
and baa for nearly a tecore of
yearn been the center of its social
life.
Wh.vher you are a "Sourdough"
or 'Cbechako" you will >e welcome.
Henry Brie, president of the Brie
Drug Co.. of Douglas, Alaska, and
interested in business in Haines,
came up on the Jefferson this morn
ing from the latter place.
The Dally Alaskan waa honored
this afternoon by a visit from three
charming ladles from Haines, Mrs.
Harold M. Craig, of Ft. W. H. Se
ward, Miss Mama Reagh, superin
tendent of nunsee iu tha Presbyter
ian hospital at Halnea and Ml®
Florence Garaide, a uuree in train
ing at the same Institution. This
was Miss Reagh's first trip to the
Gateway city and after a visit to
a few of the beautiful flower gar
dens around town, which still re
tain enough of their mid-summer
loveliness to give a slight idea of
what they have been, Bhe confessed
sha had missed a good deal by not
coming Booner.
In writing to her mother from
Seattle Miss Verna Mulvihlll sends
tho first information that has been
received In Skagway of the death
in Washington City, D. C., about
two weeks ago, of Ray Frost, a
young man who was employed In tha
summer of 1914 in the office of
General Agent F. B. Wurzbacher
or the W. P. & Y. R. as steno
grapher. Mr. Frost while here was
a popular member of the com
munity and very highly es
teemed by all who knew him. He
was an all-round athlete and " one
of tha star players on the W. P.
baseball team. He was In a hos
pital about a month previous to his
death.
High Grade
Bulk Chocolates
Just received another shipment of best
quality chocolates
Victorian and Societe
Hard—Soft—Nut Tops and Nut Center
Sold at 50c per lb.!
We have built up a large candy trade by serving
our patrons with only fresh goods of the
very highest grade.
P. H. GANTY
SECURE LIMIT OF BIG GAME
ON TRIP TO HEAD OF DVJEK
Dr. aad Mrs. R. Allen Griffith of
Chicago, who had been on * big
game hunt in the Donjek river cou«
try returned to Skagwajr oa Thurs
day and left on their return iiome
on the Princess Alice Thursday \
night.
They came from Chicago to th< ,
coast at Prince Rupert in a
through compartment car and. from
there to Skagway on the Prince* j
Alice, reaching here on August 4th
and leaving for Whitehorse on th« J
7th, spending tne following yoek
there with General Manager W. D. (
Greenough of the Atla« Mining Co.
and his family at the Pusblo mine
On August 14th, a party com
posed of Dr. and Mm. Griffith, J.
J. Chambers, of Skagway, Louis
Belney and Roderick Thomas of
Whitehorse left by stage for Sil
ver, at the southeast end oi Kluane
Lake, where they crossed over tbfl
mouth of Sllma river and hunted
a&out tke k*ad-rat«m oI lb* Dow
J«h a*d Geaerlc Tirei*.
Dr. ud Ur». Griffith while t»
Bkagway Traltlmar for th« PHimM
A lie a to Mil bUUkI to a ropree««ta
tlT« of tho Dally Alaaka* that the/
had had the irMtwt apart of their
livea while apaeat la the t»t«rior,
beelde* uaderoln® tnaajr cxdfl*«
eocperleaceg la orotfllag d«® . a*d
ewlf# moutalB streams and la
ellmbfae #T«r rtitfjfed and 5r«l^tt'
out m»uat*la0.
Dr. sad Urn. Giffith were U
Rkagiray four years ago and at tkat
Mme commenced to lay plaag foy
their trip thlg eummer. They got
the limit allowed by law Of tit
game exeept grizzlies, the forme*
Ufltag .80 Nerwtea, .251 Kewto* e«d
IT. 8. Army rlfleg wktl« tHa IaU»r
had a .2(6 Newton.
They will retnra Bast rla Pri*®
Rnpert, at whiea lattw ptoiat t&ej
will tAke a eompfcrtmaat *a J C*e
Qraad Tromk Faeifla (or CVea®*.
The Basketball enthusiasts are
now being treated to soma of tie j
finest exhibitions oX the game that
have ever been played la Skagway.
Last evening two teams ot the
young ladies played two lively
halves, and to those who have boon
follow inn these gam en thorn Is now
a decided Improvement la their style
o' play.
The boys are •ortainly playing a
very strong game, and aside from
a few minor offences, which can
more or less be laid to the size ot
the gym, cramping the effort# 1*
the direotlon of an open passlag
game ad' which leads to aa ooca
si oral major offence, their play is
to'erablv free from roughue*. The
committee who "have the handling of
athletic events at th«gym are plan
ning the giving of individual prizes
to a team winning lu a series of
games which are to be firrajiged
shortly.
:
Agent E. J. Shaw of the Alaska
Steamship Co., informs us that th«
Dolphin upon her arrival hero on
Oct. 20th, will have completed the
first half of her last voyage to
Sfcagway for ts* |r«it nuot. T*fl
big ocean lfnara of til* wapm
ruaelag to tke weetwnrtf w»U t*
elade Bkngrray; tn thefr lfrt «( t»rM
ef call until Boaa«tlsa« toward tke
middle tf NoTCabor.
N. O. Frlee, u iuura&c* adjust
er, arrlred on the Jefferson tiH
meraf/ig. He 1c e» hie way to th*
laterfot to investigate la to loMee
of cordvroed by flrg laet summer. .
G«orge Mathewe aad Jobs Wllkefl
were *rreeted last evening sfcwtlj
alter aeve* o'elock by Nlghtwa-tek
tnan Geo, Carson for being drunk
and dl»oi*darly and dirtuifclng tie
Pkk« and placed la tha to**
until til# morning at S o'clock,
when they were taken keforq Police
Magistrate Martin Conway end
fined IU «Kd ceetm, -wrltk the al
ternatlT* ef SO days la Jail'.
At 11: SO Uet night an alarm at
fir* won tamed fn from tke horns eg
Urn r»««i> at Vtntb »tr*et, betw««
Headway and State. and *"
pcomytly r«Bj>OBii«d to by the ftlrag
way yolttsteer Fire department b°7«
with s ehemlcnl, but on their ar
rlral at the neene of the bla«e II
wan found their aerrlceB w«r« not
required. The fire had started in
a lot of hay and rubbish U a
woodshed at tke back of tke bonne
and la vnitpoeed to have been eau*ed
from spontaneous eombuetlon, an
lire. Feero bad been absent freai
awne ell day and there had b«e*
no fire en the pramiceta from wfcteh
the tiara fcould have BtarWd. .: t
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The Clothier