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So. 247 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
SKACtWAY ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1914
PRIGE 10 CENTS
London, Nov. 1"—In the house
of oonnmuu last night grants were
made fur a \ ar credit of J» 1
tMH) anil uthoriMUim given the
*v»r department for the raising of
an additional 1,000,000 men.
(.KKM.W CROWN PRINCE
SKRIOI'SLy WOl'-NDKD
(irurvti, Nov. 17—The (<enuan
frown ITinee Frederick William is
re|>orted lo l>e in the ht«pltal suf
fering from a severe wound that
lie received in one of tile recent
1-ittle in which he was engaged.
TRAITOROI'S CANADIAN'S ARK
« iivr(;kd with hi<;h treason'
Niagara Kails, Nov. 17—J**sesph
Siiyiler and his two sons, all t ana
■ |ians. were placed under arrest here
today charged by the Canadian au
thorities with high treason for at
tempting to take Austrian reset- J
vists across the Is'rder to 'he (
\tiH*rirati si«lt\
\t) TRACK OK SURVIVORS
i>K THK BKITISH CRUISERS
Volpitniba, Nov. 1"—The relief
vi w|< that \\ ere sent from this
iK n to look for survivors. from
i l»e British cruisei* that were
li -a «ff the Chilean coast in iin en
^jujement with German warships a
lew ays ago, have returned and re
|w:rt having fouinl no trac< of any
< f th»-se on board.
THK PRINCE OF WALES
■STARTS FOR THE FRONT
London, Nov. 1"—The Prince of
Walt's left this city ttHiay for
i tie zone of fighting across the
Knglish Channel.
\ dispatch received from Venice
Plus muruing says that Cracow is
hunting :uk1 the inhabitants are
fleeing in a panic to places of
safety.
THK CRUISKR GLASGOW
IS IN RIO JANKRIO
Rio .lanerio, Nov. 17—The British
cruiser Glasgow, plainly showing
the damage she had received in her
encounter with German warships
off the Chilean coast last Sunday,
arrived in this port this morning.
fikrce ARTILLERY DUEL
IS NOW BEING WAGED
Paris, Nov. IT—A fierce artillery
duel is now sj*-ing on at Nieuport,
through l>L\munile to Ypres.
GRAVE «'/2 PEET WIDE
AND POUR MILES 1A>NG
Amsterdam, Nov. 17—It it report
e<l that 40,000 A»»trians who wqre
killed in the recent European bai
lies have been buried in a single
grave six and a half feet wide iind
nearly four mile» long
RUSSIAN SQUADRON IS
STEERING SOUTHWEST
Copenhagen, Nov. 1"—The Rus
sian squadron left HHslugfurs this
morning and is steering hi a south
westerly direction.
WILL LIKELY MAKE PEACE
OVERTURES INDEPENDENTLY
London. Nov. 17—It is announced
here that Austria is likely to make
peace overtures to Russia liidejiend
ently of Germany.
The Germans are reportetl to be
engaged in a des;>erate effort to di
vert the Russiau advance from East
I'russia.
MANY ENGLISH KILLED
RY TURKS NEAR FAO
Constantinople, Nov. 17—The
English residents near Fao have
been attacked by the Turks ^nd it
is reported that more titan a thous
and of the former were killed.
AMERICAN CRUISER PIT
STOP TO ILL TREATMENT
Athens, Nov. 1"—The American
cruiser Tennessee arrived in A uria,
Turkey. this morning and will Put
a slop to thb ill-treatment by the
Turks or British, French awl Rus
sian subjects. The authorities t.f
Siuyna, ftwing a bombardment,
have fle«l to the interior.
WASHINGTON" ADM1NISTR AT I < >N
AWAITING MORE WILLINGNESS
Washington, Nov. 17—The admin
istration is awaiting until moro of
the Mexican belligerents indicate a
willingness for peace negotiations.
It is expected that General Carranza
■will be at Savannah within a fort
night.
popular picture PALACE
WILL NOT BE OPEN TONIGHT
Owing to the Mary Beruhofer
concert tonight the Popular Picture
Palaco -will remain closed until to
morrow, according to information
furnished u» this afternoon b>
Manager George Mowl.
The Best Always the Cheapet
We Keep the Best,
AMERICAN GENTLEMAN'
and CROSSETT SHOES ft"
men.
AMERICAN LADY Shoes for
Ladies and Misses.
PLA-MATE, SECURITY and
PLA-DAY Shoes for the
Kiddies.
MAKES UFE'S WALK EASY*
TRADE. MARK. *
H. J. LYNCH
! THE RED CROSS BENEFIT
WAS A GREAT SUCCESS
I The benefit performance at the
Popular Picture Palace last night in
aid of the American branch of the
Red Cross society must have struck
i a responsive chord In the breasts of
a large portion of the community of
Skagway for by the time the openirg
was at hand the house was crowded
to its capacity and almost every
available foot of standing room was
' occupied.
The motion picture part of the
program was opeued with a portray
i ai of the almost idealistic peace
1 ;uid happiness that prevailed in the
humble home of "'Ostler Joe" un
til a passing stranger, attracted by
the beauty and innocence of the
young wife, set himself the task of
winning her from her wifely alliag
ance, in which dastardly work,
he succeeded only too well. All
l through the time of his sbr.me and
■ misery and his sorrow at the death
| of Little Joe, the nobility of char
acter of "'Ostler Joe" sublimely
'stood forth, but never more so
[than when he read in a London pa
' per of his wife lying sick, desti
| tine and dying in one of the city'3
tenements and without hesitation
or remembrance of his grievous
wrongs hastened to her bedside to
soothe by his presence and admin
ister to 'he needs of the ej
I ring one.
The quartette, consisting of Miss
Miller, Mrs. H. G. Kirmse and
j Messrs. Cleon Ask and Hugh P.
Gallagher, rendered a beautiful sei-.
ection, for which they were heartl
jlv encored and gave a response.
"The Grey Sentinel," a motion
picture story of the American Re
bellion, was an excellent and life
i like exhibition.
A vocal solo by Mrs. H. G. Kirm
se is deserving of special mention,
her beautiful arid cultivated voice,
■filling the hall with melody, was
i listened to with rapt attention. Mrs.
! Kirmse was also encored and very
I gracefully responded.
"Taking Care of the Baby" -and
"Mary's Goat" were two motion
Picture comedy features which were
well received by the audience.
The orchestral selections by
Messrs. Selmer, Ganty and Blawh
ard and the piano accouipaniement
to the vocal numbers by Mr. Wei
don Warren, were all roest. excel
lently rendered.
I
CARD OF THANKS
■ Daily Alaskan,
; Dear Sir:—
I wish to extend my thanks and
appreciation of your kindness and
{help In getting up tlie benefit for
| the Red Cross, as well as to those
who assisted with their singing,
Miss Miller, Mrs. H. O. Kirmse
Messrs. Cleon Ask and H. P. Gal
lagher, and the pianist, Mr. Weldon
Warren, the orchestra composed of
! Messrs. selmer, Ganty and Blanch
I ard, and also to my friends and
I tho public for thir hearty support
of those noble girls and women on
the field of battle.
Yours truly
GEO. MOWL.
r. s. commissioner ries
Fairbanks, Nov. 17—William J.
Fitzpatrick, pioneer sourdough, who
has been United States commission
er at Chena for many years, died
Thursday of complication. The fu
neral was held Saturday.
EASTERN WOMAN TELLS
OF northern experience
Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Soule, of Val
<lez Creek, Alaska, where extensive
hydraulic mining work was started
during the past B*mmer, are at the
Frye, on the way to their homo In
Brockton, Mass., says the Seattle
P. I. The two started for the
creek with the rest of the party
engaged there all summer, and
with 265 tons of freight, that' wis
hauled through the snow some
250 miles from Chitina, The jour
ney occupied somewhat over two
months and a half. The huge cara
van was preceded by a Bnow plow ,
sometimes hauled by as many as
ten. horses. Then came the tents
of the party, never folded since the
start from Chitina. Alter them
came the many Bledges, bearing the
sheet iron for the fluming, and the
supplies to last the party during the
summer.
When the party arrived at the
mine the tents were lined up in a
row in such a way as to form a
small village of canvas. Here they
lived while the work of building
flumes, digging an Immense ditch,
and all the processes Incident to
preparation for active mining -were
going on.
Mr. and Mrs. Soule are camera
enthusiasts, and as a resalt of their
summer In the north they have an
excellent lot of negatives cf all the
phases of their experience. One
of the pictures showed Mrs. soule
in her tent, washing dishes. An
other showed the tent and the
prospect of snow-clad peaks visible
from the doorway. "It wa» a privi
lege to wash dishes, when you
could see things like thai," said
she yesterday. "I .tell you, it
would be a good thing if every wo
man could, and would do, the things
I did this last spring and summer. |
They would be better physically
and mentally."
Mr. Soule has been in the north
more or less for the past sixteen
years but this was his wife's first
time over the trail. He didn't say
much about her, but it was pretty
evident that he was proud of the
way she had taken to her life in
the Alaskan wilderness.
THK Ql'IVAULT WILL
BE TAKEN off 1WN
Juneau, Nov. 16—It is understood
here that the Quinault, of the Port
land Steamship Co., plying between
Portland and Juneau, will be taken
off the run after her return to the
home Dort from her present voyage.
The freight boat Thomas L. Wand
will be held over until Nov. 25.
making a twenty day schedule until
the new vessels recently purchased
in the east are placed on the'rUn.
Two first class passenger steam
er •with a capacity for 150 first
class passengers, 'and 2000 tons
of freight aTe to be placed en the
run next year and also one freight
er, according to present plans.
THE REGULAR MEETING IS
POSTPONED UNTIL TOMORROW
Arctic Chief A. J. Acheson wishes
us to announce to the members of
the local camp of the Arctic Broth
erhood that the regular meeting
■which should take place tonight,
has been postponed, on account of
the Mary Bernhofer concert, un
til tomorrow flight.
Sweet Cider
Just opened our second barrel; i'ts good
50 cents a gallon
Beginning November 9th until fur
ther notice store opens at 8 a. in
closes 6 p. m., Saturday 8 p- m.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
MEETING OF
TOWII COUNCIL
The Skagway council, with full
board present, held Its regular semi
monthly meeting at the town hall
last night.
After the roll had been called
and the minutes of the previous
infecting read and approved,
Councilman Ashley, under the head
ci P. W. & P. P., reported the
completion of the building of 4 627
feet of new sidewalks aiid street
crossings together with the build
ing of 450 feet of sidewalks
out of old lumber on streets
intersecting the arterial side
walk on State street, al a total
cost to the city of $2472-75, iu
\vhi«h sum was included several Ken*
that bad no connection with thf
work of construction, such as the
cost of the preliminary survey and
setting of grade stakes and
the removal from the.streets of the
lumber taken out or the eld walks
He also reported that "the new
hose house erected by the city ou
the etub alley between 22d and
23d streets was ready for use and
had cost $202.99, which amount in
cluded a priming coat of.paint that
had been put on.
Mr. Ashley reported thai, a quan
tity of nails and a considerable
amouLt of lumber had been left
over from the sidewalk supplies
furnished the contractor by the
town.
*ire J3«,xiucr tijjiivuicu
fore the council and asked that a
stove be placed in the new hose
house so that during the winter
months the chemical engine ma> al
ways be in condition for instant
use; he also asked that a stove be
placed in the hall of the fire house
On Fourth avenue, as the firemen
woJld be holding their meetings
there during the winter and a stove
would be a necessity. The matters
in question were referred to com
mittees, with power to act.
The following claims against the
town were read, allowed and •war
rants ordered drawn in payment;
Chas. Fox $ 2o.00
C. A. Nettles 32.8"
Martin Conway 9~5fl
W. T. Myrick 2 50
Michael Curry 2.50
John Johnson 12.00
P. H. Ganty 8.60
Daily Alaskan 24.45
Martin Itjen 167-05
C. W. Young & Co 16-25
W. P. & Y. R 32.75
Clerk McKay asked for authority
to order a new registration book
and upon suggestion of Councilman
Blanchard -was instructed by the
council to get a loose leaf doqic lor
that purpose.
Adjourned. s ■
ALASKA BUREAU C.ILL8 ON
CONGRESS FOR PROTECTION
New Seattle chamber of com
merce Record; At a meeting of Ut*
Executive committee of the Alaska
bureau, October 28, a resolution
was unanimously adopted, and tho
secretary directed to forward copies
to each member of the congres
sional delegation from tho state of
Washington and the Territory of
Alaska, as well as to Proddeni
NVoodrow Wilson and Secretary
Franklin K. Lane, and all senators
ana congressmen who have fought
for the betterment, of conditions la
the north, as follows;
"Whereas, the annual value of th*
j gold, silver, copper, fish and gen.
eeral merchandise transported be
j tween Alaska and the United States
j amounts to {70,000,000 and 956
i vessels with a tonnage of 648,171
tons entered at the port of Ketchi
kan during the year 1913, and°85$
vessels with a tonnage of 495,778
toils cleared from the same port,
and
"Whereas, the rates of freight
are unnecessarily high, aa is *al»o
the rate of insurance on both Tea
sels and cargo, the latter h«ittg
twice as much on the inland pasa*g*
as on the open ocean lluee; and
"Whereas, these high rates of
freight and insurance are due to
uncharted watere and deficient
lighting of the'water ways and har
bor approaches, increasing the rl«*»
j of navigation with attendant fre
quent losses of both ship and ku
j man life, and further
"whereas, these unnecessary pui
dens retard the development of tie
territory, and the annual Jomkh
largely exceed the'suros necessary to
i eliminate them very materially;
"Now, therefore, we respectfully
! urge upon congress the absolute
necessity of granting adequate ap
propriations to remedy these de
fects, by more complete charting of
the main lines, dragginE f°r hid
den dangers, and more efficient Il
lumination of important points oa
the many thousands of miles Of Al
aska coast-line." ■»
CLA.YTOX SPEAKS AT THE
HORTICULTURAL show
Baltimore, Nov. 17—With Phil
ander P. Claxtou, United States
commissioner of education as ths
principal speaker, the Marry land
Week exhibition cf the State Hor
ticultural society opened last night
at the Fifth Regiment Armory.
Mayor Preston and Governor Golds
borough extended greetings on be
half of the city and state,, r«ac
tively, to which Col. A. W. Sisk
responded. Agricultural and horticul
tural exhibits iu great variety ar*
on display.
our:STOCK OF
UTZ & DUNN'S
SHOES AND POMPS
FOR LADIES
Are n«w on display- and a large
stook 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 CLAY SON—Ciothiei