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No. 176 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SKAfcrWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1915
PRICE 10 CENTS
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The doors are open.
Step in and see the gorgeous,
brilliant, beautiful displays of flow
ers.
Look at the wonderful exhibits
o' all kinds of vegetables—silent
evidence of the fertility of Alaska
soil and mildness of oux climate.
I Don't miss the school exhibits
! and cooking and needlework dis
' Plays.
See it all for yourselves.
Music by the band this evening.
The list of awards and descrip
tions of the princiual eochibits will
be uublished in the Daly Alaskan
, Tuesday.
OFFICIALS OFF
A party of W. P. & Y. R. offi
cials, comprised of President F. C
Kllii't ot" Chicago, and his private
soeiMary, J. O. Blanchard, Gener
al Manager H. Wheeler and Traffic
Manager A. P. Zipf, of Seattle, left
for Whitehorse this morning on the
"2'?0"' car, enroute for the interior I
with the expectation of going as
far down the Yukon river as Pair-]
batiks.
Accompanying the party as far j
as WJiitehorse were Supt. V. I.
Hahu of the W. P. & Y. R. and j
General Manager W. I). Greenough
of the Atlas Mining Co., of "White
horse.
Auditor G. Herman Miller, of
the W. P. & Y. R., also went over j
i'-s far as Bennett, but will return
tliisa afloiaoon*
M A X UFACTl'RER MAKES
FOKTFXE FKOM INVENTION'S
The following, taken from the j
Seattle Post-Intelligencer of July
19th, will prove of more than
passing interest to the readers of ]
the Daily Alaskan for the reason
that Mr. JDorr E. Felt, of whom
tLr. article speaks, is an uncle of
Mrs. Karl Ask, whose husband
a son of our respected towns
man, C. W. Ask, and to the further I
fact that Mr. Felt was a visitor to
Skyway in the summer of 1914.:
"Arriving aud departing unherald
ed, iv>rr E. Felt, multi-millionaire
manufacturer and financier of Chi
cago and one of the advisers of
President "Wilson in the federal
trade commission legislation, spent1
two days in Seattle visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Fait,
1615 East Mercer street, and oth
er Seattle relatives, leaving yester
day fcr Portland.
"Mr. Felt is mentioned as a
probable member of the commission
to assist Secretary of the Navy
Dauitls in solving the problems
arisiug frcm submarine warfare, on
which Edison and Henry Ford have
signified a willingness to serve He
is iresiden* of the Felt & Tarrant
Manufacturing company, of Chicago,
manufacturers of the Comptometer
adding as I calculating machine and
president of the Northwest Side
Commerc'al association of Chicago.
"He waa the inventer of the first
successful key adding machine in
the world and is one of the very
few inventors with the business sa
gacity to win a large fortune
from his own inventions. Although
credited with a long list of success
ful Inventions, he insists that his
friends class him as a manufactur- J
er and as such he is known in
the business -world.
"Mr. Felt invented his first ad<l
if» iu.«;uiue wnne empiojea op
erating a planer in a Chicago ma
chine shop in the early 8Us. With
the growth of his business and
wealth he has become a world
traveler and student and gained the
knowledge of industrial and in
ternational problems which give
him a high standing in the finan
c'al to/ 1 and which led President
Wilson to call him into consulta
tion several times on pending leg
islative plans affecting the business
world.
"On a previous visit to Seattle,
about e.'ghteen months ago, Mr.
Felt foretold the European war to
his frieuds here, based on knowl
edge gleaned In a European trip
shortly prior to that time.
His prochecy was given little cre
dence, but is now recalled with re
spect."
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PROGRESS OF EUROPEAN WAR
TOLD INJRIEF DISPATCHES
Athens, Sept. 4—The British (have
succeeded In destroying a bridge
on the Haidar Ismid railway.
Berlin, Sept. 4—The Krupps
have subscribed ten million dollars
to the new war loan.
Boston, Sept. 4—Forty millions in
British yold and securities passed
through this city enroute to New
York today.
Paris, Sept. 4—Heavy artillery
engagements are reported today
from the Oise and Aisne districts
in northern France.
London, Sept. 4—It is rumored
"lat the German minister of ma
rine, Admiral von Tirpitz intends
to resign, fearing internal troubles I
as a result of, the failure of the [
submarine campaign to accomplish
results of any great military con
sequence.
London, Sept. 4—An official es
timate states that British shipown
ers have lost less than five per
lent of their total tonnage of mer
chant vessels by German submarine
itiacks.
Constantinople, Sept. 3 — -The
Franco-British forces (ii their at
tack on the Dardanelles forta to
day failed to accomplish a success
ful offensive movement. Mine
sweepers again entered the chan
nel but the shore batteries forced
them to retreat.
Paris, Sept. 4—it is believed
that General Polivanoff, Russian
minister of war, will become pre
mier with extensive powers and }vill
reorganize the Russian cabinet.
London, Sept. 4—The Russians
lire stubbornly holding Dvina pas
against the Teutons who are
trying to thrust a wedge between
the Rumanians and the .Russians
ai Bessarabia province.
London, Sept. 4—Officials state
positively that all talk of an early
jeao arrangement is without basis.
Derlin, Sept. 4—The Germans en
;aged in reducing the center de
'ensr-s of Riga have captured the
ir^se head at Frledricstadt.
A German submarine of a uwe
ype has appeared off the coast of
Norway.
LATE LOCAL
HAPPENINGS
fisit with her mother, Mrs. C. J. I
Jounema, in Tacoma. She will re
urn about the 26th of this month.
Dan McKay aud his two sous,
Dau anil Arthur, left this morning
a itli a camping outfit for a three
lays' outing- in the country back
Upper Dake Dewey in the vi
cinity ot Elks' Fall.
That watermelon Jack Phelps is
?\liibiting at the Skagway Horticul
tural fair among his home grown
vegetables today is a dandy. We
ki.ow it is a genuine local exhibit
is we saw him "raise" it 011 Broad
way at an early hour this morning.
Dr. Keller has been fishing over
in the Atlin country and has
:aught the biggest trout there
<vas in the lake and has sent the
Dally Alaskan a photograph of him
seif with the fish, which establish
es his claims beyond uestion.
Anyone knowing the doctor's weight
would judge from the picture that
the trout weighed about 60 pounds.
Most anybody can tell a good fish
story, but it isn't everybody that
5Dn prove one.
Word has just reached White
horse of the death at McLeod, Al
berta, of Mrs. Blanche Therese Mac
Donald, wife of Inspector MacDon
ald of the R. N. W. M. P. at Mc
Leod, who passed away after many
months of illness on August 19th.
Mrs. M&cDonald was well kiiowu
In Skagway both before and after
her marriage, she being the young
est daughter of Dr. Pare, R. N. W.
M. F. surgeon, stationed at White
horse for a number of years subse
quent to 1DOO.
The Vogel party of three big
game hunters who passed through
Skagway about ten days ago on the
KH "liQuItf^^luienJed to lu^ko a
trip bacg into the mountains un
der the guidance of "Shorty" Aus
tin of Caicross, was heard from
yesterday, they having sent a mes
senger into Carcroes for the pur
pose c procuring a lot of pack
dogs to carry their supplies through
a country which it is presumed is
toe rugged and precipitous for
horses to negotiate.
The handsome McBrieu residence
heretofore situated on Sixteenth
and Broadway is now being re
moved to Eighth and Main streets,
where It will be a decided addition
tc the many handsome homes in
that 'mmediate vicinity. The house
will have under it in its new loca
tion a 16x30 concrete basement,
which, so far as we are informed,
is the first of its kind la Skagway.
When ready for occupancy the house
will be equipped with all modern
conveniences. The dirt from the
excavation of the basement will be
used to fill and level up the street
in front of the property.
| George E. Webster, an employe
in the W. P. & Y. R. mail service
at Whitehorse for the past ten
years, and Miss Clara Evans, ma
tron for the past two years in the
Whitehorse general hospital, were
marr'ed In the Anglican church at
that place last Wednesday morn
ing at 8 o'clock, Rev. W. G. Black
well officiating.. After the cere
mony the bridal party partook of a
FANCY ALBERTA PEACHES
Large shipment due on the
"Seattle" this week. Price
will be lowest of the season,
quality guaranteed.
P. H. GANTY
SECRETARY LANSING IKES A
LACONIC IN TO CARRANZA
Washington, D. C.( Sept. i—Sec
retary of State Lansing today, la a
laconic reply to General Carranza's
belated note on the proposed Pan
American peace measures, informed
the latter that the signers of the
peace agreement had affixed their
signatures to the document as of
ficials representing their respective
goyeramentg and not for personal
reasons. i
Half of Europe is now reported
tf> be Infected with Asiatic cholera
and vessels coming to the United
States from many foreign porta
where the disease is said to have
secured a foothold, will be refused
a landing in this country by the
authorities upon their arrival.
very dainty breakfast at the home
of Dr. and Mrs. A. P. Hawes, and
later left for Braeburn, on the
Whiteliorse-Dawson road, for a
week's outing, after which they will
return to the Southern Yukon
town and settle down in their own
home.
THE CANADIAN PREMIER
IS WARMLY "WELCOMED
Montreal, Sept. 4—Two hundred
and fifty thousand patriotic Cana
dians assembled in this city today
to welcome Premier Borden home
ou his return from England.
MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED
REVOLUTIONARY DISTRICTS
Port au Prince, Hayti, Sept. 4
—The American troops that were
recently landed here have de
clared martial law in the revolu
tionary districts in the republic.
MEXICANS ARE KILLED
WHEN TRAIN IS WRECKED
Vera Crp^SfttJ Uoifffen and chil
dren, were killed near here last
night when an International railway
train was thrown from the track
by spr- ading rails.
FIVE LITTLE GIRLS
PERISH IN A FIRE
ian Fraucisco, Sept. 4—Five little]
girls perished in a fire that oc
curred hore at 12 o'clock last night j
and destroyed the St. Francis Di
rectory Orphan asylum. Fifty-two
others were marched safely out of
the building.
NATIONAL DEFENSE MEANS
HEAVY TAX ON PEOPLE
San Francisco, Sept. 4—Former
President W. H. Taft attended the
Panama-Pacific International expo
sition today, where he jvas
principal speaker. In his address
hj stated that national defense
means a heavy tax upon the people
of the country but claimed that the
feeling of security engendered by a
knowledge of preparedness in,
case of emergency would be well
worth the cost.
NO PAPER MONDAY
Monday being Labor Day, a legal
holiday, there will be no issue of
the Dally Alaskan on that date.
TORPEDO BOAT FLOTILLA
LEAVE JUNEAU FOR SOUTH
After a cruise of Alaskan waters
as far west as Kiska, In the Aleu
tian Islands, the torpedo boat de
stroyer flotilla reached Juneau
Tuesday evening and remained
ther© until early Friday morning,
when they sailed for the south.
Short stops will be made at Ketchi
kan, Prince Rupert, and Vancouver,
B. C., on the way.
The flotilla lelt Sitka for the far
westward on the 27th of July the
itinerary of their. —>o
to Unalaska, Kodiak, Seward and
Sitka.
The fleet consists of the destroy
ers, Paul Jones, flagship, in com
mand of Lieutenant Sharp; Preble,
in command of Lieutenant Chaplina;
Perry in command of Lieutenant
Gillette; Whipple, Lieutenant Pryor
and the Stejvart, in command of
Lieutenant Bradley.
The Paul Jones is 245 feet in
length, 420 tons, was built in 1898,
carries a crew of 75 men and three
officere and has a speed of 28.91
knots per hour under forced
draught.
The Preble, Perry and Stewart
are all of the same size as the
Paul Jones and have a speed of
28.03 knots, 28.32 knots and Stew
art 29.69 knots per hour re
spectively.
The Whipple Is 248 feet la
length, 433 tons, carries 75 men
and has 28.24 knots.
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