No. 194 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
PRICE 10 CENTS
iff THOUSAND GERMANS ARE
DROWNED IN FLOOD NEAR PINSK
London, Sept. 29.—Advices were
received from the Eastern battle
frout on the Rusao-Polish frontier
this morning that forty thousand
German troops had been drowned
from the flooding of the marshes
la the vicinity of IMnsk.
Ou the western battlefront la
France he British have taken
axceptionally strong positions
around Loos. At Argonne the ter
rific artillery bombardment of the
German positions still continues.
15 RE-ELECTED
fflf A BIG VOTE
Saa Francisco, Sept. 29-—Partial
returns so far received indicate that
Mayor Ralph lias been re-elected
by a vote of two to one over
Schmiiz.
WILL ENTER THE
SOCIAL WHIRL
From the large attendance at the
regular meeting of Camp Skagway
No. 1, Arctic Brotherhood, last nigh
and the enthusiastic interest in the
whole of the proceedings from the
opening ceremonies, through the in
itiation of two chechakos—K. B.
Hanaan and D. C. Bard—and the
nomination of candidates to fill the
offices for the ensuing term, the
election falling on the first regular
meeting in October, it is apparent
that tie parent camp of the order
is taking on a new lease of life.
Camp Skagway No. 1 will also
enter luto the social whirl in Skag
way this winter and as its members
are locaTy famous for their hospi
tality and the eclat with w&ich
they carry out any affair in which
they take part we look for some
brilliant happenings.
The first thing cn the program sc
ciallv will be an informal dance in
the A. B. hall on Saturday night,
October 2, 1915, for which, prepara
tions are already under way, the
committe of a rrangements being j
composed of Dr. Westermann, Dr. .
L. S. Keller and K. B. Hannan—an
excellent guarantee in Itself of a
delightful time for the participants. I
I And besides the above, the mem
I bera ot the camp decided last night
I to give something a little more e
j lab irate in. the near future and on
Saturday, October 30, will celebrate
the installation of their officers
with a graad_"HallowQ'en Ball,"
particular of which fUI be given
later
JURORS DRAWN
AT JUNEAU
j Grand and petit jurors to serve
in J uneau at the term of court be
ginning October 20 were drawn by
Jury Commissioner E. \V. Pettit iu
the presence of Federal officials ai
the court bouse in Juaieau ouv last
Monday, and are as follows:
Grand Jury
Juneau: R. G. Day, E. R. Jae
ger, F. J Corey, W. P. Lass, A. A.
Humfrey, A W. Eikland, L. B. Ad
sit, C. H. Passells, William Dick
inson, D. W. Fales, B. L. Moon,
Grafton Coleman, E. P. Pond, Gun
nar Blomgren, G. Fagerson, W. W.
Case*-.
Haines: John Leslie, B. A. Bar
iiftte.
Treadweil: J. N\ stoody, C. G.
McKinnon, J. I. Kincaid.
Douglas: Paul Bloedhorn, E.
Loomls.
Petit Jury
Juneau: Wallis George, W. R.
Wills, H. T. Tripp, E. D. Beattie,
J. A. Sloan, J. V. Davis, J. Miller,
H. Heidorn, Frank Carroll, J. H.
Gilpatrick Pat Riley, George Bur
ford, John T. Spickett, Russell Cas
ey, R. H. Breiatline, Clark Smith,
A. W. Clare, R. E. Murphy.
Skagw-ay: S. H. Yoemans.
Douglas: W. Kilburn, B. R. Lei
vera.
Tread well: George Beare, E. A.
Atkinson.
Sitka: Charles Haley.
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New York, Sept 29.—At the pri
maries held here today Chas Per
klus was nominated for distrait at
torney by the republicans. With but
few exceptions the regular organi
zation candidates were, successful at
the primares throughout the state.
The allied bankers have announc
ed that the Anglo-French loan of
$500 000,000 has been arranged eo
that Morgan can form a syndicate to
handle It, the bonds to be loft in
the hands of the banks participat
ing.
DELIGHTED WITH
THE YUKON
Dawson News: Major R. S.
Knight, commander of the Royal
Northwest Mounted Police of the Yu
kon, who arrived several days ago
as successor of Major J. D. Moodie
now has his new duties well In
hand, and Is well please*! ivith the
situation. The major's office is in
the former territorial court house,
iu quarters once occupied by the
sheriff, and his office assistants
occupy other parts of the same
building.
"Mrs. Knight and I are quite
pleased," aays the major, "with the
Yukon in general, and already feel
quite at home. The people of the
North surely make one feel welcome
aid we are delighted to find Daw
80!) such a live and progressive cen
ter, with a first class daily news
paper and olher services such as
the cities of the outside enjoy.
"The eleven new men for the
t'f rce who accompanied me from Re
gi:ia will remain in Yukon. Six,
including sergeant Major Nicholls,
came through to Dawson and jirill
be attached to this poet. The oth
ers remained at WhLteliorse. _ No
other changes are conteimplated in
the force. Captain A. L. Bell will
ITUlUiU '41 ,
and Captain Telford remains to
•insist me at Dawson. Sergeant
■Major Nicholls, while coming hare
direct from Regina, is an ex
perienced northerner In the force.
H« was at Norway House, on Lake
Winnipeg, for quite a while, and
prior to that was at Fort Churchill
during the time Maj. J. D. Moodie
had command of the district. In
spector Acland, recently transferred
from Whitehorse, is at Regina. Few
other Vukoners are there with the
exception of Major Cuthbert, form
erly in charge of the Dawson di
vision, who now is assistant com
missioner, the position formerly oc
cupied by the late Major Zachary
Taylor Wood, who commanded Yu
kon for years. Major Cuthbert ia
next ia rank to Commissioner Perry,
th<> highest officer of the force in
the field.
"Having spent the last fourteen
ye°.rB attached to the headquarters
force at Regina, X have kept quite
well in touch with the former Yu
kocers of the organization. Major
W. H. Rutledge is in command at
Prince Albert. Captain R. Y. Doug
las also is at that post. Major
Wrought on is in command at Ed
' (Continued on page 4.)
CONVICT MURDERER
FATALLY WOUNDED
Salem, Oregon, Sept. 29.—Convict
Hooker who yesterday shot and in
stantly killed Harry Minto, super
intendent of the Oregon penitenti
ary^ while resisting re-arrest, was
himself shot and fatally [wounded
today by a posse of ofificecrs who
were in pursuit of him.
GOVERNMENT TEACHER IS
MADE NOTARY PUBLIC
The appointment of C. Weslay
Hawks worth, of Hydaburg, as a
intary public waa registered yes
terday in the office of Secretary
Davidson, says the J.uneau Dispatch.
Hawksworth is the resident teach
er and is in charge of the native
town of Hydaburg, on the west
coast of Prince of Wales. The reser
vation was made and the town es
tablished several years ago, Hawks
wortn having been placed in charge
at that time.
Under his direction the town has
grown froir. a couple of families, to
a town with several hundred popula
tion, maintaining their own saw mill
and several boat building establish
ments as well as the government
school. Hydaburg is now the larg
est native village in that section,
and a great deal of the success of
the veuturo is due to the efforts of
Mr. Hawksworth and his wife, who
is engaged In the work with him.
DOC GODDARD'S PLACE
George W. Joseph, an attorney
from Portland, went to Sitka, Alas
ka, six weeks ago, shortly after an
operation that was the culmination
of eight years of 111 haalfcli. He
returned from the North yesterday
and is at the Seattle, en route home
his face tanned like a piece of sole
leathc-r and with good health radi
ating from every inch of him. "I
went Xorth In search of health and
certainlv found It," he said yester
day. "I 1:ea.rd of a hot springs re
sort near Sitka and headed right
for 't. Inside of a week after soak
ing uu the sulphur water I was out
in the hills chasing game or around
the streams looking for fish. I
have visited health resorts else
where, but I have never seen the
erjual of Alaska to put Oiife hack in
to a man. Once ifce people of the
country become familiar with the
resorts of Alaska the seekers after
health alone will build the conn
try."—Seattle P.-I.
The third installment of the
"Trey o' Hearts at the Popular
Picture Palace tonight and tomorrow
night promises, from the synopsis of
tie play now. before ub, to be one
of the most thrilling yet shown.
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We have built up a large candy trade by serving
our patrons with only fresh goods of the
very highest grade.
P. H. GANTY
INTERESTING EVENTS OF THE DAY
III snr AND UNITY
The Jefferson ifl due ia Skagway
on, Friday.
Thfclma and Martha Oreen left
for Juneau on the City of Seattle.
D. C. McDonald left on the City
o* Seattle for Prince Rupert last
night.
Monty J. Roes and R. Wihltfleld
of Vancouver, B. C-, were outgoing
passengers on the Mariposa this
morning.
H. 3. Wilson, traveling auditor of
f Wells, Fargo Express Ca, passed
through last nlgiht on hie way to
tho westward on board the Alameda,
The Peterson came in from Ft
W .H. Seward thla morning with
Mall Orderly Nlchol on board as the
onlv paasenger.
The Alameda camo la at 6:15
last evening with ten first class
Skagway and interior paasengera an
sailed for tho westward at 9 p. m.
J. R. Kerr, the -well-known Seat
lie fur buyer, who has been to the
interior on a trading expedition, left
for home on the City of Seattle last
night. '
W. R. Ganby and Mr. Underbill
are round trip passengere on the
City o' Seattle. The latter Is a
prominent banker of Manitoba. Cana
da.
Owing to unexpected difficulties
with thn typesetting machine In the
Daily Alaskan office today a large
lot o* locals had to be side-tracked
until tomorrow.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Smith and
family, and the former's mother,
Miss Ida Creese, who hare been
visiting on the outside for the past
month returned on the Alameda, i
The Princess Alice came in this
morning at 7 o'clock with thirteen
first class passengers for Slcagway
and the Interior. She will Ball at
the usual hour tomorrow night
Mrs. Engle, who has been engaged
In dressmaking during the past sum
mer In Skagway, left on the Mari
posa this morning enroute to Port
land, Oregon, to spend the winter.
The City of Seattle arrived at 4
1». m. vesterday with four passen
gers for Skagway and 42 tons "of
freight, she sailed for the south
at 9 o'clock with six outgoing pas
sen gera.
Thirteen U. S. surveyors, comprls
lag the party beaded by Wood5>ury
Abbey, left oa tbe Alameda thlfi
morning for Seattle. E. C. Guerin
oho of the party, will stop off at
Juneau.
Mr. and Mra Fred J. Webber left
oa the Maripoea thfg morning on a
two months' visit to California.
Joseph. W. Wilson, fuel agent of
the W. P. & Y. R, with headquar
ters at Whitehonse, cam9 over yes
terday on official business at the
auditor's office of the eampaaiy here
and will return tomorrow.
Roger Bryant and George Dillon,
Jr., left on this morning's train ff>r
Glacier station on the W. P. & Y.
R., whera the will leave the rail
road and strike into the mountains
on a ten days' hunt after big game
—moose, mountain goats and bear.
Mrs. H. Hoeking and booi, J. A.
Ilarkln, of Mules' creek In the Can
adian Forty Mile country, came ia
on the Princess Alice this morning
and left on the train earoute for
the Interior. Mre. Hosklng went out
last March and for a part of the
time v'Sited with her aged mother
in Mirh lean. On her way north Bhe
took in the San Diego and San
Francisco fains. i-> t
D. C. Bard ^ninlng engineer of
Butte, Montana, who has been into
the Atlin district to visit the Engi
neer mine and other quartz proper
ties in Northern B. C., left on the
Mariposa last night for Juneau.
While here on his way out he was
a guest of CoL W. L. Stevenson.
Mr. Bird expects to return in a
sh<rt time and remain all winter in
the mining region north and east
of Skagway. ..... .. ,(j«,
Miss L. McFarlane of Victoria,
B. C., came la on tUe Princess Al
ice this morning and left on hen
way to DawBon on the train. MIsb
McFarlane was formerly a steno
grapher in the C. P. R- office in her
home city, but has resigned and ia
going to the Interior to assume a
more responsible position, one which
carries with it a life tenure. When
Miss McFarlane reaches Whltehorsa
this aftemnoon Bhe will be met by
Edward Franklin, a young man en
gaged In the bicycle and bicycle re
pairing business In Dawson, and
they -will be married as booh there
after as tha necessary details can
b«attende<l to. They will take the
first boat out of Whlteihoree for
tho Yukon, territory capital. . _
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