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No. 215 SEVENTEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1914 PRICE 10 CENTO
The British Isles, Not Paris, Now
Objective Point of the War
Lord of Europe
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The Hague, Oct 10—At 2:30 Friday afternoon the City of Antwerp
surrendered to the Germans, the Belgian war flag being removed from
the fort and a white flag raised in its place in token of surrender
General Verovedeler of the German army entered the city five hours
afterward.
Washington, D. G, Oct. 10—The state department today received
advices from Belgium that the Germans had set fire to oil tanks at Ant
werp that were flying the American flag.
London, Oct 10—It is rumored here that 32 German merchant
vessels including many steamships, were blown up by the Belgians
at Antwerp when it became certain that the city was going to fall.
Antwerp is reported to be burning in many places, while two
thirds of the city is said to have been wrecked by the bombardment.
The Belgians are now holding out in only a few of the isolated
forts of the inner ring while the greater part of the Belgian army, led
by King Albert, has escaped.
Advices have been received here that the immediate objective
point of the German army is now no longer Paris, but England.
Berlin, Oct 10—A declartion of war against Germany is hourly
expected from Portugal by the German war office.
DESTRUCTION' OF ANTWERP
REPORTED FROM LONDON
London, Oct, 10—Xfws was ro
reived here late yesterday afternoon
■ hot Uie Germans were assaulting
the inner forts of Antwerp, and
that the greater portion of the city
ha<i been laid in ruins through des
tructive fires started by the bom
bardment and the dropping from
German airships of incendiary
bombs.
The long battle line of the al
lies in France is reported to haye
struggled northward until it ha»
crossed the Belgian frontier near
Arnientieres, France, and it is
thought they may yet be able to
join the beleaguered Belgians in
, Uiue to prevent tlio capluro of Ant
| werp.
j GERMAN'S ANNOUNCE THK
SURRENDER OK AXTVVK1U*
I Berlin, Oct. 10—The war office
j this morning officially announced
the surrender by the Belgians to
the Germans of 'he city of Ant
werp.
ANNOUNCED GERMANS WILL
SOW INVADE GREAT BRITAIN
Rome, Oct, 10—Late issues of
German newspapers received here to
Jay claim that a war of invasion
against Great Britain will begin
immediately after the fall of Ant
ladies
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werp, which event the}- are fully
j convinced is 'only a question of a
vci'y short time, and that, after
that has occurred Belgium will
bo use<l as a base of supplies for
the Gerimui armies that will be
sent across the Channel into Greatt
j Britain.
the big caribou RUN
IS EXPECTED ANY TIME
Fairbanks, Sept.—At almost any
I time, the caribout run may be ex
' pected at the Big Cheua hot springs,
says Game Warden R S. McDonald
and T. A Marquam, who returned
here recently from an extended trip
to that district. Already the cari
bou are running in small stray
parties, and more of them were seen
in the last two weeks than is usual
before the big run.
A pair and bazaak
TO BE HELD IX DECEMBER
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Mrs. M. Goding last Tuesday
' afternoon entertained the Wo mans
j Church Auxiliary at her home in a
most pleasing manner, the occasion
being the monthly tea. The home
was tastefully decorated with pan
ties, whose beauty was set off by
cut glass receptacles. A large nam
; bers of ladies partook of the de
I Kcious lunch. The society is in a
j nourishing condition, and enthus
! lastically working for its Fair and
| Bazaar to be held tho first week In
December.
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| TOM RVXXIXG MADE GOOD
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CATCH IX BAY VESTERDAY
Tcai Uunuing made the fish catch
! "£ the season in Skagway bay yes
terday, his haul amounting to 15
fine l'rge king salmon of a total,
| dressed -weight o£ 275 pounds, seven
1 chicken halibut weighing several
i pounds each and a monster halibut,
I which -weighed before dressing
about 165 pounds.
With the exception of one of th#
salmon which he sold to the com
! misary of the Dolphin, Mr. Running
| disposed of the entire lot ta the lo
cal market. f
CHAS. E. BUNNELL TO SPEAK
HERE NEXT MONDAY NIGHT
Chas. E. Bunnell, democratic j
[nominee for delegate to congress
from the territory of Alaska, will
arrive in Skagway tonight and ad-.
dress the voters of this precinct, in
Elks' hall on Monday eight, Oct.
12th, at 8:30 o'clock. Mr. Bunnell
is on his way out from the in
terior, wherq he has spent the past
few weeks getting acquainted with
the voters in- the Fourth Division.
Owing to the lateness of the season
ha had to forgo his intended vis
it to Nome, which is in the second
Division.
Although, we have never heard
the gentleman deliver an address,
we undrstand that he is a pleasing
and eloquent speaker, and the vot
ers of Skagway owe it to themselves
to turn out and listen to what he
has to say even though they should
fall to coincide with his political
I beliefs, or to subscribe to the
'measures which he advocates.
ENGINEERS ARE USING
PIGEONS AS MESSENGERS
Fairbanks, S«pt:—When the
gasoline boat Dan pulled out for
thq K&ntishna recently, • with G. A.
Anderson and F. B. Weetfqj, mining
engineers, Tom Lloyd and William
R, Taylor aboard a« passengers, it
also had on board four carrier pi
geons, which are expected to serve
ag messengers for the party. The
pigeons are owned by Fred Douse,
and two of them hAYe been, used as
carriers before.
The Dan is expected to reach Its
destination on the Kantlshna river
during the latter part of the week,
and shortly afterward, the birds will
be liberated. The owner of the birds
expeots that they will be in Fair
banks within two hours after they
are turned loose.
As soon as the Dan lands its pas
sengers and freight on the KanUsh
na, it will return to Fairbanks, ex
pecting to get here during the mid
dle of next week. The mining en
gineers, Lloyd and Taylor, will re
main in the Kantlshna for the great
er part of the next two months, ex
amining various quartz properties in
which the oldtimer* are interested.
As Mr. Weeks was a member of
the geological survey for a number
of years, and is more or less famil
iar with thq Kantlshna district, it
is expected that he will make a
favorable report to his company.
BYERS TAKES SALT WITH
STORY OF TURPINITE GAS
Seattle, Oct. 8—Turpiolte, the
deadly explosive whose fumes are
eald, In stories from the front,
to be destroying hundreds of Ger
mails painlessly but effectively, ap
peals to I>r. H. G. Byers, head of
the department of chemistry at the
University of Washington, as a myth
"Anything in science la possible,"
says Dr. Byere. "After the miracles
performed with radium and the X
rays, who will say that anything is
impossible? If there Is any such
thing as a turpi nit® explosive, it is
unknown to the scientific world, and
yet the French may have made the
discovery, though it is extremely
improbable. The only such explo
sive that I can conceive would be
very hard to control and would do
more damage to the operator of the
gun than to the enemy."
According to the accounts sent
back by Casimlr poniatowski,
cousin of a San Francisco girl, and
himself fighting with the French,
the gases have pir&lyted hundreds
of soldiers, many of whom have
been found In the trenches In the
ittitudq of firing their guns, but
with life extinct.
CORONER'S JURY FINDS THAT
INDIAN PRISONER SUICIDED
Fairbanks, Sept.:—At the car
oner's Inquest held yesterday morn
ing to examine into the death °f
Old Jlmmie, the Indian prisoner,
who jumped overboard from the
steamer Tanana on Thursday, the
Jury found that the deceased had
committed suicide. The Jury also
criticised the, authorities for the
manner in which the prisoners were
guarded.
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THE BRAVES WIN SECOND
GAME OF THE SERIES
(The a«count of tile first nation
al championship baseball game
which appeared In the columns of
the Daily Alaskan yesterday was
somewhat garbled UP. Instead of
the game being at Bosrtou it was
at Philadelphia, where today's game
was also played; and the score was
7 to 1 In favor of the Braves, in
stead of 7 to 5, as we had it.)
Philadelphia, Oct. 10—In tha
world's championship game hare to
day the Braves woa by a score of
1 to 0. The Athletlc's battery was
Plank and schanjr. Two hits and
one error were made.
The Braves battery was James aad
Gowdy. Seven hlta aad one error.
One score made in the ninth inning*.
The next game ■will take plac« Jn
Boston on Monday, Oct. 12th.
BIG PRODUCE SHIPMENT
to the lower river
Fairbanks Weekly Times: That
Fairbanks and the Tanana valley
can supply not only enough veg
etables for its own consumption,
but can and will supply a good part
of the products to be consumed
throughout the whole of Interior
Alaska, is being demonstrated this
year more than ever before. On
the steamer Tanana, which left yes
terday for lower and upper river
connections, a large shipment of
vegetables was made, and for the
balance of the season each boat
will take a good-t>lzed cargo of gar
den produce from here.
Several years ago, it was not
thought possible that Fairbanks j
could ever produce enough potatoes I
and other vegetables for its own use,1
yet several of the most prominent
agriculturists in the district claim
now that the farmers here can
produce more than they can sell.
It is for this reason ,that they are
shipping to Ruby, Iditarod and other
lower river points, where they are
getting substantial prices.
The shipment recently, which was
small compared with some of the
orders that are to be filled before
fn» close of navigation, was from
the Rickert farm, and was as fol
lows: Turnips, 1,885 pounds; cab
bage, 4,415 pounds; beets, 1202
pounds; celery plants, 50 dozen;
half ripe tomatoes, 45 pounds; green
tomatoes, 251 pounds; cucumbers, 1
nine dozen; peppers 10 dozen; :
parsnips, 265 pounds; rutabagas,'
1,400 pounds. I
A large consignment of potatoes '
which was to have gone on the boat
yesterday could not get away, and |
Will be shipped on the next steamer.
PAPAL SECRETARY OI-- STATE
DEAD FROM APPENDICITIS
Rome, Oct, 10—Cardinal Ferrata, [
Papal secretary of state, died here
today from appendicitis, complicated
with peritonitis. I
INTERESTING STORIES TOLD
BY THE BRITISH SOLDIERS
Sheffield, Oct 9—M«ny of tha
soldiers wounded In the early bat
tles have been brought here and
they have interesting stories to
tell. A big, bluff sergeant la **
Irish regiment gave an account of
the wanderings of 200 British sol
diers for three days and three
nights with a great force of Ger
mans in hot pursuit,
"Out line in the tronchea ,woa
very thin but our shooting w«i ac
curate," he said. "Our fellow® were
cool and you would have thought
they were on parade by the way
they laughed and joked. It *«■
after this encounter that we got
lost from the main. body. For
three days and night® ye wandered
about. Everytime w« laid dawtt
the Germans came hopping after ue
and we had to moye. We Just man
aged to live on apples and peara
until finally we fell in with a large
French cavalry force and they ehar
ed their rations with u*."
COMMISSION GOVERNMENT
PROBABLE FOR MEXICANS
Washington, Oct. 10—According
to an announcement made here to
day Mexico will probably adopt a
commission form of government un
til the restoration of order.
Secretary of tie Interior Fraak
Jln K. Lane, will hold a coafarew*
with J Pierpont Morgan next Tues
day to discuss matters with par
ticular reference to government
owned railroads In Alaska .,
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BATTLING LEVINSKY GETS *"*
BEST OF GUNBOAT SMITH
New York, Oct. 10—la a tea
round go here last night between
Battling Levinsky and Gunboat
Smith the former outpointed and'
outfought his opponent all the ***
through. '
OTJR STOCK OF
"UTZ & DUNN'S
SHOES AND POMPS
FOR LADIES
Are now on display, and a large
stock ol 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 CLAYSON—Clothier