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No. 176 EIGHTEENTH YEAR SKAGMtAY, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1915 PRICE 10 CENTS
THE ALASKA ROAD COMMISSION
WILL BUILD SKAGWAY BRIDGE
At the last meeting of the
Skagway Commercial club. Secre
tary Phil Abrahams was instructed
to write to the headquarters of
the Alaska Road Commission at
Valdez and ascertain at first hand
as to whether, or not the Sk&gw&y
wagon road bridge is to be built
this season. He has just received
an answer to his letter, as follows:
. Valdez, Alaska, Sept. 4, 1915.
Skagway commercial club,
Skagway, Alaska,
Replying to your communication
1 of August 23d, 1915, will say that
you have been correctly informed—
it is the Intention of the Board
to construct the bridge at Skag
way this year.
L. A. KINZIG,
First Lieut, of Infantry.
MARTIAL LAW
PROCLAIMED
Brownsville, Texas, Sept. S—
Martial law will probably be pro
claimed along the entire Rio Grande
as army officers have been com
manded by the war department to
take over the duties of all civilians
alone its banks.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 8
President Wilson today broke an
other time-honored precedent when
he so far forgot his dignity as
the chief executive of the United
States as to call In person upon
Secretary of State Lansing at the
latter's office, where the two held
a long conference.
RESIGNATION OF
FEDERAL JUDGE
Washington, D. C., Sept. 7—
The resignation ot Jolui Marshall,
re-Ural district judge of Utah, was
received this morning. Judge Ma.r
shall has served for nineteen years.
The reasons for his resignation are
not atated.
OVER 30 FEET
Fort Scott, Kansas, Sept. 8—The ]
Marmaton river, upon the banks of
which this city is located, rose
thirty feet in a few hours yester- I
day, owing to the heavy rains that
had been falling steadily for many
hours. The wholesale district and
must o' the residence section of
the city are now flooded and hun
dreds of lives Imperiled.
ftTHLEHC Bill
SEPJEiER IS
Committees of the White Pass
Athletic club ar>» working on ar
raus^ments for an athletic ball to be
held the evening of the ISth, a
week frcm uext Saturday.
I Athletic stuntB, songs, recitations,
etc., 'will be given in the pauses be
! t'.veen the dances.
A college glee club, with Crede
3oi.ebrake as the chief instigator
oi their dark plots, will sing songs
about many of our townspeople—
most likely you are on the list.
Just what stunt Dr. "Westermann
is scius- to pull off is a state se
cret, but if you know ' Doc you
know it will be something lively.
This is all we are allowed to
t .11 vou today, but other announce
ments w HI be made from day to day
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London, Sept. 8—Ten parsons
were killed and forty Injured In a
German Zeppelin airship raid on
the east coast of England last
night.
Paris, Sept. 8—Sixty bombs yere
today hurled by French airmen
upon the German airship camps at
Medard and Dieuse. French and
British flyers are said to • have co
operated in an attack upon the
Ostend camp, by which many per
sous are reported to have lost
their lives.
Petrograd, Sept. 8—The trans
fer ol the Grand Duke Nicholas to
the command of the Russian armies
in the Caucasus has been an
nounced, as well as many staff
changes. The Czar now ^ias su
preme control of the Russian ar
mies along the e.ntire battle front.
A SERIES OF EARTHQUAKES
SIS IIP THINGS IN NICARAGUA
Washington, D. C-, Sex>t. 8—A
series of earthquake shocks are
reported to have takeu place
throv - ut Nicaragua during Mon
day and luesday of this *eek.
doii:g ereal damage to property
and causing many deaths. The
Ic&pittl building at Jutlapa, in the
pp-viuce of the same name in
Gautemala, is said to have been
completely ruined by the quake.
BRITISH COLUMBIA MAT HAVE
AN ELECTION NEXT MONTR
Vancouver, B. C., Sept. 8—That
Premier Sir Richard McBride haa
determined to call the provincial
election for Ocober 6, is claimed to
be a positive fact. The morning Sun
says he will make the proposed ■pro
hibition plebiscite the Issue of the
campaign.
The prohibitionists are not satis
fied with the proposed plebiscite,
and demand a referendum on an act
eimi'ar to that recently voted for
in Alberta when that province
went dry. They want the prohibi
tion law to become effective July
1,1916. V. . V
EXHIBITORS BSQCESlWO
REMOVE THEIR DISPLAYS
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The officers of the Skagway Hor
ticultural Fair association request
exhibitors 10 remove the articles
they ''ad <*n display by tomorrow
(Thursday) noon as it is the do
sire to have the building cleaned
up as soon as possible.
YOUTHFUL HUSBAND
ACCUSED OF THEFT
Tacoma, Sept. 8—Only 17 years
old and a groom for a year, Lee
Rose, a mill hand, living in the
East End, has been arrested on a
charge of chicken stealing. John
Sortls, who resides near Rose, swore
to a complaint and Rose was ar
rested by Constable Martin. Tbe
youth deni'-s his guilt. His wife is
staying with friends.
BOSTON HERALD TO
BE SOLD SEPT. 14TH
Boston, Sept. 8—The Boston
Herald, will be sold at public
auction on ^ept. 14 at 10 a. m. for j
failure to meet oayment of the j
semi-annual interest due on bonds
secured by a mortgage in 1912, ac
cording to an announcement mads
by the Commonwealth Trust Co., j
trustee the mortgage. All pro
perty, equipment, good will, copy
right, goes with the sale. The As
sociated Press franchises and the
right to name of both the Herald
ami the Traveler will go to the
highest bidder. No bid will be con
sidered which is not accompanied
by a deposit of $30,000, to be for
feited if the bidder fails to make
good his tender.
JAY \V. BULL AND MT88
OSTROM ENGAGED
Juneau Empire: The engagement
of Miss Lora Edith Ostrom, daugh
ter of Mrs. C. A. Ostrom of Seat
tle, to Jay William Bell of Juneau
hag Just been announced. The
wedding will take place in Seattle
sometime next month. The couple
will go to San Diego and San Fran
cisco for a wedding trip, after which
they will return to Juneau.
The bride-elect is ,a sister of
Charles C. Ostrom of Juneau, and
lived here for more than a year
prior to July, when. Bhe returned
to Seattle with her mother.
Mr. Bell has made Juneau his
home far the past nine years. He
came here from Fremont, Neb., and
at the present time Is clerk of the
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FANCY ALBERTA PEACHES
Large shipment due on the
"Seattle" this week. Price
will be lowest of the season,
quality guaranteed.
P. H. GANTY
INVITATION OF STUFF OFFICERS
OF CONFEDERATE VETERNS' UNION
Washington, D. C., Sept. 8—As a
courtesy to the men who wore the
Gray during the Civil war, the Citi
zens' committee of Washington k®8
decided to extend an invitation to
the staff officers of the Confeder
ate Veterans union, to attend the
Portv-ninth Aitaual Encampment of
tbf- Grand Army of the Republic,
which i- to be held in Washington,
September 27 to October 3. This
act' « has been taken with the full
accord and approval of the officials
ot the Grand Army. The meeting
of »ho B!u«* and Gray on the Gettys
burg battlefield two years ago tes
tif,eil to the amicable relationship
existing between the two organiza
tions and the Invitation to the Con
federates at this time ie in keeping
wi*s the spirit exhibted at Gettys
burg.
In addition, invitations are being
extendi*d to the governors of all
states and the members of their
statfs, as well as to a large num
ber of his cabinet, and members of
thv senate and house of representa
tives. I ' i ; -j'«
General Nelson A. Miles haa
been selected as the Grand Marshal
o' the marching pageant which Is
to be heU In commemoration of
the Grand Review fifty years ago.
Secretary Garrison of the war de
partment and Secreary Daniels of
the- Navy department have designat
ed. of'cers to act as military and
naval aides to General Miles upon
this occasion.
Th* U. S. Grant Post of Brook
lyn, has been selected as the spec
'al escort for David J. Palmer,
comniander-in-chiivf of the Grand
Army during the parade.
An unusual and Interesting fea
ture of the Encampment week will
bv the "Dog Watch" of the naval
veterans who are members of the
Grand Army. The "Dog Watch" to
toe navy men is what the camp
fire is to the army men, hut here
tofore because of their much small
er numbers, the old sailors have
not been conspicuous in Grand
Army reunions. At the forth
coming Encampment however, they
aro to be given special attention.
DOIIIGS OF THE DAf III SKAIM
-BRIEF NOTES OF MANY EVENTS
Col. .W. L. Stevenson returned
on the Jefferson this afternoon
from a brief visit to Seattle.
W. A. Steel, well-known newspa
per man of the westward, passed
through enroute to Cordova 011 the
Alameda.
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S. N. Dalby of the Iditarod, came
iu on the Alameda yesterday 011
his way into the interior. His J
brother, who lived iu Skagway in .
1899 and 1900, was agent for the
C. P. N. Co. during those years.
A. G. Mink, special factory, rep
resentative of the Norris Safe &
Lock Co., which is sole agent in
Seattle for the Hall Safe Co., came
in on the Alameda yesterday and
will leave for the sout^ on the Jef
ferson tonight.
An invitation has been extended
bv the Bureau of Commercial Econ
omics, whose headquarters is at
Washington, D. C., to the Depart
ment of Natural Resources of the j
Canadian Pacific Railway, to send I
their exhibit under the auspices of
that Bureau through the United
States at the conclusion of the San
Francisco Fair—From "Western
Canada Week by Week," Calgary.
Immigration Inspector Chas. Dur
kee came in on the Jefferson thia
afternoon from Juneau, where he
went a few days ago on official
business.
R. W. Lamb of San Diego and W.
B. Lamb of Ontario, brothers who
have been prospocting in the re
cion at the head of the Donjek
river, Southern Yukon, for the past
six months, left for Vancouver, B.
C., on the Mariposa this morning.
During the tourist season Just
ended the Canadian Pacific boats
running to Skagway and other
ports In Southeastern Alaska
handled 102 more round trip ex
cursionists duriug the month of
July and 251 more during the
month of August than they did
during the corresponding months
of last year.
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