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No. SEVENTEENTH YEAR
SKAtfWAY, ALASKA,
FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 19ir. PRICK 10 CENTS
AUSTRIA WOULDj
END HOSTILITIES
:
\ icnmi, Jan. —Emperor Fran- j
i i> Joseph has sent Baron Von Ra
i.v/, the newly appointed Austrian
minister of foreign affairs, to con
ter with the Emperor of Germany
with a view to ending the present
Kuropetui war.
ANTWERP BEING PREPARED
BY GERMAN'S FOR SIEGE j
New York, .Ian. 29 Theodore '
Van Keten, of Brooklyn, who arriv
i l on the steamship Potsdam after
t-vjht years' residence in Antwerp,
said tJ.ere was evidence that the
Germans were preparing Antwerp
t'«»r a siege.
"Earthworks are being thrown
up outside the city," he said. "Many
■(' the forts are !>eiug rebuilt and
_ oat quantities of ammunition and
-• ppll«B are being received from
« • ru..iiiy. The dead from the bat
flclds are being brought to the
'nity of Antwerp for burial."
IlllZATI
STARTS US
i.iiu va, -Ian. ill»—The order just
nil by the Austro-Hungarian gov
i.iiieiU for the mobilization of the
line reserves has stalled riots
i >ng the Southern Slavs.
V verj- bitter feeling against
i-rmany is steadily gaining ground
A ust ria-Hungary.
• ."iTHIA V T.OSSES ISM.SOO;
(.Kli.MAN TOTAL IS 877,107 I
I."nili 11. -Ian. 20—The Exchange
i '.egraj-.h's Vienna correspondent
• * thai 110 Aiwtrian casualty
which do not include the loss
i<r the last two months give the
:ng totals:
ofiiieis killed, 2.2t>3: officers
'iw'.ed. S.iIKO: officers captured,
t JS; men killed, 10.827; men
w u*ided, 231,100; men captured W,-^
The last five Prussian casualty
li~ according to the correspon
<(;*•»». aives the names of 3H.76-1 of
li -is and men killed, wounded or
i--iivx, making the total Prus
»i1 n losses as disclosed in 1M
Ii»t> N77.107. I
Constantinople, Jan. U9—Xo con
firmation lias been received of the
truth of the rumor iu circulation
here last night that iui unsuccess
ful attempt hail been ntade to as
sassinate King Constaitfiue of
Greece at Patrla.
U.iATE PLENTIFUL IX
Game Is pi — —-■
country, according to recent arrivals
In Cordova from the interior placer
camp, and has been a God-send to
the miners and prospectors ot that'
section. Moose, caribou and moun- j
tain sheep are plentiful, and arc i
fat and Juicy, where last year they ;
were extremely poor. In coming out
over Scolal Pass, the travelers saw
Immense flocks of sheep, aggre
gating several thousand. One
cluck, composed ot ewes and lambs, i
was estimated to contain six or j
seven hundred.
MOVIES HYPNOTIZE
DECLARES PREACHER
Cleveland, O., Jan. 2S—"Mental I
thrills caused by sensational mo
tion pictures deteriorate the mind. I
Fifty per cent of moving picture |
films today hypnotize, demorali^-;
and are emotioually dangerous. Theyi
incite and pervert emotions. Xotli- j
Ing in the films !e normal, every
thing is accentuated."
These are the views of the Rev. j
Hugh Birney, Cleveland's "probin j
pastor," who investigated motion i
picture houses hero. He would
tone down the movies and has put :
bis views before Mayor Newton J>.
Raker to be mad* the basis of;
sither state or municipal legislation.
rRAIXIXG OK TROOPS
HASTENED BV KAISER
Amsterdam, Jnn. 29—Einjici or j
(Vill:am lias ordered that untrain- j
wl Ofrnuut reservists 110 longer
.hall be permitted to serve as
5»>nrds of honor at the burials of
prisoners of war* according to
the Handelsblad.
"As much as we would like to
live deceased prisoners of war the
last military honors," the order is
I noted as saying, "all considerations
II list give way to the main work < f
hese troops, namely the acquisition
is quickly as possible of necessary
niiitary training."
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Paris, J;uv 29—An Austrian aero
plane was hovering over the city
or Belgrade last night. Its oc
cupants dropped several bombs,
which so far as known did no dam
age.
CORDOVA SITE FOR
/ I
Bl'ILDING ACCKl'TKD
George C Hazelet, president of
the Cordova Alaska, chamber of
commerce, is gratified over the fact
Uvt lie last week induced Uncle
Sum tc accept the gift ol twelve
luls ii> Cordova. Th( acceptance
cune fro;-: tin- treasury department.
Plans for pu1 lie bu'ldings are'
dr' i >vn in torder i i which
the government gets tit!e to
l.u.- land. Cordova for roaths has
"1:i• i ;;n appropriation of ?i 00,000
for building, but the g.iverniuent
hail taken no title anj wl.ere. The j
above acceptance puts Cordova far
ahead of other cities whose ap- j
propriations were made at the same
time.
The lots are at the corner of
Second street and Federal avenue.
JAP EMPEROR AXXIOCS
TO RELIEVE \V.\K ILLS
Rome, Jan. 20—Th© Observatore
Romano publishes a telegram from
Hie Emperor of Japan to Pope
Benedict, expressing the warm de-j
sire of the Japanese ruler to re- j
iii vo the UN resulting from the ;
war.
The Emperor adds in his tele- j
<iiain that no Japanese soldiers are
brings Kept iu a hostile country as
; i i-iMCs of war, and gives ass.ir
a»ce that all piisone;s of war in
r.ipan are being treate<l with the
j> ( (test benevolence, none being in
an mihappy state.
>! t'SHKltS LEAVE
OX MORXIXG'S TRAIN
Leslie O'Neil and Perry Askam of
San Francisco, the two young men
whom we mentioned Wednesday as
having in contemplation a walkin
tour through the interior to Dawson,
left on this morning's train for
Whitehorse, from which point they
will continue their journey on foot.
Mr. O'Nell spent last sumiher in
Dawson and is therefore quite well
acquainted with the difficulties
with which they will have to con
tend in making the trip at this
time of year.
Interior Weather
Skagway, snow, calm, 26 above.
Whitehorse, clear, s. w. 8 above.
Lower LeBarge, cloudy, calm, n.
Hootalinqua, cloudy, calm,—.
Big Salmon, cloudy, calm,—.
Carmacks, cloudy, calm,—.
Yukon Crossing, cloudy, calm, 3
above.
Selkirk, fog, calm,.—
Coffee Creek, cloudy, calm, 5 be
low.
Stewart River, cloudy, calm, 4
above.
Ogilvie, fog, calm,—.
Dawson, snow, n. w. 3 below.
Paris, Jan. 29—Servian engin-|
Berg have mined all the gorges of
the Danube from Trehla to Belgrade'
ami fortified all the defiles through
which Austro-German troops will
have to pass In an invasion of [
Scrvia.
PAt II IC COAST AGENT
GOIXG OX HIS VACATION*
V. A. Peterson, local agent of tho |
Pacific Coast S. S. Co., with Mrs.
HC«"rsOi« nod their little son, will
leave 011 the naxt southward sailing
3f tho City of Seattle for the out
side ou a month's vacation. They
«vlU first go to Seattle and from
Ihore will probably extend their
rip to San Francisco and take in
lie Panama-Pacific International 1
exposition before their return.
POiOlKK NOME LAWYER
DIES IN CALIFORNIA
William N'iceus Lancers, United
States attorney of Porto Rico and
formerly assistant United States
district aorney at Nome, Alaska,
lie*? in Los Angeles January 17tft,
'rcmi a tropical disease contracted
u Porto Rico a j'ear ago. Lan
lers went to California with hi3
ivite and daughter three weeks
jefore his death in the hope that
he change would benefit his health. !
LOCAL HIEFS
The southbound train arrived in
Skagway on time this afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. McKettriek, of
h railroad eating house at Bennett,!
rot awuy on this morning's train
'or the interior.
Mayor Huntley of Cowley, whoj
■rune over on Tuesday for a few
lays' visit in Skagway, left for
ion:e this morning.
i'here were two passengers on
hij morning's train bound for Car
rots. We did not learn their
tamos. * I
Mrs. Neuman of New York, who
las been stopping at the Dewey ho
el for several days, left on the '
ruin this morning enroute to Daw
on.
The City of Seattle was reported
it Kstchikan at 8 o'clock this
nornlng and is due to reach
Skagway at noon Sunday. She
ias six passengers and 35 tons of
reight for this port.
Immigration Inspector Joy is in-j
cresting himself in a certain lo
:al matter, which, if it turns out J
is he anticipates, will cause two
Skagway boys to receive merited |
•ecognition for acts of bravery
>erform'ed under circumstances such
is try meu's souls.
A letter received In Skagway re
:entlv from Tom Carroll, well
tnown here In the early days states j
.ha» the writer had just got out,!
ifter six weeks' stay In the Provl
ieuce hospital, and is stopping at
•he Oxford hotel, 1920 First Ave.,
•un by John Stnley, aalso an old
SkagwayaD, and at one time mayor j
>f ,he town.
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| P. H. GANTY, GROCER §
Washington, D. C., Jan. 29—Rep
resentative We E. Humphrey of
Washington state is certain congress
will appropriate, before the adjourn
ment of the present special ses
sion, the $50,000 asked for a drag
net survey of the Alaskan coast.
"L'XfTiE TOM'S CABIN"
POPULAR PICTURE PALACE
I'll- uiillday night the Popular
F'cture Falace will put upon the
5cr«.->n in three reels the old but
ivor popular play, "Uncle Tom's
Cabin," a dramatization of the novel
unti.'r the same title written and
published by Harriet Beeeher-Stowe
•; l»51-2.
Before Hit- end of 1852 the book j
[wuf been tranlated into Italian,.
Sp.u>isli, Danish, Swedish, Dutch,
Finnish German, Polish and Mag
g a i'
There are two Dutch translations
»nd twelvf. Germ;m ones. It has
■jetn dramatized In twenty forms,
i.iul acted in every capital city in
Europe and in every city, town and
viliago in North America.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 29—
President Wilson has issued an
executive order directing that all
work of the Alaska engineering
commission be henceforth performed
under tile direction and control of
the department of the interior.
ST. PAUL CATHEDRAL TO
OPEN ON PALM SUNDAY
St. Paul, Jan. 27—On Palm Sun- |
lay, the triumph in the life of I
Vrchbishop John Ireland will be eel- j
Crated. This will be the formal
>pening of the ?4,F,00,000 St. Paul j
lathedral. The building of the ca- j
liedral, which has occupied several j
rears, has been the life work of.
lie aged archbishop.
Because of its extreme height
ibove the business part of the city,
md the fact that a street car tun
lel runs almost under the cathedral,
m engineering feat of considerable
magnitude was .i9cessary to pre
rent the cave in of the tunnel.
Mexico City, Jan. 29—General Ob
regon, in command of Carranza
forces, today entered and took pos
session of this city. There has
been no disorder following the oc
cupation by the Carranzistas.
Vera Cruz, Jan. 29—General Car
ranza issued a statement today In
which he announced he would not
for a time move his headquarters
to Mexico City.
WllL PUBLISH BOOKLET
TELLING ABOUT ALASKA
The Chicago Milwaukee & St.
P<".ul railroad will take a hand in
advertising Alaska by means of a
booklet devoted to exploiting the
ricji territory of the Far North.
General Passenger Agent Geo. "VV.
Hiijbard, of Seattle in outlining his
pl-113 recently said:
"Our idea i3 to make our publi
cation educational as to the accessi
bility of Alaska and particulars of
the rail and steamship lines that
bring the empire at the north in
comparatively speaking close com
muuiou with the East, and instead
cf »iving a lot of figures and Sta
tir.tics for the reader, to digest or
skin over let the reproduced pho
tographs tell the Btory of the
woader of Alaska, 'The Golden.'
"We naturally will want to in
terest hunters in the big game of
Alaska, and consequently pictures
tint will appeal to the men "who
wants to go out and kill something'
will be very acceptable."
"Ashaei Curtis, one of our best
sce:>ic uhotographerB here, has a
most complete set of negatives both
of the coast and interior Alaska
along tho Yukon, so that we have
an extensive list from which to sel
ect.
Snow or ice photographs will be
strictly prohibited. Such pictures
have entered so largely into the ex
ploitation of Alaska heretofore, that
it has resulted in more Injury than
good to the country."
!>E\"MARK CONFISCATES
FOREIGN WHEAT STOCKS
London, Jan. 29—A dispatch to
the. Exchange Telegraph company
from Copenhagen says the govern
ment has confiscated all wheat In
Denmark of foreign origin. This
simply is valued at $500,000. Gov
ernment representatives are now
on their way to London to purchase
corn and fodder.
Who's Your Tailor?
j^ever mind if the robins haven't
arrived yet-Spring is on the
way, and you'll be wise to leave
your measure for your custom tail
ored clothes today—then they'll be
Ready When You
Need 'Em
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& Co.'s exclusive woolens and have
the clothes delivered when you want
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The Clothier
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