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So. 131 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
tSKA(4WAY,- ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1914
PRICE 10 CENTS
TOURING ALASKA
FOR MAGAZINES
Ou a tour through the Alaskan
mining ramps, K. E. Hurja, former
ly of the Fairbanks Daily Times,
ut more recently of the Post-In
t'lMgemer, is in Skapway during
the stay in port of the Northwest
ern. bound for Priuce William
sound ports. Mr. Hurja is gather- j
ing material for development
■ rtii les of tl»e various Alaska dis-1
triots. He will visit the Cordova,
Valdez ,itid Seward sections and
•>n rot urn to Skagway to start for j
the interior country. Ou his re
'urn, Skagwav will get several days' '
attention.
Anion*; the publications Mr. Hurja |
represents are the Mining & Scien
tific Press, of San Francisco; the
P'st-lntelligencer, Seattle; the Pa
Power Poat, Seattle; Outdoor
l.it'e. lVnver and Post-Dispatch,
l.ouis.
rWSKMJKU LIST OP
THE PRINCESS ALICK i
The following people, of whom )
are excursionists, arrived ou the
"rim-ess Alice this morning at
'• 43: f. K. Patterson, Bert R.
■ my, Mrs. Gray, Capt. .N'eroutsos. !
Xeroutsos, A. Queeu, Major A.
Carey, Mrs. Carey, Mary Carey,
R ■. Mrs Rice, Miss Rita Board
Mrs. Turnbull, Arch. |
Turn bull. Miss Irene Martin, M. j
I ulson, K. L. Patterson. Mrs. Pat
'• .-so . Harriett Patterson, Dana
>' tt»—ion, X. Fitz Herbert, Mrs.
i*itz H< r'^ert, Miss Hazel Kyle, D.
iTh, c:. Theod. Behrendt, P. F.
-;ner, Ch.is Kmies, Mss L. Dick
sou Miss Lloyd, Miss Betty Iser, H. j
; iw. Miss Margt. Shaw, C. Kem
lerer, R. Chapin Mrs. Chapin R.
■'.it, W Taylor, H. I Shadwell,
Flora Miles. Miss A. B. Karr, ,
•Iiss M Haven, Mrs. E. Haven.l
Miss F Brown, Mrs. K. Wilson,'
:ita Wilson, Mrs. Betts, Clayton
etts. Mr. F. Pearse, Hubert i
tv irse. Mrs. H. Pearse, G. Dawson,
Miss K. Dawson, Elsa Dawson, El- ■
nor Dawson, G. Auld, Miss Mary 1
>rson, J. O'Connell, Miss E. '
-ita-;-. Miss L. Mitchell. Miss H. ;
■ i. Mrs. J. Hoskins. G. Howes. 1
Mrs. Howes, Miss Ruth Howes, i
M Bridley, Mrs. Eaklns. M. Mc- i
X -, Miss Maggie Holmes, Miss
' Montez, J. H. Brownlee, Miss :
M Spencer, G. Brochu, J. Mara, <
•s E. Mara, J. L. Mara. Miss F. i
- ■ . Y. Sonada, G. Hanada, Wm.
May, R. Yamamoto, T. Yamaguchi, I
;<■ 11! six second class passengers. J|
LAKE BREAKS ON
KALDEZ GLACIEP
From the Valdez Prospector, Jum
27th:
A great reservoir of water on the
Valdez glacier broke yesterdaj
afternoon and came tearing on its
way over the flats, breaking of!
huge chunks of ice, which have
been scattered all over the flats
near the glacier and the smaller
Iileces carried on to the bay.
The ice can readily bo seen from
the north end of town. The big gov
ernment dike has been hit by a
part of the stream, but the waters
made no impression upon it, the
mat sinking as the gravel was
washed out.
SCI K X TISTS l'R El'A It 1 SO
TO OBSERVE ECMINI
St. Petersburg, July 1—Russia
is looking forawrd to an internation
al astronomical invasion for the
purpose of observing the solar
eclipse ou August 21.
In the west of Europe the eclipse
will be visible only partially, but
Russia v.ill be favored by a vision
af a total eclipse. It will begin in
S'orway, pass through Sweden anrt
Ihe Baltic, and then travel through
Russia from northwest to south
east, rttreating to Asia Minor and
Persia. The duration of the total
iclipse will vary from a few sec
mds to a few minutes, and it will
t>e longest at Minsk, where it will
ast two and one quarter minutes.
The Russian observatories, as
ronomical and physical research
•Ieti66, as well as the universities,
lave already arranged .their pb< •
>f observation at various spots
rom Riga in the northwest to
Theodosia in the southeast, and
he chief expedition of the Russi a
\stronooical Society has even gone
>utide the confines of the Empire
>f Asia Minor.
British astronomers will l«e well
•epresented. Mr. Frank Watson
>yson, at the head of a large staff,
vill make observations at Minsk on
>ehalf of Greenwich Observatory;
tfr. H. F. Xewall will head an ex
ledltion from the Cambridge As
rophysical Observatory to Theo
iosia; while Professor A. Fowler
>f the Royal Astronomical society
srill make his headquarters at KiefC.
<o fewer than eleven scientific so
cieties of Western Europe have al
ready staked out their claims on
lussian soil, and in addition many
ndividual men of science will be
•resent on their own initiative.
Gentlemen: Our
Spring and Summer
Suits
Hats, Shoes
Rain Coats, Furnishing Goods, Etc
Are Now On Display
Suits flade to Your Heasure
At $18 and Up
When in Need of Goods in Our Line Come In
Jand Look Over Our Stock
No Hard Feelings and No Harm Done
If You Do Not Buy
STORE OPEN EVENINGS
H. J. LYNCH
The Up To Date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41 SKaGWAY
PRESENTATION
IS POSTPONED
Ovviii!* to the Princess Alice get
ting in at an earlier hour this morn
(ing tha:i it was anticipated she
would the presentation of the rustic
flower stand filled with pansies in
bloom, was postponed until tomorro
.at 2:3d o'clock, at which time the
ceremony will be gone through with
jiuid afterward the ladles and girls
who take part will be entertained ouj
board by Captain McLeod and the
other officers of the boat,
j Captain McLeod has also extend
ed an invitation to quite n number
, of the business men of town to
partake of a luncheon on board the
1 Princess Alice tomorrow at 12
! o'clock :ioon.
Pittsburg, July 1—Colonel Roose
velt, in 1>is first speech in the XH14
campaign here last night, roasted
the political bosses iiuil scored
President Wilson for what he
termed administration weakness.
He has coined a new phrase and
designated President Wilson's ad
ministr. :ion a government by convu"
sion.
lie also roasted Sonator Penrose
being a state boss and blames
'he people for supporting him.
foloiie! Roosevelt lacked much of
is oM-time vigor and was apparent
ly quite weak ^at the end of his
speech.
Haines, Juno 30—George Vogel i
lias sold his entire stock of hard- I
ware and jewelery to N. G. Han- h
-Kon, and has also givou Mr. Hanson j
a lease on his store building, and
'3 moving up into his old home on i
Second avenue, where he lived ;
prior to his engagiug In the hard
ware business.
W. S. Harding, deputy United
States marshal, who took some in
sane patients to the Morningside
sanitarium at Portland, Oregon,
I'ome time ago, returned this morn
ing on the steamship J. B. Stetson.
L. E. Buell, the commercial travel
er, is in Haines attending to busi
ness in his line, having come up
front Juneau on the Stetson.
The orchestra of the SOth infantry (
band, stationed at Fort W. H. Sew
ard, will give a sacred concert in ,
Uio Presbyterian church next Sun- j
day evening.
The excitement over the- new (
1 lacer mines struck above Pleasant \
Camp oil the Klehinl river has
about subsided. However, some say <
they are good, while others haven't 1
much faith iu them.
DR. STUCK 01
WAY 10 YUKON
From an eight months' tour of
England and eastern United States,
Archdeacon Hudson Stuck, of the
Kpiscopul missions of Alaska,
climber of Mt. Mclvinley and author,
passed through Skagway this morn
ing on his way to the Interior.
Archdeacon Stuck, since his ascent
of the mountain, lias lectured on
Alaska in many cities and still has
found time to look utter the publi
cation of two volumes, one entitled
"The Ascent of Deuali (.Mt. McKin
ley)" and the other "Ten Thous
and Miles Behind a Dog Sled," tiie
ono a story of the first successful
climb of the highest peak on the
continent by Karstens, Harper, Ta
tum and Stuck; and the other a
series of personal experiences dur
ing nine years of mission xvork in
Alaska.
Dr. Stuck now plans to devote
the rest of his time this summer
to mission work in the Yukon and
Koyukuk.
■'WESTERN'S
The Northwestern so' in at I
?arly hour this uiori-.iuy: with tlie
ollowing passengers: Regulars—
tfrs. Mueller, Mrs. U. C. Thorne, i
--lslo l.ochr, J. J. Crossley. Paul 1
Danharr, C. C. Pago, Archdta
Stuck, Arthur Wright, \V; ;ior .v.
i!a, Fred Derry, \\'. A. Voting, F.
j\ dills, Paulina Paulson; Round
rippers—Alexander Anderson, Mrs.
Anderson, .Miss M. Wuld, Miss
-.ockwood, T. S. Lock wood, Mrs. I
.ockwood, Louise Drury, lilizabe;li
Buckley, Mrs. 1,. Cei-linger, Jr..
'Irs. Geo. Raymond, I.. Gerlanger, j
drs. Garlanger, J. II. Bridgeford, |
Slsie Child, Vera Chil i, A. K. .1 ■ >n< s,
Mrs. Jones, Miss Jones, Ceo. Rob
uson, Jr., Gerlrude Davidson, Ito
iie Davidson, Col ii. \V. Wheeler,
Yalter P. Proep, Mrs. i'n >>!>. Helen
5roep, Herbert Proej). The ves- I
lei sailed at 4 o'clock this after- I
>oou for the westward.
The testimony iu tho case af
'abine Dortero vs. The Home Power
3o. was all in yesterday afternoon
ind the opening argument was mad
his morning by Attorney R. E.
lobertson, of counsel for plaintiff,
i'ollowong him Attorneys Steve Rag
in and J. R. Winn argued the case
his afternoon for the defense.
Judge Royal A. Gunnison will
lose for the plaintiff and it is
hought the case will go to the
ury sometime tonight.
We Specialize on
National Biscuit Goods
These Biscuits, Cookies, etc., are packed in modern inner
fseal packages, and reach you as fresh as the day they
were baked. Just received the following varieties:
American Beauty Ginger Snaps, 2 lb. kegs. 35c
Graham Crackers,
Social Teas,
Nabisco Wafers,
Baronet Biscuits,
Five O'Clock Tea,
Cheese Tid Bits,
Festino Almond,
Fig Newton,
15c pkg.; 2 for 25c
We also carry a Nice Line of Fresh Bulk Cookies
P. H. GANTY, GROCERY
rr m
Mrs. Henrietta Sharks, who was
a resid'-nt of Skagway in tlie early
| Cays, but lias lived in Valdez for a
1 number of years, is ;i passenger on
the Northwestern bound for home.
Mrs. Sharks lias a son who is a
[lineotype operator on the Valdez
| Prospector, he having learned the |
| business after going to the West-1
[ward, and In consequence she al
ways feels at home in a newspaper
office.
Mrs. .Sharks lias boon to Juneau,
where filio wont a short time ago
to see two of her brothers,
whom the had not seen "for 1G
years. She found only one of them
there, however, the other having j
left previous to her arrival.
She sees many changes in Skag- |
way since she lived here, but still
Iins a warm place in her heart for
the town and its people.
II. D. Clark came in this morn
ing and stated that we were in er
ror in what we had said the other
day about the lire in the foot
hills to J-iie northwest of town
one to look .u.i,.' it lo see that it
'i a not sprca i. iie informed us
nit the lire was 01 his farm and
iat he had !: d men hired to look
ifter it ever sinc-o It was started.
He also sa! 1 that '.Marshal Frank
■ 'ago had been up several times to
sec that it was under control and
no* likely to do any damage.
\V« are j;lad lo know that the
fire is being looked after, for too
much care c; nnot be exercised at
this time of year to p< e that camp
tires ! 'ft by careless people are
not allowed to spread into the ad
joining timber, where they would
likely do much damage be:'ore they
could be put out.
LOCAL UltlKFS
The Northwestern brought in a
larso quantity of mining machinery
this morning, part of it being a
dredge outfit consigned to Berry
Bros, at Fairbanks and the remain
der to A. Rystoge, Dawson.
ACT EFFECTIVE
IN H YORK
Albany, N. Y., July 1—Tho com
pensation features of New York's
Workmen's compensation law be
came effective throughout the Em
pire state today.
CHANCES ORDERED IX
ALASKA MAIL SERVICE
Washington, June 30—The Alas
ka mail service has just been order
ed by the postoffice department:
The postmasters in Alaska are
permitted to exchange mails as
often as practicable by boats op
crated by the United States For
est Service, without additional ex
pense to the postoffice department
from July 1, 1914, to June 30, 1918.
Skagway, Alaska, to Seattle,
Wash. The postmasters at Skag
\va Haines, Juneau, Douglas,
Petersburg, Wrangell and Ketchi
kan, Alaska, are permitted and
Ketchikan, Alaska, and Seattle,
Wash , are permitted to exchange
mails as often as practicable by tho
steamer Humboldt of the Humboldt
Steamship Co.
Skagway to Haine3. The post
masters at termini are permitted to
exchange mail as often ;is practic
able by government boat under con
trol of tho war department, this
department to provide mail-messen
ger service between the wharves
;ind postofficce at termini.
LEAGUERS
II BUFFALO
Buffalo, July 1—Delegates from
■very civilized country of the world
met here today in tho opening ses
sions of the quadrennial convention
:>1' the Epworth League of the world.
A. feature will be a parade of 20,
f>00 men and women to celebrate the
25th anniversary of the birth of
ho organization. The paraders will
march To the McKinley monument
ivhere all will sing "My Country
Tis of Thee."
If General Funston succeeds in
i riving out of Vera Cruz all men
who will not wrork and who live on
nhers, by all means let's order
liini back from Mexico and put him
it work in the United States.
if You Want to lake
A Good Impression
There is no better
way than to wear
^ Hart Shaffner & iarx
CLOTHES
They give you the feeling of
confidence and the well
groomed appearance that
always wins
Come in and look them over
WILL CLAY SON—Clothier