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No. 198 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 191R
PRICK 1Q CBNTa
250,100 TEUTONS ARE NOW
ON IKE SERVIAN FRONTIER
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Bucharest, Oct 4 — Last Frida>
Austro-IIungarian army officers
arrive^ here, it was rumored at the
time, to assist in. the mobilisation
ol the Bulgarian army, and the pur
pose of their coming is confirmed
today by the arrival of two hun
dred and fifty thousand Teutons
with t*o thousand guns at the Ser
vian frontier under the supervision
of General Von Mackeasen.
London, Oct 4 — Bulgaria must
disarm or go to war. No middle
course is left her, witt the entente
powers exerting strong pressure to
force dmoblllzatlon and the Teu
tonic allies equally strong in their
prweure toward war.
Bucharest dispatches report Ger
many nnd Austria is having of
fered Bulgaria the whole of Mace
donia -nd Serbia aud an Adriatic
por» in Albania as a rejvard for
her active participation in the war
on the side of the central powers.
An immediate decision is demanded,
however, Germany having already
dispatched a semi-ultimatum to So
fia, aicording to Rome reports.
An official dispatch from Rome
today eaj-B that Serbia lias offered
to Greece the districts of Guivgelell
| ani Doiran, rich agricultural xe
| gicns, in Macedonia, in exchange for
I Greece's participation iu an expedi
tion against Bulgaria.
A late dispatch from Turin roads
as follows: "There already have
been several clashes between Ser
bians and Bulgarians along the
frontier, according to reports re
ceived hero. A Bulgarian patrol at
ll'ritchouke is reported to have at
i tackcd Serbian, sentinels, who re
j treated. The Bulgarians crossed
iuto Serbian territory, where thoy |
remained several hours. Bulgarian
troops are said to be digging trench-,
es all along the frontier and pro
I tecting them with barbed-wire en
| tanglements."
Petrograd, Oct. 4—The Russian i
1 minister to Bulgaria h:i» been or- j
[ dered to leave Sofia for home with- •
• iu the next twenty-four hours, un- ■
! less tho Bulgarian government op- j
1 gnly breaks with Germany and Aua
tro Hungary.
| Tho Kussian duma will re-as- i
serable on November 8 th to take
action on financial affairs.
FELT OVER COAST
Seattle, Octobor 4—Severe a hoc km
of ear'.b quake were felt over tbp en
tire Pacific coast at mUluigbt Sat
urday.
THEY (IRE
PLACER MINING
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The following ietcr Ji"» J"*t
received by Vincent Dortero
from Fred Konzo, Jr., who loft
h«*r» Jh coin [win/ with his father
l,i*i •uznw«r lu a gaflollne launch
for a prcjwj'Wtiinj oruluo In march
of utluerul b<-nrlug lode* aloiij; the
ahurea of L/uu canal, ile write*:
Durntrs Da/, Alaska, Oct. 2, '15.
' We are now Mopping at William
llnir/ Hay, working on a jilacer
proposition, sinking a prospect hole,
ana figure on being on bod-rock iu
auother week or so.
"Wo are In cahoots with two
other fellows anil I am over horu
at Jual.'n mine till (he return trip
o' tho Georgia from Skagway.
"We are sending up to Haineu
for a whlpsaw so wo can make our
own lumber. You can expect to see
ua In about a mouth for if every
thing turns out all right, wo will
bo In Skagway and outfit for the
winter.
"I wrote you before and told you
where we havo been, and wo cer
tain I* have had a fine trip so far.
Wo have had a dea'h in tho family.
I Tho doic broko his leg a couple of
weeks ago, and we had to shoot
htm, us there w.'m no chancy of
fixing him.
"Tho engine Is still on the biwn,
and wo havo to row ovory plaro
where wo want to go.
"Havo got a Uttlo prospect In
William Henry Ilay, and liavo
rouitlt of claims staked.
"Tho weathor has foeon pretty
w<j» for tho last few weeks, but we
ari» fixed O. K. So wo don't hayo to
worry."
Your friend
FRED FQNZO, Jr.
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- • sistir.t,' of the
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r Cut and Finish
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THE HABERDASHER AND
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6ERMANY FAILS TO SATISFY THE
0. S. Ill THE ARABIC MATTER
s$j
"Washington, D. C., Oct. 4—It
Is announced Jiere today thr.t Ger
many had failed to satisfy the re
gies' or the United States wherein
it is asked that the Kinking ol the
steamship Arabic bo disavowed by
Germany or liabiliay for the act as
Euraed by the Imperial government.
Secretary of State Robert Landing,
who was in conference with Count
von Bernstorff, the Germaji ambas
sador to tbg Unied States while
In New "Sorts yesterday on his re
turn to this city, brought a note of
the above tenor to Preeident Wilson.
VESSELS LEAVE
FOR HONOLULU
San Francisco, Oct. -1—Four Un
ited States submarines of the K
type left here for Honolulu today
under their own steam.
CIRCULATED
The following petition to the
management of the four lines of
steamers running into Skagway is
being circulated and is receiving
the signature of everyone to whom
it has so far been presented. It is
desirable that ths name of every
adult resident of Skagway be ap
pended to the d(yument before it
is sent in, and in order (o facilitate
the work those who have not al
ready signed are requested to
drop into Keller Bros, drug store
and do so at once, as the time is
limited in which to finish up the
work and forward the petition to
its destination:
"Wc. the undersigned business
men and residents of Skagway,
Alaska, hereby urge your consid
eration of the matters brought to
your attention by the Commercial
Club, to the end that you may, by
mutual arrangement between your
companies, give passengers an op
portunity to exchange their tickets
to return on later steamers, and
that you have your steamers re
main in this port long enough to
allow at least three hours for the
tourists in our town, exclusive of
the time consumed in making the
excursion trip on the White lJass
& Yukon Route to Summit or
Bennett"
WILIi DKCIDK TODAY
ON "WKT" OH "DRY"
Minneapolis, Oct. 4—Ail elootion
Is being held in this county today to
decide whether the lour hundred
saloons doing busintsts Within its
boundaries shall bo grantod new
licensee.
COL. MLING
UNI) Pill HERE
| The yacht Cyprus, belonging to
I Col. D. C. Jackling, the -well known
| mining man of Salt Lake City, ar
I rived in Skagway at 8 o'clock this
mcrning and anchored out In the
bay. The vessel reached Juneau
from Seattle at 12:30 Friday morn
ing, having on board Col. Jackling,
Adolph Spreckles, a wealthy bu
gar refiner of California, President
Charles M. MacNeill of the Utah
Copper Co., Prank O. Janney, man
ager of mills for the Jackling in
terests, Secretary H. B. Tooker and
Sowetary John Rldgeway who are
inspecting the Alaska Gaetineau
Mining company, in which they are
heavily interested. Mrs. Jackling,
Mm. spreckles and Mrs. MaoNeill
complete the party. Captain Lewis
is in command of the Cyprus and
Captaiu E* Hickman is pilot.
Hi:\Vy RAINFALL AND MUD
PRET EXT FALL OFFENSIVE
London, Oct. 4—It is thought
that the heavy rainfall of the
past fejv days in Franc« will pre
vent the continuation of the allies
offensive movement at Artols.
The French airship Ateace is re
ported to have been loat in the
raid upon Champagne the other day.
allied cruiser damaged
BV HEAVY ARTILLERY
Constantinople, Oct. 4—An al
lied cruliHT vu badly damaged 1»;
Turkish artlllory Tiro at Sodll llahr,
tho extreme point of tho Galll|>oU
peninsula, at the entrance to tho
Dardanelles.
WHUAT RAISED ON
MATAM'HKA FARMS
From tho So ward, Alaska, Even
ing Post,: UojKirts from the Matan
uska valley show a total of 250
homcsteadors living thoro at the
present tlmo. Most of tho locators'
havo several acres cleared and cul
tivated and feomosplendld crops have
been produced. Wheat rlponod
there this Bumm«<r, tho growth being
hardy and of a remarkable size.
Byron Bartholf raised a turnip
measuring Just thlry-two Inches In
circumference. Forty tons of fine
largo potatotje wero produced by
one man and cold to the gov
ernment commissary. Potatoes yield
ten tons to the acre in this fertile
valley. Mrs. W. Q. Fenton grew
swet peas that measured two and
on-half Inches across.
High Grade
Bulk Chocolates
Just received another shipment of best
quality chocolates
Victorian and Societe
Hard—Soft—Nut Tops and Nut Center
Sold at 50c per lb.!
We have built up a large candy trade by serving
our patrons with only fresh goods of the
very highest grade.
P. H. GANTY
REPORT OF MEETING OF THE
PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION
The first meeting of the second
year of the Paront-Teacher associa
tion was held in the Bchool building
Friday evening, Oct. 1, at 8 o'clock.
The gathering was called to
order by Mrs. A. M. Rousseau, presi
dent, who made the following re
marks: !
hTe Parent-Teacher association is
now beginning on its second
work. This organization Is the
outgrowth of a desire on the part
of both parent and teacher to put
the Skagway Bchool on an equal
footing with the schools of other
communities. The experience of
those interested in educational wel
fare has proven that many student*
who ranked high In book learning
lacked executive ability in putting
into use that knowledge when com
bating the probljms of alter Ufa. A
knowledge of books is worth only
a« much to the Individual as can
be put to use, and that which hi
stored away in mind without the
ability of its possessor to put Into1
practice is worthless.
As a result of the demand for
more useful men and women In j
the world, the schools are being
equipped ■with the necemary con
veniences for educating the pupil'
along more practical lines, thus en-J
abltng the child to put his iea»on
ing powers into fuller activity and
to be a help to his parents in doing
things well while acquiring a broad
er outlook on life. *
Recognizing the lack of some
of these advantages In the Skagway
school the Parent-Teacher associa
tion put forth an effort to supply
that need with the result that do
mestic science, manual training and
horticultural work were introduced
dur'ng the last term with gratifying
results, considering the handicap
under which the work don*.
Last yeai the work of the teachers
in these branches was voluntary,
but this terra the school Board has
with commendable public spirit al
lowed a small monthly stipend for
those who have In charge the do
mastic science and manual trailing
departments,
The things mentioned are only
part of the beneficial result* that
co-operation stands for. Many a
good teacher has been criticised,
ereu condemned, for not bringing out
betttr results In a pupil and many
a pupil has not achi«r«)d that for
which be aspired, by reason of
a lack of understanding or sym
pathy between himself and the
teacher. If an opportunity - bad
been made where the reasoning
faculties at each could have had full
play tb« difficulty would doubtlen
hare been readily met and more
satisfactory results Accomplished.
These meeting are for the pur
pose of dlscuBBlng and reasoning out
difficulties and coming together for
a heart to heart talk upon sub
jects that are of vital Interest to
all. They are what the members
make them. Each Individual is
responalble for bis or her share in
mak.'n/ them of Interest, and it te
to be hoped Uie coming year will
be one of endeavor for a higher
standard of educational work.. -
The president's remarks were
followed by the reading of the min
utes of the last meeting by the sec
retary, Miss Margaret Keenan, jrha
afterward Save a lengthy talk
on educalonal yrork and the needs
of the school for the coming year.
Mies Keenan's vacation was spent
on the coast and while enjoying it
she had the opportunity to look in
to the work of other Parent-Teach
er associations and found that what
ha« been accomplished here is not
behind those of other places. She
said that alhough the domestic
science and manael training depart
ment* sre b«w under the supervi
sion of the school board, there Is
still much for the Parent-Teacher
wikWIcb to tto. The home credit
system whica w«» h«»
year by the school had accomplished
its »urpoee and B^e feit that t»®w
domestic science and manual tualn
(Continued on page 4.)
rUNt.HALS OF VICTIMS
TOOK PLACE YKSTKRDAY
The reraaiuB of the four victims
of Alox Gragoff's inurderoui rape
were laid to TOBt at \Vhiwhor*> yes
terday afternoon. That of F*at
Klnslow Vas hold at 1 o'clock and
the other ihree at 4 o'clock.
Oragoff is having his preliminary
hearing this afternoon before Mag
istrate O. L. Taylor.
ALMftiKD DYNAMITER 18
HAVING TRIAL. TODAY
Lc.§ Angeles, Oct. 4—Schtnitt, a.n
alleged dynamiter, who It to ch*fgod
wai Implicated •with the MeN«m*r»
brother and Oitle MoManlgl® in
th* blowing up of the Dally Tim®"
building In this city BWfal r<3*r*
ago, In which almost a wore of
peopki were Wiled, to oa trial here
today. .t — ' ' »
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