No. Utf SEVENTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1914 PRICE 10 CENTS
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SCOTTISH RITE
MASONS MEET
JuOsro Royal A. Gunnlsou, ref
erable mister of Alaska Ledge of
Perfection No. 1. and a member of
the council of the Scottish Rite.,
uis authorized a circular being la- i
sued to the Scottish Rite Miaou*
of Alaska, which reads Iu part a*>
loilows:
"Alaska 1-odge of Perfection No.
. V- iley of Juneau, Orient of Al
• .ska, A. .* A. Scottish Rite. South
ern Jurisdiction. A special communl
ation i,f this lodge will be held
in tile hall of the Odd Fellows,
. uriur Franklin and Second street*,I
i'n Wednesday evening, July 22. i
11)14, at S o'clock. Thi* special |
meeting has been called for the
purpose of conferring the degree*
from the 4ih to the 12th lacluslra. (
Attest: Walter DeLong, 3ind de
"ree. secretary."
Albany, Oregon, July 20—Plana
to further statewide prohibition
will be considered at the annual
;.:erei!i-e of the Epworth league of
■ Me'.hodist church in Oregon,
w.'st o: the Cascade mountains,
which opened a six day st-ssion to
Routine business occupied
the attention of the conference to
GRAND CIRCUIT
"ROTTING RACES
•t;. lit!, O., July 20—The |
.d..U trotting races, the
the Grand Circuit me«ta,
•: e today. Fourteen ment- :
,"s w 1 be held. Vhe rac«B her*. 1
1 tl se which follow at Detroit, j
Ur; :.d i; ; ;ils and Kalamazoo, will •
icted jointly by the Great
. and the Grand Circuit.
■ !. Alice Humphrey of Tacoma 1
uu d-trip passenger on the
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FUNERAL OF
H. C. 80 mi
The funeral of the late- H. C. Bow
man will take place from the Elks'
hall ou Sixth street at 2 o'clock p.
m. ou Thursday, July 23rd.
The bo<ly will arrive iu Skagway
from Juueau ou tha Mariposa on
Wedaeiday moraiag aud will be
takes from the boat to the hall
where it will remain until the fun
eral.
CLASSIC TENNIS
T0H1ENI
Boeton, July 20—Longwood's
classic tennis tournament, second in
importance only to the national
championship at Newport, began
today Kith a galaxy of the country'a
premier player*, including many who
are working out for the Davis cup
team.
It in the 24th tournament held by
the club, aad the winner will be
called on to play W. M. Johnson,
of California, who woa the cham
pionship last year through the de
fault of M. E . McLaughlin, who
vu in England bringing Jjack the
Davis cup. E. P. Lamed also holds
a leg of the cup. The Eastern
double championship will be start- i
ed tomorrow.
Among the players of national
standing entered at Long wood are:
M. E. McLaughlin, the national
chamrion; R. N. Williams 2nd,
Wallace F. Johnson, R. D. Little,
William M. Johnson and F. B. Al
exander; former champions of tho
United States in singles and doubles,
R. L. Murray and Herbet Hahu, the
California* collegians who have
been distinguishing themselves In
eastern tournaments; T. R. Bell,
F. C. Inman, O. M. Church and
Dean Mathey of New York, W. N.
Niles, A. S. Dabney, G. ~3. Gardner,
Jr., W. M. Washburn and E. H.
Whitney of former eastern double
championship teams and II. C. John
eon and R. C. Seaverd former Mass
achussettes champions in singles
and doubles.
Mrs. Lome A. McAlister left
this morning for Falrbankt to visit
her mother, whom he has not seen
for quite a long time. Mrs. McAli
■ter will remain In the interior un
til near the close of navigation.
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Puerto, July 20—General Vic-:
torlana Huerta and his war secre
tary, General Blanqui.-i;, ive here
tomorrow morning for Germany, to
get away from tlie scene strife
and trouble, it wag officially an-,
nounced hero today. Huerta and
Blanquet will leave on ilu German
cruiser Dresden, whCle other offi
cials will use a special steamer
which has been chartered.
The return of HueitaVnd his co-1
horts to Mexico, depends entirely
on the outcome of the present si'
uatlou. "I will stay in Europe un- j
til Mexico again nee<ls my sword," |
said General Huerta yesterday.,
"When the people of -Mexico ctrll
me, 1 will return." The officers
of both foreign warships in the
harbor paid their respects to hi:n
and Blauquet and their families.
Huerta and Blauquot are still aboari
the Bristol in the harbor.
Chihuahua, July 20—Kebel lend
ers here today said the first thing '
the rebels would try to do when
they were placed in power would be
the extradition of Huerta from tier
many. Gen. Huerta should suffer,
they said, for the wrongs he has |
done Mexico.
Mexico City, July 20—Hesplte the
announcement that Ger'.-ral lluert t
and his staff are about to leave
the country, no demonstrations
have taken place here. The city !
is quiet and perfect order prevails.
Mexico City, July .0—Provision-,
al President Carbajal : greatly em
barrassed because of a lack o
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Nome, July "0—The ice-j
breaker Kit roturin J today from ^
the north, with the lie as that she
was unable to approach any nearer
than 120 miles of Wrangell island, j
where the members oi the ill-taied
Karluk expedition are marooned. T!i
crew of the Kit reports that the
ice pack this year is the heaviest
for more than a decade. It will be
some time before ill-2 rest of the
Stefansson party can be brought to
civilization.
NIANY VESSELS
ARE lEiiKED
Halifax, July 20—Two large
steamers and several fishing schoon
ers were wreckod yesterday off the
coast of Noya Scotia in a big
j storm. Life-saving crews saved
nearly all the passengers.
funds. Iluerta left an empty treasury
when he selected Carbajal to take
charge of tlie reins of government
in Mexico.
President Carbajal today refused
the use of three Mexican gunboats
to lluerta as an escort when the
former leader loaves Mexico. Car
bajal said he needed the gunboats
because of a contemplated attack of
the rebels along the shore.
Washington, July 20—The ad
ministration is greatly concerned
over the operations in Mexico of
Zapata, the bandit. According to
the report, Zapata refuses to re
cognize Carbajal as provisional pres
ident because he was appointed by
Huerta.
The administration attaches great
faith in Carbajal and look for a
settlement, of all Mexican troubles
provide.l the rebel generals can
agree on one head.
Mexico City, July 20—The banks
aro coming1 to the relief of Curta
jal, although the crisis In the mon
ey situation has not yet arrived.
Many suicides aro reported by the
police as a direct result of the an
nouncement of Huerta's Impending
departure.
El P:tso, July 20 General Orozco
started another revolution today
when he escaped from the cus
tody of the federals at San Luis,
with 4U0 soldiers, who were held as
prisoners of war.
Juarez, July 20—Rebel mobiliza
tion is under way, uroparatory to a
march on Mexico City.
London, July 20—King George
h;is called a conference of leaders
of all parties in order to seek a
solution of the Irish problem.
Spithead, July 20—The annual
review of the navy today was post
poned, because of a fear of demon
strations of a political nature. Be
tween suffragettes and the Irish
enthusiasts, the authorities are
having a busy time. The king is
detained in London because of the
political situation.
HEAT WAVE II
HE EASJ
Philadelphia, July £0—The heat
wave which struck t.Ue city yester
day has claimed six resident^ al
ready. The thermometer has reg
istered 102 in the shade and the
mercury has not stopped going up.
Lower Prices on.
Perishables
of all kinds received on S. S.
Humboldt today
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
Miss Alice Eastwood, who is In
charge of the botanical depart
ment of the Academy of Science of
San Francisco, came in on Friday's
train alter spending the past throe |
month In Dawson and various
points along the Yukon river as
far south aa Whitehorse.
Alias Eastwood is now engaged in
rebuilding the botanical collection of
tho San Frajiclsco Academy of:
Science, and has been quite success- .
ful on her present trip in ;
securing some very rare, !
beautiful and intereting sped-!
mens of woods, grasses and :
llowers.
The trip into the northern coun
try was made at the request of
Prof. C. S. Sargent, who has charge
of the "orrestry department of the
Arnold Arboretum at Harvard UnH
vereity, and while working under
Prof. Sargent's instructions, Hiss
Eastwood has secured a great many
fine specimen* for the California
Academy.
Wlille in Skagway, Miss Eastwood |
is a gut«t at the Pulleii House.
The description of her trip in
to the Yukon as told by Miss East
wood is full of interest to all who ;
are lovers of out-door life, and the j
fact that this woman, alone and '
unassisted, went into the far north, I
spending several days at a time •
long distance from her camp, !
carrying a scanty supply of provi- j
slons, bo as to be more able to gath
er hor sepimens, showing her to be
well versed In all tho arts of wood
craft, and of an' unusually courag- |
eous and sturdy nature.
ACCEPT OFFER
Syduey, July 20—Kddie McGoorty
cabled to London, accepting the of
fer to fight Carpetier for a purse
of $16,000, with expenses. The
fight will be for 20 rounds and
will take place before the members
of the National Sporting club.
Mrs. Peterson of Youngtown,
Ohio, is here on a visit to her
daughter. Miss Peterson governess
to the children of Mrs. H. G.
Kirmse. She is stopping at the Pul
len Houee and will remain for some
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GENERAL STRIKE
OF BULL PLAYERS
New York, July 20—A general
strike of the players of the Nation
al and American baseball leagues
was ordered today by President
Fultz, of the baseball players' fra
ternity, the walkout to be effeotive
Wednesday, provided a settlement
is not effected before that time. The
players contend that the national
commission should yield In their
demands concerning rules la the
drafting of players, and argue tliat
the present rulings .ire unjust and
unfair to the players.
The announcement that tfefcre
perhaps would bo no games of ball
here after Wednesday hoe created
quite a stir in sporting circles, and
the public is linini; up for th«
players all the way through.
Flip!
OVER SEATTLE
Seattle, July 20—Mayor Hiram
Charles Gill today flow eighteen
miles over Seattle's skyscraper* afl
a passenger *ith Silaa Chrlstoffer
son, the potla'xh aviator. The an
nual potlatch Is occupying th« at
tent;on and interest cf thousands of
Seattleites and visitors.
AGITATORS TO
BE TRIED
Tarrytown, N. Y., July 20—Trial
of the eleven I. W. W, agitators,
who picketed the John D. Rockefel
ler estate in demonstrations In pro
test against the Colorado strike,
was scheduled to be held hera to
day. The trial was postponed from
July 0 on application of counsel for
the men and women.
Mrs. T. E. Shorthill, of Tacoma,
Wash., mother of Mrs. L. A. Harri
son of this city, suffered a severe
paralytic stroke and Mrs. Harrison
left for that city i on tha
Jefferson today. Mr. Will Short
hill of Juneau is leaving
| on the City of Seattle ana will ar
rive two days before Mrs. Harrison.
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