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No. 121 EIGHTEENTH YJ5AR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1915
PRICK 10 CENTS
CARGO OF THE ANNIE LARSEN
HELD PENDINGJNVESriGATION
Seattle, July 1—'The cargo of the
three masted schooner . AnnJie Lax
sen, which put into the port at
H-qu'am, Wash., yesterday and
was seized by federal officers for
carrying.contrabands of war, is still
being held pending .an investiga
tion. Rumors are afloat in this
city that the arms .and ammuni
fion were for Huerta, late provision
al president of Mexico, .who if. now
awaiting trial iu Texas for inciting
it -evolution. J
Potrograd. July 1—Germans 'with,
battleships, several cruisers and
many torpedo boats today.attempted
to ';.nd trooj>s near "Windau. One
o" German torpedo boats struck
a mine and sunk A.fleet of Rus
sian torpedo craft succeeded in driv
ing the iaradfrs away.;
London. July 1—Two lines of
Turkish trenches have been captured
near Saghirdere. The Australian
soldiers are now said to.be bearing
the brunt of the fighting in the
land attack on the Dardanelles.
EVELYN 1
yew York, July 1—Evelyn Xes
bit Thaw, wife of Harry K. Thaw,
r^*uses to testify at the trial of iher
hu«band who is before the courts
of this state endeavoring to Becure
his own release from life confine- i
inei t in an lusarte asylum. I
r New York, July 1—Felix Efaz,
wno was reported yesterday.to be
in El Paso, Texas, is still ia this
citv, the rumor o1 his departure hav
ing evidently b"en started by his
enemies to get him into trouble
with government ageats.
El Paso, July .1—Several more
Mexicans of lees prominence than
either Huerta or Onwco, arrived in
this city today. The.hearing of the
charges of conspiracy against Hour
ta, Mil come up.on July 12th.
LIEUT. BECKER
GETS REPRIEVE
Albany, New York, July 1—Lieut.
Becker, the head of the etrongarm
police squad in New York City, who
was convicted oX.being the in
stigator of the murder of Herman
Rosenthal, the gambler,.a couple of
yearB ago, and condemned to electro
cution on the 12th of July, 1915,
has been reprieved until the 26th
of this month.
CHURMER
NEXT SATURDAY
The Woman's Church. Auxiliary
w!ll sane a Patriotic Dinner om Sat
urday, July 3rd, in tho building
north or Harrison's store, begin
ulcg at 11 o'clock a. m., and con
tinuing until sold out. The following
means—all home cooked—will be
served:
Number one—Cold boiled ham,
brcsrn bread, hot Boston baked
beans, lettuce, radishes, bread and
butter, tea or coffee, pie, 60c. !
Number two—Cold roast lamb,
currant Jelly, hot Bcalloped potatoes,
lettuce, radishes, bread and butter,
tea or coffee, pie, 50c. 1
Extra—Homg made Ice cream
dish ■with cake, 25c; cone, 10c.
Receipts will be used to aid in
some department of church work..
The Dolphin is due In Skagway
from Seattle sometime tomorrow
evening. |
A Word About Shoes
There may be other good shoes 'nade, but we handle the very
best'makes that -ve have been able to find, and we have been
looking for the best for a number cf years.
We handle the follow
ing makes:
(all guaranteed)
THE AMERICAN
LADY
For Ladies and Misses
SECURITY SCHOOL
SHOE
For Girls
CROSSETT
and
THE AMERICAN
GENTLEMAN
For Men
PLA-MATE,
SCUFFERS. and
SANDALS
For Children
THE A. A. CUTTER. BERGMAN, ZIMMERMAN & DEGAN
Makes in Heavy Shoes 8, 10, 12,16, and 18 in height]
H. J. LYNCH
Up-to-date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
Broadway [between^Third and Fourth Phone 41
Independence Day Celebration
Skagway* Alaska, July 3d, 1915
PROGRAM
9 a. m. Children'» Races: First Second
Children 6 years or under, 25 yards .$2.00
Boys 9 years or under, 50 yards 2.00
Girls 9 years or under, 50 yards 2.00
Boya 12 years or under, shoe scramble race 2.50
Girls 12 years or under, 50 yards 2.50
Boys 15 ye^rs or under, three-legged race 2.50
Girls 15 years or under, one-legged race.. 2.50
10 a.m. Tennis tournament, Elks'court CUP
11 a. m. Train arrives
12:30 p. m. 100 yard dash 5.00
1:00 p.m. First ball game
2:45 p. m. (Between games) Relay race, 4 men teams 20.00
3:00 p, m. Second ball game.
4:45 p. m. (Between games) Ladies' race around bases 5.00
Fat men's race, 50 yards 5.00
5:00 p.m. Last ball game (finals)l. . 100.00
8:00 p. m. Band concert
Slow bicycle race, free for all 5.00
Peanut race 3.00
Sack race, men 3.00
Tug of war, 6 men teams 10.00
Hose race, or wet test, 9 men teams 25.00
Miscellaneous races and sports.
9:30 p. m.
Grand free ball, White Pass Athletic Club
$1.00
1.00
1.00
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
3.00
3.00
3.00
50.00
3.00
2.00
2.00
"MIDNIGHT SUN EXCURSIONISTS"
WERE DELIGHTED WITH TRIP
Two members of the group from
Colouol Stevenson's home, which
went down the .Yukon river two
weeks ago, returned yesterday,
Mrs. T. H. Bacon and Andrew Stev
enson. Their report .of the trip
w.th the "Midnight Sunuers" as far
aa Dawson, of the entertainment at
fb« chief city of Yukon territory
sud of everything .in general up
feorth is most interesting and en
couraging. It is gratifying to note
the uniformly generous expressions
o' appreciation which are being re
corded in favor of the Whit© Pass
road for the splendid manner in
which they handled the excursionists
Especial mention has been . made
of Capt. Turnbull of the steamer
White Horse and his worthy asso
ciates who met every situation with
tact and courtesy. The.return trip
to Whitehorso was more. or less
a record run, consuming in actual
running! time only slightly over
tflree days.
Many of the tourists were given
an extraordinary treat by J. W.
Boyle, president of the Canadian
Klondyke Mining company, who in
vited them to visit one of the
great gold dredges in actual opera
tion. To visit these, the greatest
I
PERISHABLES
Extra fine lot of fruit and vegeta
bles due on " Humboldt"
We will be on hand to take care of your requirements,
whether boat arrives on Friday or Saturday
P. H. GANTY
dredges in the world, is an oppor
tunity of a lifotime.but few realize,
until they are told that each one
cost nearly.half a million dollars,
just what a privilege they are en
joyiug.. Dawson is indeed fortunate
in having such men as the .Boyles
to lead the way in carrying through
successfully, enterprises the propor
tions of which are so great as to
stagger most. Individuals.
WILL DANCE
FRIDAY NIGHT
There will be a public dance
at Elks' hall Friday night, July
2d. Features of the occasion will
be the handsome decoration and
draping of the hall in the national
colors and the excellence of ; the
music furnished. .Notwithstanding
the additional amount of work the
fixing uo the hall entails, the
price of admission will be only
$1.00 for gentlemen, while the la
dies will be admitted free.
AN "ALL-ALASKA" CELEBRATION
OF OUR SEHI-EENTEHARy
J. L. McPherson, secretary of the
Alaska Bureau of the Seattle.Cham
ber of Commerce, came In on the
City of Seattle today and .will con
tinue on to Sitka this afternoon
and from there to-.Juneau, from
which latter point lie will return In
a few days to .Skagway on a mle
sion of importance to everyone In
terested in the exploitation to the
outside world of our wonderful ad
vantages for the homeseeker as
well as the investor of capital ir.
any one of an almost unlimited
number of lines of activity.
He is In Alaska to feel the pub
l'c pulse and to a waken, enthusiasm
In an All-Alaska celebration of
the semi-centenary of the purchase
of the torritory from Russia by the
United States, the matter having
been brought forcibly to at
tention ol the Alaska Bureau
by the enthusiastic reception the
suggestion received in Seattle When
it waa firs' brooched at a Bureau
banquet there a few weeks ago.
The idea that is gradually ■being
developed as Mr. McPheraon travels
further through Alaska is that
celebrations should be held In all
large centers throughout the north
land, and that the Alaska Bureau
of ibe Seattle Chamber of Commerce
should center their efforts toward
the organizat'on of a strong repre
sentative oarty of officials and
business men to visit Alaska during
1917 and participate <in the Alas
kan celebrations. I
Thf» details of the plan will be
worked out hereafter, provided the
proposed celebration meets with
the at.proval of Alaskans. The
nrognm seems to have struck both
Ketchikan and Wrangell favorably,
Tor below we givg a set of resolu
tions passed by the Ketchikan oom
mercii' club when Mr. McPherson
was there, and practically the same
actioji was taken by the commer
cial club in Wrangell: I
Whereas: The year 1917 will be
the fiftieth anniversary of .the ac
ou sitiou of the Territory of Alas
ka by the United Stages, a trans
action fraught with great possibili
ties for this northland.of ours, and'
without which this empire would
todav orobably be as.much a desert
as is Siberia. J
Be it resolved, That It is the
sonse of the Commercial club at
Kctchikan, 'Alaska, that the event
should be commemorated by cele
brations throughout Alaska.on dates
that will not conflict, and which
will permit of the greatest partici
pation by official representative®
jand visitors who should be urged
to Visit the territory for that pur
oose, and that every effort, should
be made to secure as large an of
ficial representation .for bucJi cele
brations aa possible.
And be it further resolved, That
tha Commercial club of Ketchikan
oelietea that Ketchikan should .pro
Tide for one day's celebration, to
be held at a date .in 1917, to be
fixed at Bome future time, when an
exhibit should be made of the re
sources of the territory tributary
to KtAchikan. I
bobtTsIce
NOW AT FRONT
Robert W. Service, the well known
Yukon writer, who left the terri
tory three yuara ago, Blnce which
ho served as a correspondent In the
Balkan war and then went to Paris
aud married a French girl , and set
tled down there to write, has given
uo the grind of making copy and
gone to the front. Meager informa
tion on the subject was printed in
the Toronto Globe on June 5,.which
contain? the following from Polly
Peele, a writer for the woman's
page In that paper:
"Robert W. Service, the Canadian
poet and novelist, has left for the
front, where he will drive .a motor
car. Mr. Service's friends In Paris
thought he waa devoting, his months
here to the production of another
novel, to follow "The .Pretender,"
Ibs'ead of "which he was studying
the habita and haunts of .motor
caxa, and learning to make the
virioue parte. Mrs. Service is .a
French woman.
"Paris, 1915. POLLY PEELE."!
NO PAPER SATURDAY
On account of the celebra
tion of the national holiday
falling on Saturday, July 3d,
there will be no issue of the
Daily Alaskan on that date.
Therefore if our advertisers
nav- anything Special they
wish to draw attention to, it
will be well to hand in. their
copy early tomorrow morning.
Safe
You'll never be''put out" by shape
losing fabrics in your clother or uoor
wear if you'll choose
Hart Schaffner & Marx
or
Ed V. Price & Co.
CLOTHES
DropTin1 and look tb em'over
Will Clayson
,The Clothier