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Xo. 262 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
| SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5. 1914
PRICE 10 CENTS
CHRISTIANS IN TURKEYlE
FLEEING FOB THEIR LIVES
Washington, D. C.. Dec. ."J—Ad
vices were received by administra
tion officials in this city today
Matin., that the christians iu Tur
key are fleeing to the coast from
• he interior to escape the massa
cre that has threatened them since
the holy war proclamation was is
sued at Constantinople a few days
ADMINISTRATION OBJKCTS
TO INgUIRY BEING MADE
Washington, D. C., Dec. 5—It
havino- been announced by certain !
members of congress that they in- ,
tended to introduce a resolution at J
the session of the 63d congress .
which will convene on next Mouday |
asking for an investigation into the j
i>reparedness o£ the United States \
navy for active operations, it is j
understood :hat the house leaders
have come to an agreement to J
fisht the measure and to prevent its '
adoption if possible.
REGULAR MEETING OF THH
PARENT-TEACHER ASS'N
Despite the cold north wind that
was blowing last night, a fairly j
'~ood sized crowd was in attendance
at the regular monthly meeting of
the Skagwav parent-Teacher asso
i iation, at tho public school house.
A very interesting program was
rendered, a full account of which
will appear in the Daily Alaskan
•■arly next week.
BASKETBALL GAME
\M> BOXING CONTEST
The girls" basketball game last
'light was wou by one °f the teams
; unning up a score of 8, while the
others garnered a goose egg.
The boxing contest between two
local lightweights for the amateur
championship of Skagway was de
cl a red a draw at the end of the
fifth round. Both of the boys
were "l'p on therr toes," and the
event was well worth witnessing.
THE JEFFERSON IN AND OCT
IN EARLY MORNING HOlRS
The Jefferson came iu at 2:15
this morning with several passen
gers and 34 tous of cargo. She left
for the south at 6:15 a. m. with
s passengers from here.
BILLY BUNTING MAKES SNEAK
"OX HIS SKAGWAY FRIENDS
W'm. Bunting, boilermaker at
the W. P. & Y. R. machine shops
in Skagway, left on the Jefferson
this morning for—"Seattle," he
said, but we have our "doots" as
to that's being his destination for
we konw there is a very strong at
traction elsewhere for him; an at
traction, if rumors are to be believ
ed, and all signs do not fall, that
win culminate in the addition of
a new member to the younger so
cial set of Skagway upon his return,
early in the new year.
MHITEHORSE BOWLERS
PLANNING TO COME OVEII
A number of bowlers are arrang
ing with the railroad for an excur
sion from this place to Skagway
Friday of next week, the occasion
of a saurdough ball at the latter
place. The dance is to be con
ducted as were the dance halls of
pioneer days, with gambling para
phernalia of all kinds in evidence
It will be given by the Elks. Sat
urday and Sunday will be devoted
t0 bowling. A round trip fare of
$5 will be given.—Whitehorse Star.
NEW BISHOP TO PERFORM
HIS FIRST PUBLIC ACT
Y/ashington, Dec. 5—Thomas J
Shahan, rector of the Catholic Uni
versity, will perform his first public
act as a bishop tomorrow, when he
will administer the sacrament °f
confirmation to a class In St. Mar
tin's church. Bishop Shahan was
rai-ed to the See of Germanlcopolis
in Asia Minor, at th0 Cathedral i«
Baltimore, on Sunday, November 15.
by Cardinal Gibbons.
KII.RANK TO FIGHT
AS A LIGHTWEIGHT
Akron, 0., Dec. 5—Champion
Johnny Kilbane, the Cleveland feath
orweight, will invade the lightweigh
ranks tonight, when he is schedul
ed to fight Joe Mandot of New Or
leans. Articles were signed last
month in Cleveland for a twelve
round bout and each man agreed to
make 133 pounds ringside. This
will be the first time that Kilbane
has stacked up against a top
noteher in the lightweight ranks.
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The Best Always rthe Cheapet •
W e Keep the Best.
AMERICAN GENTLEMAN' ;
ana CROSSETT SHOES for .
men. •
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AMERICAN LADY Shoes for ^
Ladies and Misses. ^
I'LA-MATE, SECURITY and
i'LA-DAY Shows for the ^
Kiddies. »
J H. J. LYNCH*
efiseaiBBaeai
Haines, Dec. 5—Rev. F. R. F#l
| coner .was down from Klukwan on
j Tuesday attending to business and
reported everything moving smooth
I ly at the village.
I J. J. Rath is sick in til© post
hospital, but is improving. He had
not been well for the last two
! weeks, and finally had to go to the
l hospital. His many friends hope
to see him out agin iu a few days.
Tim Vcgel recently made a trip
down to his logging camp, return
ing on the last Georgia. He says
his men are getting along fine with
their work.
| Ci. A. Baldwin has sold the drug
store to Steve Sheldon, the right
| man in the right place. He stands
being called "Doc" all right.
[ H. O. Ranta "having purchased
j the stock of the Arctic develop
ment. company, has taken over the
j telephone system, and placed ceti
I tral hi the drug store.
All of the witnesses in the
Roger-Wixou murder case' have re
turned to Haines except W. B
Ford, who went south enroute to
his home in Colorado.
At the regular meeting of Camp
I Haines No. 17, of the Arctic Broth
erhood, in their hall last night, it
was decided to have the annuel
i Christmas tree on Christmas eve,
and the following committees were
[appointed by H. O. Banta, Arctic
j Chief; On tree, Nixon, Madsen and
Benson; purchasing committee, Bir
kinbine, Odell, and James Fay.
I "OVER liOO" SCORES
<>K SKAGWAY EIKS' CUU
For the week ended Dec. 4 th,
the following members of the Elks"
|club made over 200 in the bowling
scores:
Vic Sparks, 210.
A. C. Blanchard, 21i>.
O. seliner, 210.
Jas. Kennedy, 200.
ARIZONA CATHOLICS AUK
OPPOSED TO PROHIBITION
Tuscou, Dec. 5—The Catholics of
this state are taking steps to test
the validity of the recently passed
prohibition law, claiming that the
enforcement °f its provisions wIH
prevent the use of wine in church
sacraments.
U. S. .MARSHAL BISHOP
GETTING MUCH BETTER
U. S. Marshal H. A. Bishop of
this division, who suffered from an
attack of apoplexy recently at Ju
neau, which caused partial paraly
sis, continues to improve according
to reports given out b>" his physi
cian and the attendants at St. Ann
hospital, to which institution he was
taken shortly afer the seizure.
Albert A. Shyman, Schwabaclier
Hardware company's hired man, ar
rived on the Jefferson, and will
double hack to Haines on the Pet
erson today. A1 is making a hur
ried trip through this territory in
order to take care of any late holi
day wants of his customers.
carry war messages
AND TAKE PICTURES
"Thousands of carrier pigeons
are being used as bearers of dis
patches for the arm leg at war in
Europe," says the-December Popular
Mechanics Magazine, in an illustrat
ed article. "in Germany some
8,OOo of these aerial messengers
have bee trained f«r military ser
vice, while Frnch statistics show
that the number in that country ap
proaches 15,000. Some are also
in service as military photograph
ers. A small, light camera is j
strapped to the breast of a pigeon, j
As the bird flies the camera oper
ates, making numerous exposures
which record details of the territory j
beneath. The use of the birds is !
most common, however, as a means
of communication betweeen fortifi
••ations under siege, or to and from
spies in hostile territory.
"Many ingenious methods have
been devised for perfecting this
form of transmitting advices, such
as stamping the messages in ci
pher on the under feathers of the
wings. During the Franco-Prussian
war of 1S70-71, when Paris was be
sieged, the pigeon post assumed an
important place. A system was de
veloped for reducing messages, by
means of photography, to micro
scopic size and transferring them to
thin strips of collodion. Approxi
mately 16,000 words could be put o
a film no larger than a couple of
postage stamps. Eighteen or twen
ty of these pellicles, containing
! words enough to fill three °r four
large books, w»re wound tightly and
inserted in a quill attached to a
i tail feather of a pigeon."
J "lOWER OF CIVILIZATION,"
j POPULAR, picture palace
"The Power of Civilization," i.
I Warner feautre which will he pres
! euted at the Popular Picture Pal
ace tomorro>v night, is the illustra
lion of a human interest story tak
en from real iife.
{ For the past fifty years there has
been held annually one of the most
j uultiue cclebrationo at Watonga,
Oklahoma, by the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe tribes, where the Indians
of the olden days pack their para
phernalia, aud don their war paint,
and attired in their most pictur
esque costumes, hike towards their
i great meeting place, where they
hold counsels of war aud indulge in
their favorite sports and pastimes,
such as horse races, squa^ races,
lacrosse games, Crow dances, Cbey
enne war dances, and show ex
hibits of every description known
to the Intlian craft.
You see the Indian squaws with
their papooses strapped to their
backs, the chiefs fcent with age,
among them the most noted of til1
tribes, such as ChigT Burnt All Over,
Rain in the Face, Pine Tree and
other similar names.
FRENCH MOVEMENTS IN
ALSACE ARE VERY SLOW
Geneva, Dec. 5—The movement ol
Iho French troops in Alsace aie
very slow, according to late ad
vices received at the war oftit®
from there and officially announced
in Paris today. One of tl>e rea
sons for this is tluifl the ^ osges
mountains are now covered by a
heavy snowfall, which is almost pro
lubitive of effective military opera
tions.
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KIPPERED SALMON;
Just received a fine lot of
this delicious fish. It is King
Salmon, mild smoked and sugar cured
Put up in choice cuts—25c per lb.
Equally good served cold or hot.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
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SECRETARY LANE WILL ASK FOR
FIVE WILLIS FOR ALASKA
HE HAS WHEELS
D. E. Price, arrived in Skagway f
»n the Jefferson this morning and j
Is registered at the Golden North ■
hotel.
Mr, Price 's in the wheel busi- j
less, making a specialty of taxi- |
:abs, auto truck and pleasure ve-1
hide wheels, and has sold his pro- .
iuct all over the civilized world.
During the oast few years, how
ever, his firm has branched out, i
ind during the-present war, pro- •
iucts of his factory have been on |
ill battle fields in Europe, in the,
ihape of gun carriage trucks and
wheels.
In making the trip to Alaska, Mr.
Price is representing his father and
irother, of Detroit, Mich., diamond
lealers, and wholesale jewelers. It
* his intention to spend some time
n and about Skagway, and as he
s a zealous advocate of the gun
md rod, he will try and TUn onto
t bunch of ptarmigan or grouse dur- I
ng the coming week.
It is understood that Mr. Price
ias but recently returned from a
rip to Europe, where he came in
>ersonal contact with sonie of the
ir'.ncipai actors i~n the great war
3'Jw in progress, and has promised
.his paper an interview, in which
ie will give his impressions of the
bloody struggle which is costing the
vorld so many lives.
5K AG WAY'S POPULATION
is increased nv one
Skagway's resident population
svas increased by the arrival oi a
jouncing baby toy at 9:3o o'clock
last night, at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Talbot.
Mrs. Talbot and son are doin^
aocceodingly well while "dad s
chest is sticking out iikf a pouter
pigeon's breast.
MOTHER FOIIMER SKAGWAYAV
LOST IX HAXALEI WRECK '
Mrs. M. E. Cottrell of Saerae
mento, California, mother of Sut
ton Cottrell, a former resideut of
Skagway, was a passenger on board ,
the ill-fated steam lumber schooner
Hanalei, which struck on Duxburv
reef at the entrance to Bolinas bay,
a few days ago and was wrecked,
with a loss of 19 of the passengers
and crew, among the former of
whom she was included.
Sutton Cottrell is married to a
granddaughter of Mr and Mrs. W. T
Myrick of thi3 place.
Washington, d, c., Dec. 5—Sec
retary of the Interior Franklin K.
Lane today announced his intention
to ask for a $5,000,000 appropria
tion at the coming session of con
gress for the Alaska government own
ed railroad in its next season's work,
;ind to establish a construction base
bit Ship creek for the necessary
•vork along Turnagain Arm, in the
Susitna valley, and along the Alas
ka Northern railroad between S»
svard and its terminus.
It is believed that $5,000,000 will
be sufficient to purchase the Alas
ka Northern railroad and Put it 'n
jood condition.
rHE RIVER CLOSED AT
WHITEHORSE THl'RSDAV
The Yukon river closed at White
iorse dy beforea yseterday, Dec.
5d., which is the latest date for
his interesting event to take place
i-nce 1907, when it occurred on
Dec', 13. in 1912 it closed on
Dec. 2d., but with the two excep
■ions noted it has for the past 14
rears closed all the way from the
Is' to the 29th of November, a#
will be seen by the following:
190 1 Nov. 21
1902 Nov. 22
1903 Nov. 14
1904 Nov 25
1905 Nov. 27
1906 Nov. 29
1907 Dec. 13
1908 Nov. 1
1909 Nov. 12
191 0 Nov. 19
191 1 Nov. 14
191 2 Dec. 2
191 3 Nov. 20
191 4 .. . . Dec. 3
VISITORS FROM FT. SEWARD
AND TOWN OF HAIXE*
The following people from Ft.
\V. H. Seward and Haines, arrived
on the Peterson this morning. H.
P. M. Birkinbine, Mrs.' Alexander,
Miss Corinne King, Miss Ruta,
Judge W. B. Stont and Mr. Ogden.
VIOLENT STORMS SWEEPIN'B
OVER SOUTHERN NORWAk
Clvristiana, Dec. 5—Along the
southern coast of Norway violent
storms fire of daily occurrence,
while the interior country Adjacent
is being flooded by the overflow of
the swollen streams and the down
pour of rain.
OUR HOLIDAY STOCK
For This Season Is The
Most Attractive It Has
Ever Been Our Good
Fortune to Offer
NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
Silk Shirts - Silk Pajamas
Silk Neckwear Silk Handkerchiefs
Silk and Wool Underwear
Silk Hosiery Bath Robes
Wool Blankets
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothing
O'Donnell Shoes Utz & Dunn Shoes
See Window Display
LADIES' FUR SETS
WILL CLAYSON—Clothier