No. SEVENTKRSTH YKAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA. FKIDAY. DECEMBER 18. 1M4 PRICK 10 CENTS
GERMANS CELEBRATE 0ECI5IVE
VICTORY OVER RUSSIANS
Berlin, IX*. IS—The entire pop
ulation of tliis city is t«xlay celo
linliigg the news that has just b"®
iiveu out. uffliially if a very d«v
isive victory of the German army
>v«*r the KussUmis in the vicinity
<f Lodz, Bussia. It is claimed by
he (iermaa war office that tlie
.'ictorj- is one of the greatest of
he Kimn»e«»n ivar.
lU SSIAN'S BETllEATIXG
Vienna, Pec. IS—Oflicial *n
n'luueiuent was made in this city
I lis morning that the Kussian ato
nies in both Bussian-Poland aatl
•alicia are retreating before an
lustro-tiernian advance.
nOI C.HT TO SEIZE ISLANDS [
Itmnos \\res, Dec. IS—Advices
•i i'iijjht here l»y passenger steamers'
rriving today .state that the Gar- j
mm cruisers recently sunk by a!
Iritish s»)ii;uln>n near the Falkland
stands in South America were j
here for the purpose or seizing |
he islands from 'he British, to |
v hit h ihey belong .
LOSS IS CONFIRMED
t'openluigen, t>ec. is—The re-,
„.1U\1 sinking of two BritLsh tor- j
>edo U»ats by the German cruisers
■ugtmed in the recent raid on 'he j
English towns on the North Sea
oust has been confirmed.
WILL TAKE PART IN WAR
London, Dec. IS—Appearances
lulicate that Japan will take an
ctive iuirt in the European strug
le, as a well defined rumor is in
ircu>:>»ioa here ttxlay that Jap
uese troops aie nmv enroute to
lie continent and will be landed
» some point in Belgium.
1>KATH 1.1ST CLIMBING
London, Dec, IS—The death list
ii>m the recent German raid and
<»iihar< Intent of the English coast
nwns lias reached a total of one
;imilre*l and forty people.
lAklXli TEX TH0V9AXD
MATCHES A MINUTE
Simple and insignificant as a
natch is, its manufacture is a com
ilicated and elaborate process that
an can be carried on commercially
uly bv means of a succession of
iigcenious machines and devices that
must work at all tunes wun t»c
utmost precison and delicacy.
Recent improvements in the pro
cess of making square matches
maks it possible to turn out matches
from a Bingle dipping machine at
the rate of more than 600,000 an
hour, and a green log is made in
to matches and packed for ship
ment in less than two hours. The
process is fully described, with
numerous illustrations, in. the De- j
camber popular M0Chani« Maga-1
sine.
GOV. STRONG DOES NOT
BELIEVE IX DISCRIMINATING
In his report on the Alaska game I
law. Governor J. F. A. Strong says: |
"Under the axis' in# law the brown j
bear is classified as a game animal
and is protected. On the other
hand, the black bear is denominat
Bd a fur bearing animal and may be i
killed at any time. Is there any
sound reason for 8uch discrim-1
[nation? Both st>ecies are found}
indiscriminately on the mainland
swd or the islands of the coast,
rhe black bear is an inoffensive
beast; the brown bear 13 vicious
md destructive, and fo far as kill
[n«f is concerned, it should be plac
ed in the same classification as
the black bear; or, if it be deemed
absolutely essential to protect any
»f the brown bear family, that spe
cies found on Kodiak island might be
protected during- a portion of the
rear. However, I do not deem it
suivisabla to afford any protection I
:• these aimals, as In any case
there is little danger of their be
aming extinct."
SURVEY* IN ALASKA
Since systematic work was begun I
by the United States Geological sur-:
in exploring and mapping the j
mineral resources of Alaska, in I
1S98, the survey has covered by j
biploratory geologic surveys 72,0o0 j
square miles, by reconnaissance
seologic surveys 96,000 square miles |
and by detailed geologic surveys 4,
t»71 square miles. During the same
period topographic exploratory sur*
revs have covered 51,000 square
miles, topographic reconnoissance
survey 116,000 square miles, and
detailed topographic surveys 3,642
square miles-—Thirtyfifth annual Te j
port of the director. United States |
Geological survey.
YES
There is ONE Store in Skagway
Where You can do ALL of Your Xmas
Shopping;,
We Have Beautiful Gifts
Suitable For
Man, or Woman Haid or Child
Our assortment is the largest ever
Shown in Skagway
Values to suit every purse
Bring Your packages to us,
We will gladly wrap them up and
Help You get them ready to post.
DO YOUR SHOPPING WHEN!
MOST CONVENIENT FOR YOU.
WE ARE HERE TO SERVE YOU
STORE OPEN EVERY EVENING UNTIL
TENjjO'CLOCK.
H. J. LYNCH
60ETNALS GOING
I TO WASHINGTON
' ; ■,
Colon, Dec. 18—Col. Geo. W.
Goethals, governor of the Panama
canal zone, will leave here for
Washington City next Tuesday for
the purpose of asking congress for
additional, appropriations for canal
work.
DIAMOND DISC PHOXOGKAPH
THE WIZARD'S MAgTKItPlKOK
The Edison Diamond Disc. Phono
graph, which is now on exhibition at
Keller Bros. Drug store in Skagrway,
marks the attainment of an ideal by
a man whose ideals are many years
in advance of the age in which ho
lives. something like 2300 dif
ferent kinds of reproducers, re
corders and diaphragms were ex-1
perimented with and rejected by j
Mr. Edison before he found the- se
cret of true reproduction. In the j
reproducer of the Edison Diamond I
Disc Phonograph is the realization I
of his ideal.
In listening yesterday to 'he re-j
production by an Edison Diamond i
Disc Phonograph of the exquisite
and highly cultured voice of Ellen 1
Beach Yaw, a Daily Alaskan rep-1
rasentative wondered it this mas
ter of all musical instruments did
not have embodied within it a
realization of what has heretofore
been only a dream of what might
done to bring the finest music, ,
faultlessly rendered, into the home.
Even if your duties do not call
you to lower Broadway and Third j
avenue, it will well repay you to j
make a special trip to Keller Bros. |
VrUg store, the local agency, and
listen to this wonderful instrument, j
whose rendition appeal to the most j
cultured ear.
WILL REQUIRE |
FIVE YEARS
Washington, D. C., Dec. 18—
Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske,
commanding the first division of
the Atlantic fleet, says «hat five
years will be required to put the
American navy into a high state of
can bo carried on commercially
Rutzbeck Gets
Fifteen Months
Hans H. Rutzeheck, who burglar
ized Ganty's store her© last fall,
and twice made his escape from the
federal jails in Skagway and Juneau
but who was recaptured in both in
stances shortly after he had made
tho breaks, was sentenced at the
recent Ketchikan term of -the dis
trict court to fifteen months im
prisonment.
COME BUCK
TIE AFFAIR
Reno, Nevada, Dec. IS—Kid Mc
Coy, in an effort here Inst night to
get back into the fight game, made
a very tame showing in a four
round go he had with Antone La
grave.
SULPHUR creek miner
FALLS TO HIS DEATH
Au unknown French-Canadia
fell sixty feet down a shaft on the
Moklebust claim, No. 18 below on
Sulphur creek near Dawson, last
Week, and sustained injuries from
which he died the next day. He
was taken to St. Mary's hospital in
Dawson in a bed Btrapped to a.
large sleigh drawn by a team of
heavy horses. The man fell while
trying to fix a pipe. Both legH were
broken and the spine fractured.
He did not regain consciousness
after being hurt.
western magazine shows
ALASKA'S FISHING INDUSTRY
The "Alaska Fisheries Number"
of the Pacific Fisherman, of Seat
tle, has reached ou-r desk and is a
handsome magazine
In spite of the fact that the
fisheries of Alaska are of more im
portance than those of any other di
vision of the union, this is the first
time that any journal has devoted a
special number to their exploitation,
and the Pacific Fisherman is to be
congratulated upon the handsome
and authorative manner in which it
has covered the subject.
The number in question ifl filled
with hundreds of handsome illustra
tions of fishing scenes in Alaska,
and of the leading operators in the
territory. a special staff spent
six weeks in Alaska this summer,
securing much data and 400 fine
negatives, from which these illus
trations were selected. The cov
er shows two salmon ascending an
Alaskan stream for spawning pur
poses. "" t ^
It also contains numerous spec
ial and authoritativb articles. Oa dif
ferent phases of our fisheries by
men who have devoted years to
their study, and among these w#
would mention especially the fol
lowing; "The Fisheries of Alaska."
by Ward T. Bower, of the U. S.
Bureau of Fisheries; "The Future
of Alaska's Fisheries," by John N
Cobb; "Traps: Their Purpose and
Their Place in the Pacific Coast Sal
mon Industry," aud "Hatcheries
and the Disposition of the Salmon
Packers," by C. H. Buschmann,
manager Northwestern Fisheries
Co., and "Native Labor in the Alas
ka Fisheries" by W. T. Lopp,
Alaska division, TJ. bureau of ed
ucation. -
The cleaning of the snow off the
(idewalks in the business part of
town was done this morning by men
under the direction and with the as
sistance of Town Marshal Page.
Another much appreciated move
along the Bamo lines was the clear
ing of a three foot pathway In the
center of the sidewalks In the resi
dential sections of town.
A Few of Our Xmas Specialties
R & R Plu.n Pudding in I and 2 pound tins, 35c and 60c
Fresh Cluster Raisins, full weight, I ponnd 25c
Atmore's Mincemeat 25c per pound
Fancy Layer Figs, 20c
Calarad Candieb Figs 30c
Persian Dates, 20c
Fresh Nuts, 20c to 30c
Imported Malaga Grapes 30c
Preferred stock corn on cob
National Biscuit Co. Fancy Biscuit* in packages.
Johnson's Chocolates, unexcelled, from 50c to $1.50
Spitzenberg Golden Ortley and Delicious apples, $2 box.
Full line of everything in
Perishables on 14 Seattle" "
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SIGNAL SERVICE OPERATOR
FOUND DEAD ON 111
8400,000 IROX DEAL TO BE
OONSUMATEI) BY XOME1TES
Eseh, Horn, Tomilson ftjid others
of Nome have for several years
been holding a large body of iron
ore which they regard as the most
valuable Droposition on Seward pen
insula.
This property was located in 1906
and is near Sinrock on what is
known as Tub mountain. It is claim
ed that the product of this mine
is superior in many respects to the
famous Swedish iron and this is
confirmed by experts who have
made a thorough test of the ore
which runs as high as 65 per cent
iron.
The geological department seat
out an expert in 1913 to investigate
the proposition. It is reported
that the government's geologist stat
s' that in his opinion it was the
greatest iron proposition in the
world. It is a manganese ot the
highest quality and there is es
timated to be two million tons of
the ore in sight. The springs in
the vicinity are said to show radio
activity and this is now being in
vestigated by the geological depart
ment. The conditions are ideal for
working the mine. There is an
abundance of coal close at hand
ind lime for fluxing purposes.
A proposition is on foot to take
this property over and already the
preliminaries have been arranged in
dicating that in the near future it
will go into the hands of one of the
strongest companies in the United
States which will commence opera
tions on a large scale.
.V BOSE BY AXY OTHEII XAMK
WOULDS.MELL AS SWEET
Juneau has imported a football
player who is known as "Babe"
Sample. The DiSDatch describes him
as weighing 252 pounds with his
feet washed.—Whitehorse Star. Cut
out that stuff. "Babe" was born on
Douglas Island, and no man can
wash his feet.—Douglas Island New
There may bo even "stronger"
reasons than those mentioned by
Bros. Hopp for Babe's refusal to
submit to such an operation.
W. S. Sparks has a gang of men
at work today engaged in putting
new underpinning beneath the Ka
lem building on the northwest
corner of Broadway and Fifth av
enue.
Dennis Pierce, u. S. signal ser
vice operator, wa3 found dead re
cently on the trail between Teikheli
nnd Beaver Dam, to the north of
Valdez. He was en route from T«ik
liell telegraph station to Thompson
telegraph station to relieve another
operator who ivas etr-tioned there,
and is supposed to haye been over
come by heart failure, aa before he
set out on his journey he had been
complaining of heart trouble, but
refused to lay over.'
Music Lovers
Offered a Treat
Realizing the fact that many of
our friends and patrons have hither
to had no opportunity- to hear the
famous Edison Disc Phonograph
for which we' have but recently se
cured the Skagway agency, wa liar*
decided to give a recital this erau
ing beginning promptly at *lgkt
o'clock. The program embraces
11lie following selections:
i William Tell Overture, Roaal*l'9
Brass Orchestra.
I The Sky lark'" • Vocal Solo
Ellen Beach Yaw
The Raggedy Man Recitation
Harry E. Humphrey
, The Rosary, soprano Solo with ;
Chorus, Christine
A Vaudeville specialty, gtt?r» Portfc- ,
I The Glow-worm lateralezz#
Paul Llnckcg Band
Traumeiri String Orchestra
1m' On My Way to Mandelay Du«t
Elizabeth Spencer
Walter Van Brui't
Too Much Mustard, Oae Step, Band
Silver Threads Among the Gold,
Soprano Solo, Elisabeth Spencer
Meditation Violia Solo
I
Albert Spauldiiig
| Flaming Arru Band
In addition to the afrove num
| bers, selections by request will be
cheerfully given.
! Arrangements have buen made for
] the comfortable seating of our
guests.
Sincerely yours,
Keller Bros. Drug Co.
:
! Supt. V. I. Hahn of t&«r W. P. &
V. R., >s now a full fiedgsd Elk,
| having been lnitated into that or
I ganization last night.
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 CLAY SON—Clothier