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No. 150 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA,
Yaldez, July 24—C S. Heiron,
i hairmuu of the republican terri
torial committee announces today
• it after ottaining tl-i> opinion of
the leading members of the party
in several of the tliv'sions It has
been decided not to present a
candidate for delegate to congress
.,i the coming election, nor will a
;opubliean convention be held In
I!:.- territory this year
Mr. Herron suggests taat mem
l-ers of the district committees pur
sue such course as they deem beet
in reference to a party ticket for
Hie legislature.
MH'Al. DEMOCRATIC CLl'B
ORGANIZED LAST NIGHT
Pursuant to a call published in
■ .y Alaskan yesterday about
•' Ji iiocrats gathered at the town
...11 la«t night for the purpose of
■ -'aiiiziiig a local club.
l- ..sseniblage was called to
order by J. M. Tanner who, after
tiu^ :he object of the meeting,
upi n motion duly giected presi
ilont ami L. C. Gault, secretary.
I'pon motion it was decided to
"!J tho primaries for the election
. delegates to the democratic
invention, which convenes here
August 3rd, on Saturday, July
I'pon motion Saturday, August
. u: designated ;;s the time for
" :e holding of the next regula
u'otiu; of the club, at which a
. erm tent organization will be ef
' >'d ;i uew set of officers elected
it>r rh>> ensuing terai and a con
tiou aud by-laws adopted,
were about £0 signatures
>'ub membership roll last
\. I \THER DRVTHMAX OX
W W TO l'lONEEKS* HOME
\ i\ithcr Drathnan of Juneau
tiie Spokane today enroute
u- 1'ioneers* Home at Sitka,
./i< :*• he has beea called to
religious consola
lo out1 of the inmates of that
• ion imriled N. Haley, an olJ
Alaskan and one of his parl
si loners, who is now lying at the
•hit c death there.
i 5' «.d communication of White
•s Masonic Lodge No. 113, will
1-e held at S:30 o'clock tonight at
>0; U- .. .ill. 525 Pcurth avenue, at
:'.e first degree will be con
WOMAN LURED
TO JUNEAU
Juneau, July 24—Mfr.v Cant, a
waitress, was today arrested In a
cabiu here along with two colored
men and a woman, named Carrio
I Hanson. The Cant woman claims
[she was brought to Jdueau by the
| Hanson woman, whose intention It
j was to place her in a house ot
prostitution. The Hanson woman
first attempted to fore* her
, into one oi the cribs in
the vlca district, and failing
In that, lured her to the
cabin where she was wrested, and
| where the Hanson woman soon
after summoned the colored men
[ who were found is the cabin with
her.
COSSACKS KILL
HfPEOPLE
St. Petersburg, July 24—A hun
dred and alxty thousand strikers
are rioting hara today and scores of
them have been killed by the Cos
sack soldiery.
A TOURIST FROM THE
GREAT MIDDLE WEST
Mr*. E. E. Betxer. of Seward,
Nebraska, is a round-trip passen
ger on the Spokane, and while that
vessel was in port today, she paid
the Dally Alaskan a very pleasant j
call and left her autograph 011 the
tourists' register which is kept
here and which is filled with the
names of people hailing from every
corner of the earth, many of whom
are prominent In the political,
commerical and professional life of
the countries of their nativity or
adoption.
Mr. and Mrs. Better are the pro
prietors of the Blade, a weekly news
paper published la their home town,
which was established iu 1847 by
the father of the former and has
remained in the possession and
under the management of some of
the family ever Blnce that time.
Mrs. Beitzer has charge of the
news department of the paper while
her husband, who romainod at
home to look after things during
her absence, has the mijaagement
of the Job rooms and mechanical !
departments.
Gentlemen: Our
Spring and Summer
Suits
Hats, Shoes
Rain Coats, Furnishing Goods, Etc
r-1A re Now On Display!
Suits Hade to Your Heasure
" At $18 and Up
' {When in Need of Goods in Our Lino Come In
and Look Over Our Stock
No Hard Feelings and No Harm Done!
If You Do Not Buy
STORE OPEN EVENINGS
1H. J. LYNCH
rhe Up To Date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41 SKaGWAY
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HEIST WAVE II
MIDDLE WEST
Cliicspo, July 21—An extremely
tot spell Is again boiurf experienced
In the middle west.
THK SPOKANE RUIV.JS IN
BANNER CROWD FOR SEASON
The Spokane got iu at "6:30 this
morning with the banner crowd cf
round-trip excurslonisls for this
season, she also brought 11 Jocal
passengers and 255 tons of cargo.
For Skagway.—c. w. Sctraub
stable, P. W. McChesney, Miss J. h.
Downs, Miss H. Love joy, Miss Alfa
Stewart, c. H., Roosevc-lt, and wife,
J. Schuckle, R. R. Lee, .Mrs. Mary
Little, W. W. Ooltou.
Round trippers:—br. Elizanbet
Stebe, X. W. Gleaeon and wife,
S. Gleason, Eunice Babbitt, Lil
lian Frickney, Sadie Henderson,
Josephine MeCauselan.l, R. p. Jic
Causehuid, Miss F. McCauseland,
Geo. D. Hunter and wife, H. E.
Kane, Mary B. Kaue, Jenuie Kane,
Mr. A. Agnew, Cremora Agnew, E.
R. Agnew, Geo. Rehberger, T. 13. a.
Swartz, Miss Amanda Ranch, Mrs.
thas. Ranch, Rose fioniueier, Urate
Bornhoff, Mrs. A. Boruhoff, Olga
Leinofl, Clara Gutenberg, Lena
Yost, Jessie Cenall, j. (j. Setall, E.
C. Setall, Ernest Keyger, Ed. Mc R.
Keyger, Mary Richardson, Edna
Miller, Francis McKvoy, Susan ,Mc
Kvoy, Eva Y. Garvev, k. Wood
manser, W. Woodaiauser, Mrs. Mat
tie McKay, Mrs. C. U. McChesney,
Miss Virginia McChesney, Judgo C
D. Meyers and wife, .7. Gansk, and
Wife, C. E. Smith and wife, c. F.
Larrabt e, E. P. Lai •.■bee. Mary A.
Larrabee, G. II. Larrubiv, Mis® E.
S. McGregor, Miss CMiss
Ella Jay, Mrs. Rose Hei/.er, It, A.
Eastman, Mrs. Jcssi j l-'ruiu, Beruice
Leeke. Florence J. Schultz, Miss
Nellie. McGovern, Myitle Croon
quist, J. c. Vassiir and wife, \V. l>.
Dlggs, Mrs. Maggio Eastman, Mrs.
Grace Samson, Minnie it. D. Dun
uing, Maude R. Towlo, Mrs. M. L.
Palmer. Leona a. Tewle T. P.
Ulackier and wife, l.oi;i F. Folger,
Elizabeth Dodge, \V. A. E. Folger,
Mrs. D. R. Greenwood, Mrs. \y R.
McCurston, F. W. Wood, Caroline
Brooks, Virginia Sauford, Mrs. c. H.
Hepburn. Mrs. A. R. Woodruff, c.
B. Woodruff, .i». a. Darling, s E
Bagley, A. Miknllch and wife, Mrs.
J. Beau, Caroline X. Brittain, Ger
aldine Fitzgerald, Edith Wick
ersham. P. c. Calkins and wife, Mrs.
Fred Small, Miss Patty Small, .Miss
B. Peuy, Miss F. Penv, Miss
Doughty, Miss E. Peny, Miss Mabel
Colmar, Mrs. Ella Eaton, Miss May
L. Sanchez, John S. Hooper, Walker
Hooper, R. Beattie and wife. Dr. H.
Eshelman, M. P .Brow ley, w. J.
Henderson and wife, Mrs. T. W.
Reynolds, Burton Reynolds, Mrs. W.
R. Richards, Kathleen R. Stratley,
Mrs. c. D. Lawrence, Miss d. K.
Arthur, Mrs. C. L. Ludington, Town
send Ludington, C. H. Ludington,
N. s. Ludington, W. S. Ludington,
Richard N. Douglas.
The boat sailed for Seattle via
Sitka at 3:30 this afternoon with
every berth taken, several appli
cants for tickets having been turn
ed away by Agent V. A. Peterson.
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Mexico City, July 24—President
Carbajal today issue J a statement |
Buying that no armistice had.
yet beeu signed, but that he ia in I
hopes that peaco will soon be as-.]
sured.
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Oyster Bay, July 24—Colonel
I Roosevelt in an interview here to
' day expressed no uneasiness as to
| the outcome of the threatened 11
! bel suit against hiin by Barnes.
New York, July 2-1- —Barnes, in
the libel suit which he has filed j
ugainst Colonel Roosevelt, placpj
'.he damages to his reputation and [
l ipelingi at $50,000.
CATTLE UEING RliTl'ItNED TO
KODIAK BV UNCLE SAM
Chehalis July 24—The herd of
| Galloway, catttle that have been
kept ou the Phillips larm south of
this city since a year ago last April,
are now enroute to their former
home at the United States experi
ment slution on Koalak Island, Al
aska. Professor C. ('. Georgeson,
in charge of this station, came to
Chehalis early last week to prepare
the cattle for their leturn Journey.
The .-.nimala wero driven from
i tlio island two years ago by. the
I eruption of Mount l6itmai, which
spread a volcanic ash completely
I over the Island, killing al! vegeta
tion. Kor one year the cattle were
! kept near Kennewick, but last sum
mer they wore moved to Lewis coun
| ty. Recently a public sale of some
of the cattle was held and the
j herd was thinned down until only
the best and most hardy of the ani
mals remained. Those .that were
sold were purchased mostly by Lew
is county cattle men for beef stock.
Professor Georgeson says that
since the eruption of Katmal the
1 experiment station bus worked
steadily seeding the island to
grass iu preparation lor the return
of the cattle. A gcod crop ts
| available this year and with the
j return of the cattle the station will
I again attain the point in develop
I ment at which it stood when the
mountain went ou Its destructive
j rampage.
interstate commission
PLANS POSTPONEMENT
Washington, July 24—Because of
the summer vacation season, the
Interstate commerce commission to
day planned further postponement
of heatings upon railroad applica
tions ior increase Jn rates on fruit
from California to Missouri river
points. The ratet is now 12 a
hundredweight and the railroads
want it increased 33 cents a hun
dred. |-|i
New Goods Just Received
Libby's Green Olives, per jar 65c
Libby's Chow Chow, jars in two sizes, 20c and 35c
Libby's Prepared Mustard, per jar .... 15c
Quaker Breakfast Biscuit, per package . . 15c
French String Beans in glass 55c
Also a complete line of Crosse &
Blackwell and H. J. Heinz Com
pauy's goods at popular prices
Complete Line of Perishables
P. H. GANTY, GROCER,
GOV. JOHNSON
GETTING LEARY
Sacromento, July 24—Siveral pa
pers here today printed a story to
tho effect that Governor Johnson is
ou the verge of a break with Col
onel Roosevelt, he having become
auspicious that tho latter is prepar
ing to double-cross him.
"BKTTKR HOMEY CITIES"
IS SLOGAN OF DELEGATES
London, July 24—Attended by
city officials and civic leaders of
a dozen countries, the Internation
al Congress of Municipal Executives
is in session hero this week.
"Better 'homey' cities," was the
siogaa of the American delegates,
seat by the American commission
of Municipal Executives and civic
leaders Among the Americans were
Senator Owen of Okla., representing
the Southern Commercial congress.
After adjournment of the congress
the American delegates will take
an extensive tour to Europe, visit
ing the International Urban exposi
tion at Lyons, France.
THE COLONEL IN
FOR USEE SOU
New York, July 24—William
Barnes, prominent republican poli
tician here, annouiu.es liis inten
tion of instituting a libel suit
against Colonel Thojdoro Kootsevelt i
The latter in hU speech yester
day endorsing H.irvey Hinmau'
nomination as a candidate for gov
ernor of New York, stated that he
did so In order to save the state
from the Barnes an J Murphy fac
tion.
UNCLE SAM CONDUCTING
BARGAIN COUNTER SALE
Camas, Mont., July 24—Uncle
Sam is today conducting a "bargain
counter" sale of townsite lots in
thia village. Building lots were of
fered—343 of them—at prices rang
ing from $10 to $80 each at auc
tion. The lots wer-j those left un
sold at a previous sale of Hie de
partment of Interior.
The wont part of it is that the
members of the officers' wine mess
can't tell their troublts to the ma
rines on aacount of naval etlqu»tt?.
FILE SUIT FOR
FOR DISSOLUTION
New York, July J 4—A suit to
dissolve the New York & New Jia-T
en railroad corporation waa filed
hero today by Attorney General Mc
Iteynolds.
LAY THEME
0« TOE DOCTORS
Paris, July 24—r>«> defease la
the Mine. Caillaux trial, which,
started in here the other day, will
probably be that the poor medical
attendance which, ha received after
he was wounded caused th Figaro
editor's death.
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES
A primary election will be fcoM
at city hall, Skagway Alaska, from
12 m. to 8 p. m. Saturday, July
25th, 1914, for the purpose of el
ecting three delegates to the Demo
cratic conveatioa to be held at
Skagway, Alaska, August 3rd, 1914.
J. M. TANNER,
President Skagway Democratic Club.
L. C. GAULT,
Secretary, j... ;
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Washington, D. C., July 24—Ap
peals were made today to President
Wilson for the pardou of Herbert
Ilockin, who is serving time la the
Leavenworth penitentiary for com
plicity in tho dynamite outrage* ot
a few years ago.
Eves: detective William Burns,
who was instrumental la fastening
;he crime upon Hookiu, made ft
personal call upou the preaideat to
iutercede for the prisoner.
SALT LAKE CITY
IIAS A BIRTHDAY
Salt Lake City, Utah, July 34—
This city was "bora" 67 years ago
today by the removal of the Afor
man leaders from Nauyoo/ 111.
after a series of hostile attack*.
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They give you the feeling 01
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WILL CLAYSON—Clothier