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Xo. 132 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
SKAttWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1914
PRICE 10 CENTS
ANNOUNCES
SETTLEMENT
Niagara Fulls. July 2—Anibassa-j
ior Hasina aunounces that a prac- 1
i tl se*t lenient between the United
-ta*... :u.il Mexico has been reached
I th - the mediators would take;
rives-; if the factions in Mexico
ould ronio to an agreement on in
IU5U NOR'N
TO 8E OPERATED
S.-ward, July 2—The Alaska
:i railroad is being put into
;>e for oj'eratiou from Seward to
x reek for the benefit of the Al
-k railroad engineering comrais
V lli.iju C' Kdes. chairman of the
. i«vr:ng commissioners, is re
tod 5 being ill at Knik Arm. His !
diti-'ii is not regarded as at all |
CELEBRATES
sham. Mass., July 1—
.nr.: J:am normal school, the old
- ution of its kind In Amer
>d.tv celebrated its opening at
July 3, 1S39 by Cyrus
.. of Nantucket. YUe school
• oved to Framingham in 1S52.
m
I,os Anseles, July 1—For $7.50 |
; y boy or firl off Los Angeles can
sjiciid two weeks at the city's mun
,il mountain camp, which was
• v n c • today at seeley Flats,
tao tan Bernardino range, 75
ihilt-s from T.os Angeles. Scores of
- wsbo ; and street, urchins were
herded to the camp today. Others
will bo sent at weekly intervals.
August will be given over to the
girls, aud during September adults
will be admitted. Sanitary, medical
aud commissary departments aro in
charge of high salaried experts.
Amusemr.ets aro provided by the
city playground commission, which
has complete charge of the cant p.
MllSlfiE
OUT FDR THEM
Butte, July 2—Warrants were is
sued today for the arrest of Kid
L>avi3 and Red Foley, who are
charged with dynamiting the head
quarters of the Western Federa
tion of Miners hero l;ist week.
LOWER BITES
ARE EFFECTIVE
Denver, July 1—Denver and a
scores of cities in northern Colorado
today began to reap the lienetits oi
a decision delivered recently by i ir
slate railroad commission and uv
held by the Supreme court redir
ing the freight rates on coal from
the Colorado coal fields. The de
cision was the result of the agita
tion started by the Greenley Com
mercial club which took the watte.
before the railroad octumission.
to suWeTIore
ALASKA UHS
Washington, July 2—There will
be materially more public lands sur
veyed in Alaska this year than In
any former year, according to 1 f
flclals of the United Stat eg <;■.:• r
al Land Office.
Surveyor General Charles E. l»nv
idson of Alaska recommended
that the coal lands and claims
of the Kenana, the Mat
anuska and Bering river coal
fields be surveyed at once.
The Hue's of survey, he
says, can be carried from the mer
idians already established, where
public surveys have already been
begun.
Gentlemen: Our
Spring and Summer
Suits
Hats, Shoes
Rain Coats, Furnishing Goods, Etc
Are Now On Display
Suits Hade to Your Heasure
At $18 and Up
When in Need of Goods in Our Lme Come In
fand Look Over Our Stock
No Hard Feelings and No Harm Done
If You Do Not Buy
STORE OPEN EVENINGS
H. J. LYNCH
The Up To Dat« Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41 SKaGWAY
Seattle, July 2—Dr. Alfred H.
frooks, head of the geological sur
vey, arrived here Saturday night on
his way to Alaska. He sailed
from here last night, and will in
spect the work being done by his
bureau in various parts of the ter
ritory.
The geological survey service is
paying mirticular attention this year
to secure data which will be useful
and available in determining routes
for railroads and resources for pro
viding tonnage for them.
COMPENSATION I
LAW EFFECTIVE
l>es Moines, la., July 1—Iowa's
workmen's compensation law went
into effect today and the state is
prepared, for it as few states which
have taken this step have been.
The Iowa manufacturers associa
tion lias perfected its organization
so that the association stands be
hind the law and the manufacturers
iio not have to patronize bonding
companies. There is to be a graded
scale for payments, according to the
risk of the industry. It is estimated
that Iowa manufacturers will save
. t least $1,000,000 a year by carry
ing their own risks. Manufacturers
say they will ask no delay and
'hat they will aid in enforcing the
IHE KAISEfl
WILL ATTEND
Vienna, July 2—The bodies of
the Archduke Francis Ferdinand
and the Duchess Hohenberg ar
rived here today.
The Kaiser is coming to attend
!he funeral.
L
Wheeling, W. Va., July 1—West
Virginia awoke today a dry state
for the first time in history. By vir- i
tue of the 90,000 majority for pro
hibition two years ago the legal
sate of liquor ceased at 12:01 this
morning. Brewery, distillery and
saloon property valued at approxi
mately $00,000,000 is worthless to
day. Twenty-five thousand persons
are seeking other employment.
Stringent legislation against those
who seek to sell intoxicants became
effective today with the new order.
To give away liquor or sell it means
a Jail sentence and fine for the
first offense. Jail sentences not
to exceed five years are x'rovided
for a second offense. Patent medi
cines to the extent of half those
now sold throughout tho United
States are barred from sale in this 1
state. All preparations containing
more than one half per cent of alco
hol are classed as intoxicants. Ad- i
vertisenifcuts of liquors are barred
from newspapers. It is unlawful to i
distribute advertising pertaining t"
intoxicants of any character. Sal- i
eonists, distillers and brewers who
allowed liquor to remain in their es
tablishments today were in viola-i
tlon of the law. Stale officials are
conducting a search of all such ]
places with orders to make arrests ;
and confiscate the goods, if viola- I
tions are found.
SWEENEY
u
Washington, D. C., July 2 -llo.
Sweeney was today sworn in as as
sistant secretary o' the Interior.
The democrats in tho senate con
ference today declared that they
would remain in session until the
trust legislation passed by the
house had been acted upon by the
senate.
Representative Knhn today intro
duced a resolution demanding that
the Lind correspondence relative t»
Mexico be given to the house.
sri j
UUOLVLL?
MHi ' ■ • :
»!Uci rlcoi
New York, July 2—Colonel Roose
velt was told today by the special
ists whom he consulted that he
would have to lake six weeks of
absolute rest. If at the end of that
time the attacks of fever from
which he is now suffering are un
der control he can take part in the
campaign in slumping.
LIOII HE
r
Westerville, Nebraska, July 1—
Thomas Morris, •who this month is
one hundred and twenty years and
six mouths of age, is believed by
some of his friends to be the oldest
man in the United States. He is
the only man, in Nebraska at least,
who has lived there three centuries.
Ho was born in the eighteenth cen
tury, saw all the ninteenth and
now ha3 a pretty good start into
the twentieth. He was two years
old when Washington's term as
president closed. This fact con
nects him with the administration
of every American president.
Morris was one year old when the
Received on "Dolphin"
Fancy Celery, 15c bunch 2 for 25c.
Cucumbers, 15c each 2 for 25c.
New Potatoes, 5c per pound.
New Cabbage, 7c per pound.
Tomatoes, 25c per pound.
Peaches, 15o per lb. 2 for 25c.
riums, 15c per lb. 2 for 25c.
Canteloupes 10c por pound.
Dauanas 12c per pound.
Apples, Oranges, Florida Grape Fruit.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
Baltimore, Jr.ly 1- -Besinning to
day, the Wellr. Fargo Express Co.
look over all t'\o express traffic
handled formerly by the United
States Express Company on all
Baltimore & Ohio lines. Parcel
post expansion was given as a rea
son why the IT. s. Express company
retired.
Spokane, Wash., July 1—With a
large number of contestants enter
ed, the open tennis championships
of the Inland Empire, which com
prises eastern Washington^ and
Westeru Idaho, were played here
todav on the Spokane tennis club's
courts. The events are singles and
doubles for men and women. The
winner ol the mens' singles will
lie matched to play Joseph C. Tr
ier, Inland Knipire champion, in 'he
challenge round.
operator, came in 0:1 the Dolphin
this morning w. h seven men whom
lie is taking in to v. ork ou liis
• loseti, ;.iid i ., eu ;■ ...irs old when
Vdan.ai N'.i. o.i v. >u :iio victory at
Traful. ,tr. He lived during the per
iods oi' liio ....jiolooiiie wars, at
:oro the battle of AV'aierloo. He
v ..s si-.eii yc .» old when Ireland
and England were united and has
lived during the reigns of King
George III, G ,'e VI., William IV*.,
Queen V ictoria, King Edward VII
•nd tl;o projt-Mi. Ki.ig, Gv.'.rge V,
He was past t:rco scc:>t and ten
when Abraham Lincoln was assas
sinated. Thomas Morris v.s horn
January 1.",, 17'J-l at Bellow, Mont
gomeryshire, 'Wale '. 1 lis father was
■ common 1' borer. As a lad Thorn
.
which work he continued until rec
ently. in IS71 when he was sev
enty-seven years of a".e, he came
to tlio United States. lie is a
bachelor and has been for years a
'confirmed woman-li.itor. Ho walks
with the aid of a sti^k and wears
spectacles, the first pair of which
he pu. iiased after celebrating liis
one hundredth birthday.
Boulder, Colo., July 1—The pay
| ment of regular wages to state con
! victs so that they may be able to
! support their families or other de
j pendents during their incarceration
wag advocated before the Colorado
Sociological conference today by W.
1>. Collott, secretary of the Denver
Federation of charity and philan
thropy. Dr. Collett's paper was
the last of a series of discussions
of the general subject of dependents,
defectives and delinquents at to
day's session of the conference.
Miss Gertrude Vaile, supervisor of
Relief, Denver, opened the discus
sion with an address on Social
problems connected with public out
door relief, and William Thomas,
secretary of the state board of
charities and corrections read a
paper on "The Fee System." Tho
other principal paper of the day was
delivered by Rev. Dr. William
O'Ryan, o" Denver, who discussed
state reformatory work. Tonight
Thomas Tynan, warden of the Col
orado state penitentiary will con
sider the treatment of state convicts
in a formal address.
ROBBER KILLED
IIII HOLDUP
Peudclton, Oregon, July 2—One
robber Is dead, another badly in
jured and a deputy sheriff in the
: hospital fatally hurt fls the result
of an attempted hold-up on the
morn ins: near Kalama.
GOV. AND MRS. STROXG
LEAVE FOR SITKA
Gov. .T. F. A. Strong and Mrs.
Strong took passage on the Georgia
for Sitka last night, and will return
to Juneau on the Dolphin, arriving
here J'Jly 3. The visit is made at
tills time for the purposo of con
ferring with the trustees of the
rioneeis' Home at Sitka.—Juneau
Empire.
Miss Jessica Gaunt, who has been
in charge of tho White Pass hos
pital here for several months, will
leave fcr the outside tonight on
the Prircess Alice. Miss Gaunt
made many friends while here who
will grently regret her departuro.
If You Want to Make
A Good Impression
There is no better
way than to wear
—Hart Shaffner & Marx
CLOTHES
They give you the feeling of
confidence and the well
groomed appearance that
always wins
Come in and look them over
WILL CLAY SON—Clothier