PRICK 10 CENTS
OLD LIBERTY BELL REACHES j
SAN FRANCISCO SAFELY
Sac Frnacisco, Julv 17—The old
"Liberty Boll" reached this 1 city
fri-m Philadelphia last night and
was today- installed in the Pennsyl
vania state building.
On its journey to San Francisco,
the liberty Bell special train trav
ersed Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
Il'.iaoii, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Ne
bra'<a, Colorado, Wyoming -Utah,
Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Cali
fornia. Four policemen from the
1-h.ilad >irliia traffic squad will
Kuard the relic "until it is again
returned 'to its homa
There will bo no official souven
irs oi the journ?y except those dis
tribute! by the escorting committe.
Tie committee also refused to
ui.ifce any concessions to moving pic
ture coucerns, virtually every such
enterprise in tho country having ap
UPPER YUKON
RIVER;REPORT
Whuehorse, July 17—Water 53
inches.
■N'n.tttiorse: Sailed S p. m. on
ike 1 <it.ii jvith 17 passengers.
Whitetorse: Down Hootalinqua,
at 7:30 a.m.
Casea: Up fcootaliuiiua at S:30
a. m.
Canadian: Up Lower LeLiarge at
3:4o a. m. •
Dawson: Up Stewart river at
lu:5'> a. m. on tie ltith. '
S«.'».:rk: In Dawson.
Nt*xt sailing: Casca Monday night.
S. S-liCTORIft
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IN LAST NIGHT
The steamship Victoria of the
Alaska Steamship Co., which plya
ou 4regular run between Seattle
aiul N'jme, came into port last night
at S o'clock with 16S passengers,
rr.rxj- cf them tourists, many ' of
whom nad made the circle from
Ska^way over Summit and down
the Yskou river to Nome, then, by
| pl'°d toflkths privilege of sending j
j rep rece rait ivee on "the trip. Th§ j
committee, however, purchased a
[ special moving picture machine for 1
jits owa use. Pictures will be'tak
| en through the journey and films !
I will J»o furnished to public schools j
without expense. Today is Liberty j
j Bell Day at the exposition. Early
this mtrning the relic was con
j vt-y«d to its place in the Pennsyl
vania building on the exposition
; grounds where exercises were held. |
j Th*tell will leave San Francisco
la November returning to Philadel- j
phla by the Southern route, through |
Los 'Angeles, San Diego, Arizona j
and leias. The details of the re- |
turn trip have 'nut yet beeu com-1
pleted, but it is virtually certain |
that the special train 'will go i
through St Louie, Indianapolis ana )
Cincinnati.
way of Seward, Vaides and Cordova I
to their starting point here.
The Victoria is the largest
steamer in 'the Alaska trade, bav
in? a capacity of 3500 tons. She
nas 2500 h.'p. engines, is 361 feet
in length and carries a crew of 82.
She is in command of Captain John
A. O'Brien, the pioneer navigator
oi the Alaska S. S. "Co., who
brought the Dolphin around
Cape Horn from New York and was
in command of the old Oregon,
which used to run between Seat
tla and Nome, until the voyage
previous to the one in which that j
that vessel went down. During fcis J
many years 'in Alaskan waters he !
had command of a largo number '
of vessels, the names 'of which we
cannot recall off hand.
After the arrival of the Victoria
in rtort an excursion was run to
Summit, of which a number of j
tourist# availed themselves. The
remaining passengere spent some'
tim« aroaiU town and were very
liberal in their patronage of the lo- J
cal merchants and curio dealers.
The Victoria sailed south at J
12:15 this morning with the' fol-j
lowing passengers from Skagway, [
'n addltiot to those sho already j
had on botrd:
Catherine Eastman, connected
with the Catvensity of Washington; j
M. B. WLJte, cf Wachter Bros. J
wholesale meat establishment ' In |
Fairbanks; Claude Morris of Daw- j
son, enroute to Vancouver, B. C.;
Mrs. R. Head, tourist, and two i
W. °. & Y. R. employes from White
horse.'
A Word About Shoes
There may be other good shoes made, but we handle the very
best makes that we have been able to find, and we have been
looking for the best for a number of 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 betweenVThird and Fourth Phone 41
Louden, July 17—The official
findings iu the Dublic inquiry into
tie sinking o£ the -steamship Lusi
tania, whereby the lives of a great
number of people were lost, * many
of £):eu vomeu and children, was
concluded today, the verdict being
that the disaster was caused from
torpedoes fired from a submarine
of German nationality, and that no
Wamfl can foe attached to
Capt. Turner of the 'Lusi
tania, who had been ac
cused of incompetency and a dis
regard for the safety of his passen
gers after 'th? vessel had been
struck.
The exoneration of Captain "Turn
er is said to be very displeasing to
Americans.
H Htm WAVE
IN NEW YORK
New York, July 17—This city
ws.g visited today by a heat wave
from which many people succumbed
The British steamer Oruuiia ar
rived in port this morning from
Live: pool.
The captain reports that while
passing through the Irish Sea 011
July fth a German submarine fired
six shells at the vessel, none of
which took effect.
lemIhIili
FORJE EiS!
As soon as possible alter the
return of W. J. Bledsoe from the
Porcupine mining country, Mrs.
Bie;dsoe and their son William will
leave for Chicago, where the latter
will enter tli Chicago Art Institute
to take a courso in cartooning. The
term commences September 1st.
The young man has shown great
appituie in the work it is his in
tention to take up, and his pen and
ink cartoons of local people and
happenings are evidence that it
hia anilities are properly directed
I19 will in. time make bis mark in
the world. He is a Skagway pro
duct, almost, having been brought
ber« bv his parents when only six
months old, and lived here ever
sluce.
The family cajne to Skagway in
1S9S atvi Mrs. Bledsoe has only
been to the outside once in that
time Cor a period of seven weeks.
XEW BOOKS FOR FOB THK
PIONEERS' HOME AT SITKA
In a letter received recently at
the governor's office in Juneau,
Mrs. Albert Berry of this city, who
has been in the East for several
weeks, makes inquiry regarding the
placing of a collection of 150 book;
she has 6ecuTed for the Pioneers'
Hoae at Sitka.
Mr. Shorthill has replied that
the bonks will be gluily accepted
atd expects that they will be
shipped to the library of the pion
eers in the future.
THAW ENJOYING
OCEAN BREEZE
j Atlantic City, N. J., July 17—
Harry K. Thaw, who was released
from grisou yesterday under heavy
bondr, arrived here unexpectedly
this morning to spend the week's
end before go ins to hir. homo in
Pittsburgh, Penn.^.
Columbus, Ohio, July 17—The
flood conditions in the central part
of the slate, caused by the heavy
r;i"-s rs.'siug the streams so high
«hey overrun their banks, are great
ly .mprjvod today, although' thous
ands of ueople have been rendered
home^ss
| Much oroperty has beeen des
troyed, but so far as known • no
livts have been lost.
! EATS IXFKST UXIVERSITY
llOt XTV PLACED OX SCALI'S
University of Washington, July
15—Pied Pipers nre iu demand at
. the University of Washington this
! summer. So infested with rats are
th ancient buildings on the campus,
especially the dormitories and those
structures "that were left from the
Alaska Pacific Yukon exposition,
:that Bursar Herbert Condon has
had to open a systematic war up
of the rodents. 1
Clark hall, the -woman's dormi
I torv, se^rns t<> have attracted the
! pests In particular, which may be
I an indication that rate have a sense
I of humc/. At any rate, so serious
is the probleem that a bounty of
i 19 cents was offered to one of the
staff of janitors for every scalp he
obtained in that building. One girl
who inhabited that "dorm" vouches
I for the story thut one roomer
awakened to find au infant mouse
neotiug in hex hair,
Bursar Condon says the • rats
came uu from the *;overnment canal
connoctinj Lake Washington and
Union, niter the construction camps
were removed.
Fruit Jars, Jelly
Glasses, Etc.
OUB STOCK IS COMPLETE.
We offer the following special
prices during canning season:
Mason Pints, 80c per dozen.
Mason Quarts $1.00 per dozen.
Mason Gals. $1.25 per dozen.
Small Jelly Glasses, flat, 25c
per dozen.
Large Jelly Glasses, tall with
top, 60c per dozen.
Mason Jar Rubbers, heavy 10c
per dozen.
Mason Jar Tops, 25c per dozen.
Parawax, 15c per pound brick.
- P. H. GANTY
A 68EAI BATTLE IMMINENT
IH MM LUKE REGION
Petrograd, July 17—The ' first
great battle in the Mazurian lakes
region is now imminent, it being
apparent the Germans irtend to
press their Eastern victories with
another battering ram' attack to
war' Warsaw in an endeavor to
seize that city and the whole line
ol the Vistula, while the "Russians
are taking positions behind strong
entrenchments from Courtland to
(he Vistula.
lteriiu, July J 7—George Speets,
an American citizen, claiming to
represent big copper interests in
tile Uutttd States, wsa arrested by.
t':o authorities here today. The
charges against him 'have not
been divulged.
Washington, D. C., July 17—A
story is ia circulation in this city
that Henry Graves, of the forestry
bureau, is now enroute to Alaska
lor the purpose of gathering data
at fiist hand to fight Secretary of
the Inferior Franklin K. Lane's
heme iuIo measure, which will
com- Uji before the 64th congress.
WILL CLIMB THE
A party composed of Mr. and Mrs.
Hermon A. Kelley and their two
sons, of Cleveland, Ohio, Miss Drake
of T.cs Angeles, Cal., and George
Ooggan, with Jack Keller acting as
guide, left on the train this morn
. Dur?rg the paet twe days the
GeiTOfciia have been re-lnforced by
'one hundred and fifty thousand ad
' ditioi.al troops ind are driving to
| ward the Novogeogiewk fortress,
which guards the city of Warsaw.
Th-.' !!ne of offensive now direct
ed from the Przeanysz region is
along the valley of the Oirulew and
! Oibyc, tributaries of the river N'a
: rew, v, bieh flows across North Po
• land and joins the head of the Vls
I tula river above Warsaw.
ing for the purpos* of climbing tha
Denver glacier. 1
| It Is the lntentioa of the party
after reaching the foot of the gla
cier to go around by the way of the
south moraine and by this road
reach the magnificent ice pillara
above. The contemplated trip Is a
long and toilsome one, and to those
unacquainted with Its many treach
eries, to be studiously avoided, but
with the experienced guide they
have their outing will be one of
enduranc rather than danger, but
anj. budily discomforts with jvhich
they will meet will be more than
compensated for by the grandeur
of the scenery that will be'infold
ed before their vision as they ad
vance. '
j Mr. Coggan is a proficient pho
tographer, and is making the trip
for the purpose 'of securing views
of the ilacier at various points and
of various aspect. He has been
fcr some time -ln the employ of
Keller Brcs. Drug Co., and has
charge of their photcgraphic1 de
partment.
BAXTER COMING NORTH
Seattle, July IS—Robert W.
njixtcr, vice presldeu; of the Alas
ka otoimsliio compan", and Stephen
Birch, head of tha Alaska Syndicate,
are passengers on tlie North western
Corporal H. A. San ford has been
transferred from the Juneau ca-blo
service and is now stationed in
Skagway. Ho will soon be joined by
bis family and will occupy the Gui
lelt cottago on Broadway.
I. L. Seavcrrs, expert electrician
and all round good fellow of White
horse, Is in town to Bay ""hello" to
his friends and to take a well
earned vacation. Mr. Seavers is in
the gasolene department of the
c-'.eciric plant at Whitehorse and is
sometimes known n/J the "Gasolene
»
The Heat
Decides
That it's up to you to seek relief. You
can get it here in abundance in these
Cool Union Suits
They're the loose fitting'garments, in the
softest of fabrics, 'which assure the
greatest measure of comfort. The same
is true of our two-piece suits should you
prefer them.
Will Clayson
The Clothier