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SKAGWAY, ALASKA. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1915
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BRITISH SUBMARINES CLEAR THE
BALTIC SEA AND GULF OF BOTHNIA
London, Oct. 16—Tho heavy fir
ing that "was reported as belug
heard yesterday in ttia Gulr of
Finland is now fcnown to have been
caustd by British submarines which
are said to have entirely cleared
the Baltic Sea and. the Gulf of
Bothnia Of German ships. Thirty
seven ore carriers are now Interned
at Swedish ports. The number of
vessels sunk or captured is
known.
It is believed that the British
Admiralty is •withholding the facts
regarding the causes of Sir Edward
Carston'a resignation.
Great Britain formally declared
war upon Bulgaria today.
The French are said to have re
pulsed the German attacks in the
.Lorraine district.
CANADA ENROLLS
LARGE NUMBER
Ottawa, Oct. 16—According to
an official statement made here
today, the Dominion of Canada has
already oiupiled one hundred and
eiAty four thousand men for the
European war.
Nome, Oct. 16—The new strike
of a Third beach line at Is'ome al
ready promises to create another
legal wax like that which made this
camp Infamous in tlia old days.
Report is la circulation that sev
eral suits are about to be filed and
It is known that not less than
twenty t>eopie are now claiming
ground staked by others. Thp
whole country around the scene of
the strike has been staked so that
the tundra presents the appearance
so familiar of old. In some Instances
claims hare been staked over and
over. Development work will be
cone on the ground this winter and
until that progresses it will not
be possible to tell the exact value
of the discovery. The discoverers
claim to have five feet depth of pay
and that the formation indicates
that the ground is just the same
as the old Third beach, operated in
years oast back of the city. Js'ome
all worked up ovo: the discovery
and iooks for big thicgb.
GETS RETURNS
FROM RANCH
Mrs. H. S. Pullea is now com
mencing to. got returns iiom her
strenuous labor and lioavy expense
during the past summer on her
Dyea ranch. She has dug five
ton3 of as line looking potatoes as
are grown, anywhere; and has sev
eral tons of hay; stored in the barn,
wnich 6he cut off tho place. Yes
terdajr she shipped to Skagway forty
sacks of potatoes and three tons
of hay. On the return trip of the
launch to Dyea she seat over 100
raspberry sets, -which she is going
to plant and is preparing to add
to the shipment as soon as she
can spare time for planting. She
already has twenty acres of her fall
plowing done, and is goiug to do
more. The other day she sent over
her riding pony, at one time famous
in the Eastern polo fields, and will
now be enabled to make the rounds
over her somewhat extensive posses
sions with greater facility and ease
than she has heretoforo been able
to do. Jas. Sullivan, the painter
and decorator, went over thia morn
ing and "will repaper, repaint o-nd
otherwise renovate the ranch house
for occupancy this winter by the
owner.
DYNAMITER'S COUNSEL
DIES VERY SUDDENLY
Los Angeles, Oct. 16—Former,
Judge Fairall, chief counsel for
Schmidt, who is on trial here, |
charged with having been Implicated
in the Times newspaper dynaaniting
outrages of a few years ago in this
city, died suddenly this morning.
The trial of Schmidt will ia conse
quence bo delayed for a week or
ten days.
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GENERAL VILLA
KILLED AGAIN
Washington, D. C.,'Oct. 1G—Gen
eral Villa, the Mexican revolution
ary leader, is teported to have been
i killed recently by his own men, but
! the ru n kt Is discredited here by
! Villa's agents.
Mauy of the South t American
countrieB are in Xavor of the re
cognition of General Carranza as
president of Mexico.
INDIANAPOLIS TO
BE NEXT PLAGE
Seattle, Oct. 16—The National
Woman's Christi-aai Temperance Un
ion convention will be held next
year iu Indianapolis.
FLORENCE HOWARD IS
GRANTED A DIVORCE
Juneau, Oct. 16—Florence How
ard, also known as Ethel Moore,
who was accused of being respon
sible tor the downfall of Paymast
er Hamilton of the Washington
aiale militia a couple of years ago,
wag granted a dlvorco here today
from her husband, John Howard.
011 a charge of non-support and
desertion. The couple were mar
ried in Juneau.
"SKAG1TES" AND "CROS8ITES"
MAX VISIT WHLTEHOllSE I
Whitehorso Star; Residents of I
Skagway and Carcross will be given
an opportunity for visiting White
horso on Thursday next, October
21st, Trafalgar day, at regular cele
bration rates, $5 from the former ,
and $2.50 from the latter place fori
the round trip, tickets good comiug
on the regular train ot Thursday !
and returning on the regular train i
Friday,
In the line of entertainment
Whitehorse will be able to keep
any and all visitors who may take
advantage of the low railroad rates
busy while they are here. Thurs
day Ligi . will be the occasion of
the bazaar givem by the local order
of the I. O. D. E.f which will conir
prise an interesting program (giv
en elsewhere In this paper) and
later there will be dancing. The
bowlJns alleys will also be open and
all visiting bowlers will be taken
on by home talent for money, mar
bles or grape juice. It is expect
ed that both Skagway and Carcross
will send good delegations.
Information of the generous of
fer made by the railroad company
was received by Mrg. W. L. Phelps,
regent of the I. O. D. E, by letter
from General Traffic Manager A, F.
Zipf.
The excursion train to White
horse will leave here Thursday
morning and tickets will be good
for the return on Friday.
Boston, Oct. 16—Th.oro were ten
thousand suffragists in the parade
here this afternoon.
Pittsburg, Oct. 16—Five thou
sand suffragists paraded here at
noon tQ.day,
WHiiii
HAPPENINGS
From the Weekly Star of Oct.
15:
The bowling season will J)e ooened
—neither prayer or a corkscrew be
ing used In the process—tomorrow,
Saturday, night. The alleys are in
fine condition and everything Is in
excellent shape„
Judge C. D. Macaulay and other
officers of the court will arrive
from Dawson by Monday or Tuesday
and the trial of Alexandor Gagoff
for murder, will came on Boon after
their arrival. Sheriff Geo. Brlmston
is already here.
George Ryder and Bob Earle of
Whltehorse, and Adam Dickson and
Alf Scott of Tagish, who have been
out on the government telegraph
line with Repair Fori-man H. O.
Lokken, returned to town Monday,
having finished their season's work.
When Lokken's crew gees over the
line, it is usually left in fiood con
dition.
Funeral exerciseB for the late R
W. Brown, the railroad section tmaii
who died of heart disease last Wed
nesday morning, were held in the
Presbyterian church Saturday aftor
noor. at 3 o'clock by Rev. Nicoll.
Interment was lu the local ce:ne
tery. Very little was known of the
deceased other than that he was
highly respected by those who knew
him.
Machinery for the heating plant
in the new government hospital at
this place ie now being received
ard installed. The work is being
done by John C. Hyde, an expert
mechanic from Junoau, and repre
senting Geo. K. Gilbert, heating
and sanitary engineer of the latter
place. While there was some de
lav in shipping tho machinery from
Vancouver, both Mr. Hyde and Fore
man YV. H. Simpson expect the
work of Installation to be complet
ed within three weeks.
The generous spirit of the North
again manifested Itself on the last
trip of the steamer White Horse
when $115 waa donated by the
passenger® to the cause of the
British Red Cros fujid. The contri
bution was made In response to an
appeal for funds, wired Mrs. Georgo
Black from the I. O, D. E. chapter
at Toronto, and received by her
while she was on the steamer. Of
this amount, $18.25 was obtained
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P. H. GANTY
SERVIANS FIGHTING FOR LIFE,
TEUTON INVASION MAY SUCCEED
Paris, Oc. 16—The Servians, ac
cording to the latest advices irom
the Balkans, are fighting forr their
lives, being heavily beset by the Teu
tonic allies and Bulgarians on three
sides. Unless Servians get reHitforce
ments at once there id every
probahlli'r of the Teutonic allies.
fore Id g a passage of their armies
through to the aeeistanco of the
Turks at Constantinople, the Dar
danelles and the GallipoH Peninsula.
The losses of the Germans and
AuBtriana ou the northern battle
front In Serrla are reported to bo
20,000 killed and 40,000 founded
aud missing. ...
WHAT'S DOING
in mi!
Mrs. P. H. Ganty has been slight
ly under thq weather lor a day
or two but la now bettor.
Mrs. Weldon H. Warren expects
to leave on the 26th of the month
on a visit to her parents In Michi
gan.
James Doran of Fairbanks and S.
T Law and R. E. Donahue of
Whitehorse, are registered at the
Golden North.
The condition of Henry J. Lynch
is much improved today and all in
dications point to a speedy and
complete recovery.
Mrs. W. C. Blanchard has been
confined to her homo for the past
ten days with an attack of pleurisy,
but is now Improving.
John Huntley has taken a po
sition in the store of H. J. Lynch
for a short time, -while the latter
is uuahle to attend to business.
The Upper Yukon river Bteamer
Dawson is now on the way south
from Dawson with a good passen
ger list and is expected to get in
to .Whitehorse tomorrow or Mon
day.
The Northwestern was reported
by wireless as having left Cordova
for Skagway at 7 o'clock this inorn
I ing, which 'will bring her into port
here sometime between 10 and 12
o'clock Sunday night.
Mi*s. Norman E. Black left on
this morning's train for Whitehorse,
where she will meet Mr. Black, trav
eling auditor of the W. P. & Y. R-,
now on his way out from the in
terior /or the winter.
The Humboldt Is due In Skagway
about 5 o'clock this evening, and
aa there are a number of passen
gers coming over from WhiterotnHi
«n today's train, will probably not
leave until 8 or 9 o'clock tonight.
Mrs. A. L. Grant has gone to
Whltehorse and from there will
proceed forty milea north to Littla
Klver, on the Whitehorse-Dawaon
government road, where she la en
gaged each winter In the roadhauae
business.
Rev. Father Turnell went doyu
to Ft. \V. H. Seward today and
will probably remain over until Mon
day. As a consequence there will
be no services In, the Catholic
church here tomorrow. Sunday
school will, however, be held at
2:80 p. m. | 4
The rhereon arrived thia mann
ing with about 60 anlieted men on,
boar; from the post, who came to
the Lynn canal metropolis to have
a good time and Incidentally to
wear the rust off some of the coin
they had in their poaseeeion by put
ting It In circulation.
Supt. Jack Hayes of the Alaska
road commission arrived in Slcagvay
from Haines on the Peterson thia
morning. He caone up to that placa
from Juneau on the Humboldt, but
as that vessel had to. call in at
the sainurn cannery between Skag
wajr end Haines, Btopped off at the
latter place and caught the govern
ment boat, thereby arriving here
several hours earlier than he oth
ta wis a would have done. Sup\.
Hayes will leave here o:i the Hum
boldt this evening and go to Chom
ley, Prince of Wales Island, where
the commission la doing some work
on the Portage road. He says that
contractor Blackeelee of Juneau,
who is going to construct the w^g08
bridge at Skagway, will be here
with a gang of men as soon
he finishes hifl work at Mendenhall,
whlcb will probably be the middle
of next week. The contract Jof
hauling the material for the bridge
from the dock to the place where
It is to be used on Twenty second
street, has been let lQ Martin It
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