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No. 269 EIGHTEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY; ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 191f» PRICK 10 CENTS
VIENNA WOULD RETAIN FRIEND
SHIP WITH THE UNITED SMS
Berlin, Dec. 27 — Aivk*« re
ceived in this city 'rom Vieana
would Indicate that Austria-Hungary
U »ory anxious to retain the friend
ship ot the United State* and ha*
»tg*ifled her inttatio* to con
•iderr&blo •Mrlflca U tho Aacona
matter to app«a« Amarle* u4 thus
aTOld *ay eauBa »ilc)| might l«ad
up te> th« ®»r«r**ce of th« dlflo
matt* T0l*tloa«hlj>.
CANT FIGHT
IN GREECE
London, Dec. 27 — A dispatch
from A'hens to this city states that
the Kaiser has been notified by King
Canstantlne that it 1a lcs3oaaibl«
for Greece to. allow tha Bulgaria*
and Turkish force® to p-i* over
the Grecian frontier.
ITALIAN LINER
Milan, Dec. 27—Word has just
been received la this city stating
that the Italian liner Port Said
had bean torpedoed by. an Austrian
submarine, and sunk. Before help
could arrive at the scene of the
disaster, sis passangerB and one
of the crew of the ill-fated vessel
had drowned. All the remainder of
the p:i86engers and crew- were saved
by smaller craft
SCARLET FEVER
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London, Dec. 27—From various
points along the border of Po
land, an epidemic of scarlet fever is
reported. Many deaths ar# occur
ing every day, notwithstanding the
fact that medical aid has been sent
there, c.nd all methods for the
Stamping out of tha dl6eaca known
to science have been employed.
W GOES
10 THE FR0N1
PetregTad, Dee. 27—Csar Nich
olas n, left this city tor the ■oath
er* battle froat wher® he will go
orer the altuatloa wllJk «a*»9
' of fcta genera!*,
SEBMG
NOW IN ITALY
Br!i lift. Dec. IT — Klag Peter
ot Serria, axrlred Im thl« city on
board u Italia* crutoer, tuii baa
accepted the off«r of the King of
Italy to um th« Palace at CaBerla,
near Naplee until the war emda.
TROOPS CELEBRATE MID
NIGHT MASS I.V TRENCHES
. Amu, Dec. i7 — NOtwlthatancl
ing the fact that all through OhrtBt
maa tJ" and Chrtatmak morning
grett ehella were hurled orer the
trencnea where the French troop
pr *. ctlng thla tow* and prerant
ing the Germane from marching »*
toward Pari®, are itatloned, many
Catholle prieata brayed th$ danger
of th bunting ahella *~nd went
fortv Into the tranche® where mid
night iraa c®l9br*td<l.
HI* BROTHKB IS KILLED
Dawioa, T. T., Dec. 13—Duacaa
Nichle a yromUeat Fairbanks mau.
hue racelTed ward from hi* old
home la Scotland that hla brother,
William, who wa« with the W«t
ern Australlama baa been killed and
buried la th« Dajdanellas fighting.
Hie age waa 41 «ji4 for many years
be was a minor la Weatern Aus
tralia.
| HATE YOU SEEN THOSE
Masks
AT LYNCH'S STORE
V
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They certainly have a fine assortment
! to choose from.
Every one a ne - one.
Come in and ?.«• ?hem. You'll bu sure !
! to get an idea for your costume.
HI I V 1VT ft* L1* THE haberdasher and
• J • Lrf F LADIES' FURNISHER
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
PEACE COIDI LIKELY TO
END IB HI-PULLING BEE
Stockholm, Dec. 27 — Governor
Hanaa, of South Dakota, who waa
a memDer of the Ford Peace com
mission, which arrived lu this city
several days ago, and also Mrs.
Bolasorain, owing to the great dls
tfeatioa which ha« arisen among
th® members of the commission, have
quit th# party and retuTt* to
the United State* at oico.
It la stated that the quarrelling
has becomo so goneral among th.®
membem of tha party „that It la pre
dicted that It 1« likely to disrupt
tha discipline of tha miaaloa, and
will brlsg about oau*a for graat rld
icul#. ' 'J.'
FORD SURPRISES
IRE COMMONER
Miami, Doc. 27—Former Secr^taij
of 3Ut« William Jennings Bryan,
whoa advised of the intontlon of
Hearr Ford to return to tho United
States without going through with
hla proposition Xor the establish
ment of peace between the warring
uaUoua of Europe, expressed t-re.Lt
surprise at Mr. Ford's action.
San Francisco, Dec. 27 — Wong
Yu»a Yung, editor of tlie largest
Chinese newspaper in tho United
8'ates, which Is published In this
city while In attondanco ut a Chi
nese banquet here on Christmas {lay
was assassinated.
The unfortunate man was seated
at the table when he was shot at
through a window, the bullet en
tering hla back , causing instant
death. He was a cousin of the
former President of China. The
police a.re entirely In the dark, hay
ing discoYered no trace of the as
sassin, and no. clue has been ob
tained thus far that might lead
up to bis iadentlty.
(Special Correspondence)
Haines, Dec. 26—'The Christmas
tr* and entertainment In the
Arctic Brotherhood hall on Friday
erening was attended by almost the
ntire wilte population, and also
by a good portion of the natives, so
that the hall was filled to its ut
mos* capacity, and standing room
was at a premium.
The exercises w°ro opened by W.
B. Stout, who on behalf of camp
Haines, No. 17, of the Arctic Bro
(Continued on page 4.)
sutii emus
CAME AND WENT
i Christmas night the eaga-city of
Camp Skagway No. 1, Arctlo Bro
therhood was taxed to the utmost
to accommodate the Joyou* throng ,
who were present to greet Saat*
Claus upon, his axrlYal la this oity.
With l>ut a few exception, us
tho aamee of the little chllAroa
were called out, they wore there Ik
pursojn to recelre their gift*, fcmd
It was one of the most «aJoyable
and lorable nlghta Imaginable to
see the look oif pleased axpoctaaoy
ou each little face a* the rarlous
telegrams which Sa.aU seat from
points along his route as he was
j speeding-to Skagway. Wlion. the
jolly old elf did appear, it was the
sign for all the littler tots to cry
' iorth their greeting to the old g®at,
j and many little .hearts were made 1
glad when he stopped in his hur- j
•ry to reach ©very child in the world |
ll'U£ -tiUUU&JLl IU ltt*U tuy Ultltt UOUU .
wuich was proffered him and rotors
iu person tllo utirillj; piped "Hollo,"
I Santa."
The feetiTiLlcB were opened by
the introduction of Rer. Pedersea
by Vice Arctic Chief" Jacfc Keller,
aud Rer. Pedersea gare a Tory good j
• history of the inauguration of the j
■ custom of the Arctic Brotherhood 1
taking care of the children oj 6kag- j
; way on the anniversary of the birth
of the Corlst.
The school childron rendered two
rcry appropriate vocal selections,
I and little Florls Clark recited 1
J' Twas the Night Before Christ- '
mas," in a most pleasing mawiw.
Then followed a selection b^ the
Skagway band after which Rer.
Pcdcretn, assisted by memberu of
the committee and Jdesar. Edwin
Friedenthal, Edward Llddlcoat, Har
ry Achlscn and Joseph, Pedersea in ,
tUo work of distributing the pres
ents. To each child waa gives, la
addition to the little Christina* re
membrance, a wall-filled bag of
candy, nuts, popcorn asd fmita.
After the grow*-up packages had
been distributed, the floor was
cleared of the chair*, canvas, and
an informal dance waa enjoyed by
a good number of Jolly folks until
midnight The btoid, occupylsg tho
gsllory, furnished the music, and
Ml thoBo who had the pleasure of
dancing declared that it tm Tip to
the minute, great praise being ox
prese'f-d orer the excellent time maim
tamed throughout each number. j
"01.1. Y and
Mistletoe
WE HAVE A FINE LOT OF
REAL HOLLY
With lots of red berries on it at 1.00 per lB
MISTLETOE —
THE PLANT THAT V ¥ .... at 50c per lb
Your Xmas decoration is incomplete without this.
P. H. GANTY
Fir# Hall No. 2 last evening was
lh« ucoae of on§ of the most en
joyable enrentg that has taken place
la Skagway for a numbor of years,
the occagloa being the dinner gly
e* by Mr> and Mr*. Geo-rga Mowl to
l heir "sourdough" friends of the
aorthlaad.
For *»vreal months past "Baddy"
Mowl ha# had preparations under
way, aid with Che thought of once
more brlnglag together the "old
timers," where the spirit of the
early dayH would prevail, he sent
out otct oae hundred invitations to
thq residents of Skagway who had
come to the aorth prior to 1904.
The hall was fittingly decorated,
and two long tables spread, upon
which, during the progress of the
din* or the choicest products of Al
aska were placed before the as
sembled guests *a unending profu
slom. <Jkagway growui chickens,
Skagway raised pork, Skagway
killed prime beef, Skagway grown
\eg«tabj«a^ fish from Lyaa caa,al,!
cr«am from the SkAgway dairies, all
followed one after thq other, and
tn'mgled with the whole was the joy
ous spirit of Christmas and the feel
lag of good-fellowship.
Dr. L. 3. Keller, who arrived in
3kagwa^ December, 1897, oc-j
Lupi»d the toast-master's chair,!
ind after lie had made a few re
marks complimentary to those pres
ent, calling the attention of all to
Lh« fact that M. B. Clemenger
(Clem), George Cansoin, ("Daddy")
ind A. E. Kindell (poet master) .
were news-boys when he first knew ■
.hem, and tha^ Vic Sparks and
3eae Smith was known to him when
Ihey still wore short pants.
Is calling oa Mr/ Mowl, Dr.
Keller said:
"Daddy does not spend all his
:lme la entertaining the grown-ups,
Jitter, for there Is scarcely a
no*th or week passes that the chil
Irea of Skagway are not his gueats
it some occasion, whether it be a
xiOTlag picture show, or some other
entertainment. To Mrs. Mowl, to
i great extent, belongs the credit
>f the present assemblage, for it
va« through her power behind the
:hrone and her hand that urged
J-eorgs to give this dinner. With
liscerwt pleasure I present our
lo^t, Mr. George Mowl."
This wafl the signal for a rising
oast, all present responding with
ilaerlty, and when all had drained
heir glasses, thJea rousing cheers
■Tors given Mr. aad Mi*. Mowl.
When quiet had again, been had,
"Daddy" Mowl, hia lace the pic
ture of satisfied pleasure, and his
eyes twinkling -with the joy at hay
ing all his old-time friends otnce
more •urrounding him, then said:
"Friends, to me the northland Is
home. There is no home like it
There is no. city that compares 'with
okagway, From its beautiful lo
cation ia tha valley of tho Skag
way river, with its towering peaks,
to l's beautiful little homes nestl
ing coifiy under their sheltering
protection. There is no place in
the whole world where the influence
ci tho mother's guiding hand is so
apparent, as It is here In Skagway.
The propf of this is at all times
manifest in the sturdy, healthy and
beautiful children, who every day
demonstrate tha traits of true lit
tlp men and women. Our schools
are good, the training of the child
mind thorough, and this fact coup
led with the home training la the
Bf-cre* of tnq Bturdineea and man
liness of the Skagway child. To
tha fathers is due the fact that
the&Q same children are all well
dressed, and poverty and want is
almost an unknown Quantity in our
midst
"1 greet you all," Mr. Mowl said
In closing, "and I oaly hops that
your Joy and pleasure at being
hero and once mora talking over
tue good old times, is as great, as
the infinite joy and pleasure I am
at thii moment experiencing, at
being Instrumental In having you
here."
Those among thg number invited
who participated of 31r. and Mrs.
Mowl'a hospitality were as follows,
oud a word of explanation at this
time may not be out of order. The
names appearing in parenthesis,
pives the maiden name of all tie
married women who have been mar
ried sini«e their coming to thei north:
J. W. Shearer, Jan. 1888.
Fred Tanner, 1896.
Mrs. H. S. Pullen, Sept. 1897.
Royal R. Pullen, Oct 1897.
Fred Storey, Juno 1897.
Geo. Mowl, Jan. 1897.
Mra. Geo. Mowl, 1911.
Dan McKay, March, 1896.
Mrs. Dan McKay (Emma Clark)
Oct. 1896.
Mr. K. W. Achison, Sept. 1897.
Mrs. E. W. Achison, Dec. 1897.
Henry Friedenthal, Aug. 1897.
G. V. Zlnkan, Sept 1899.
Mrs. Zlnkan (Graco McFarland)
• (Continued on page 4.)
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