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No. 221 SEVENTEENTH YEAR]
SKACtWAY ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1914 PRICE 10 CENTS
London. Oct. 17—It is officially
Announced here today that the Ger
man invaders are now occupying a
|mui of the city of Ostend, but that
iheir further advance has been bar
mi by fierce fighting to the south.
King iieorge and Queen Mary of
England, and the'r children, will go
to Sandringham palace at once ««
it was today decided that that will
he a safer place for them to re
main than Buckingham palace, In
case of a Zeppelin raid by the
Hermans.
I. \TKK—The i eport is oonfirm
ed of the Germans' occupation of
i S'end. Their cry now is said to
!>e net only "(>n to Calais," but
"th» to Boulogne*" as well.
Th« cholera in Austria is said
in be reaching alarming proportions.
Another British expeiUtioii Is be
ing formed in Vngland to rush to j
i he assistance of the allied armies
in France.
It is rumored tliat a German wib
iiiaritte unlay sunk the British cruis
ers Invincible and Terrible in the
North Sea. but no confirmation of
the news has yet been received in
this city.
HERMANS IN HISS IAN-POLAND
SAID TO BF HARD PRESSED
St. Petersburg, Oct. 17—The Ger
mans in Russian-Poland, according
to late oficial advices received here,
are hard pressed by the Russian
forces and ate in full retreat.
KING AND QCEEN OK BELGIUM
ARE ENCOl RAGING SOLDIERS
Havre, Oct. 17—The King anil
Queen of Belgium are both said to
l>e at the headquarters of the Bel
gian army anil are encouraging the
soldiers to hold out against the
< Germans by every means within
their power.
ALLIES \HX HARD FIGHT
TO THK WEST OF LILLE
Paris, Oct. 1"—It ia announced
hero that tlie allied armies have
won a hard struggle that has been
going on for several days to the
westward of Lill«< and have also
defeated the <ieiuians at Laventie.
A big battle is reported to be in
progress between Ypres and
Oourtrai.
ABE FIGHTING DESPERATELY
IX A HEAVY RAIN' STORM
Paris, Oct. 17—Although a !
•wavy rain is falling today a des
perate fight is reported to be in
progress at many points in [
France along the British and I
German lines.
In Belgium, and also in France,!
the Germans are attempting to i
break through the allies' ranks,
ami are now only fifteen m^les from I
the coast.
A GERMAN AIRSHIP IS
BROUGHT DOWN BY SHOT I
Dunkirk, Oct. J"—A German at-.- ;
opiane that made an attempt to pass
over this place was brought down j
to earth by a well-directed shot
today.
GERMAN FORCES IX BELGIUM
EFFECT JUNCTION IN FRANCE
Berlin, Oct. 1"—According t<>
late advices the German forces in
Belgium have affected a junction
with the German right wing in
France.
Slight German gains are reported
from some places while heavy loss
es are said to have been suffered
by them in the Eastern theater of
war.
A German victory is claimed oyer
the Russians who are said to l>e ad
vancing along th? river San.
CLAIM GRAVE"DANGER
TO THE GERMAN CENTER
Bordeaux, Oct. 17—There _ Is
grave danger to the German center, j
it Is claimed by late ndvices receiv
ed here, as from the army's pres
ent position It might easily be out
flanked and iorced to retreat.
rBACE convention orders
ALL HOSTILITIES STOPPED j
Mexico City, Oct 17—The peace
convention at its session today is
sued an order directing that \ HI*1
and all other combatants in Mexi
co be notified to fltoi> hostilities at t
onca under pain of being declared |
| public enemies.
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PARTY OF BOSTON HUNTERS
SPEND TWO YEARS IN ARCTIC
The N'omo Nugget of Sept. 26th,
says; -The Polar Bear arrived here
*1-0,111 the Arctic yesterday evening,
after two years' stay in those
waters.
The Polar Bear started last year
for one year's cruise carrying a
party of Bostonians consisting
or Samuel Mixter, the head of the
expedition; John Hoard, Jr, and
George Sllsby and others.
This party was on a hunting,
pleasure and scientific expedition
and had intended to spend tho
summer in the Arctic and return
in the fall, but were frozen in
and compelled to stay the winter
md the second summer in that re
gion.
The story *oiT Captain Louis
Lane's trip out over the ice and hi.J
return to the Arctic this spring is
i familiar one, but tho story of the
men who wintered near Demarca
•ion Point, waiting for their ship to
•ha\v out of the ice has not J'et
i;eeu told and will probably be
ivritteu by some one of the party
they return to Boston. One
H the party, however, says that
.he monotony of the long winter
ivas broken by card playing, reading
jood books of which there was a
.:ooa supjiiy, visiting the various
•amps established by the Stefans
>on parties and the ships which,
ike the Polar Bear, had been
:aught in the ice for the winter. Be
• kit's there wore, hunting ffltpe.1l
ions for bear, deer and ptarmigans,
ivliich kept the party in good spirits
ind humor. The party was corn
'ortubly quartered, in good health
aid enjoyed the experience which
;hey had started out to get.
The Boston people had started
.nit to hunt mountain sheep, po
ar bear, whales, etc.
No reports of the success of the
•arty in hunting mountain sheep 13
jiven, but it is learned that polar
sears were found in plenty with
Jut hunting—in one case it is said
hat a bear visited their camp and
ind started a meal on their kiak,
when it was killed by a native.
Capt. Louis Lane upon his re
.urn started with the Polar Bear on
lie summer cruise and succeeded
Deyond expectation in capturing
heso monsters of the sea. The
record catch for a schooner in the
Arctic is 12 whales, which was
nearly reached by this expedition,
ivhich captured ten, nine of which
K'ere of large size.
The Polar Bea;* cruised in the
ficinity of Wrangell island and was
ivlthin easy reach of the Karlulc
■urvivors, and would have rescued
them but the party supposed ttfey
had already been rescued by the
revenue cutter Bear.
The Polar Bear met the boats be
longing to th0 Stefansson expedi
tion early in the seasog at Baily
island. The Mary Sachs intended to
cruise along Banks Land as far
North as St. Patrick's land to look
for Stefansson, while the other
parties of the expedition, on the
Alaska and North Star, would con
tinue to Coronation Gulf. It is
the opinion of Captain Lane that
Stefansson will never bo able to
reach land to the eastward as the
ice movement is westward and it Is
his opinion, wh'ch is confirmed by
Captain Bernard, that Stefansson, if
able to reach land at all, it will be
on the Siberian coast. It is the
TOGA KANADA, PHOTOGRAPHER
NOW LOCATED IN JAPAN
Toga Kanada, for many y#an» chef
at the W. P. hospital in Skagway,
but who later took up amateur
photography here and after long
and painstaking labor became ex
ceedingly proficient In the work,
is now located in his old home city
of Kumamota, Japan, and is running
a photographic business of his own,
and making of it a great success,
according to word sent by him to
some of his old Skagway friends re
cently.
He also sent photograpa of the
building in which he is located,
showing it to be ofVapanese archi
tecture and design with the excep
tion' of the front show windows,
which are plainly of Yankee ori
gin.
HEAD OF BIG FUR COMPAN Y
VISITING CAPITAL CITY
Juneau Empire; c. C. Gainsford#
manager of the Moose Bay Fur and
Trading company, with headquar
ters *in Tacoma, is a JuHeau visitor.
Mr. Gainsford saya that his com
pany has two outfits traveling oyer
the far North now, taking moving
pictures of animal life and indus
tries that are met with in the coun
try.
These pictures are exhibited in
the circuits of the moving picture
world and attract a great deal of
ittention. The company repres
ented by Mr. Gainsford has trading
stations and depots scattered all
Jver Alaska and north as far as
Banks Land. They also have num
erous fox farms, one of which in
cludes a territory of 2,500 acres.
Mr. Gainsford will accompany the
moving picture expeditoin as far as
iVhitehorae and then return to
racoma.
ilalian foreign minister
is DEAD TODAY IX ROME
Rome, Oct. 17—Foreign Minister
Suilllaiie of Italy died here this
morning of heart trouble, from
which he had beea suffering for
some time.
FAIRBANKS MAN CARRIES
OFF MATRIMONIAL PRIZE
Miss Annette MoPeak, a young
lady who sojourued in Skagway
for several months early in the
r.ast summer, and whose winning
ways during her stay, often made
the hearts of Skagway bachelordom
go pit-a-pat, was married In Fair
banks a few days ago to a well
known business man of that place.
The young ladj' left here for the
interior town last July.
opinion of Captain Lane and also
Captain Bernard, of the Teddy Bear,
that Stefansson will n,ever be heard
from again. Captain Lane has been
very successful on this cruise, hav
ing obtained 15,000 pounds of
whalebone and a large number of
fox skins. Captain Lane will sail
in a few days for Seattle leaving the
Boston party here, who will finish
their trip from here to Seattle on
either the Senator or Victoria.
Captain Lane made the trip from
Seattle to the Arctic over the ice
In 65 dam
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P. H. GANTY, GROCER
ARRIVES IN NOME. AFTER
FIVE YEARS IN ARCTIC
Captain Joe Bernard arrived in
Nome a few days ago, witfi the
power schooner Teddy Bear,
owned bj/ the U. S. Mercantile
company, after a cruise extend
ing over a period of five years in
the Arctic ocean. Captain Bernard
has an interest in the b°at and
has had charge of an expedition
which promises to be of great val
ue to all parties concerned in the
venture as well as of value to the
world at large, by reason of the
collection of rare and valuable cur
log jvith which the ship is loaded.
Captain Bernard had been gone from
Nome five years and one mouth, and
during that time had cruised about
the Arctic ocean.
During the first winter of the ex
pedition, Captain Bernard's part
ner was lost in a blizzard and has
never been seen since. Bernard
continued his cruise visiting many
points and native villages where
white men .were unknown by a vast
majority and his ship was the first
one ever seen. The natives were
axtremely primitive and Bernard se
cured many curi03 in the form of
:opper tools and vessels, which they
had hammered out of the native
:opper of the country, aud stone im
plements and vessels, many of which
ire rare specimens. Bernard has se- I
cured about two tons of these
curios besides many rare eggs and
birds. The collection is beyond
doubt the largest and most valuable
2ver made in Alaska, and will
imply repay the promoters of the
expedition.
Bernard spent the successive
winters on Barter Island, at the
mouth of Copper river on Corona
tion gulf; Baily Island and at Cock
ju'Cj^i point on Dolfard and Union
straits. Since August 4th last,
he has made over 1800 miles un
der sail. Captain Bernard has
taken his vessel through many
dangerous places during the past
five years and successfully reach
ed port with an exceedingly valu
able cargo.
MAN INJURED IN WRECK
ARRESTED FOR FRAUD
Pueblo, Colo., Oct.. 17—A warrant
charging fraud was today issued for
Ihe arrest of the man "who was in
jured in Sunday's train wreck near
here, and who claimed that his
name was Falcon Joslin and that his
home was in Fairbanks, Alaska.
informal dance at
THE WHITE PASS CLUB
There will be an informal dancc
at the W P. A. club, Saturday night,
Oct. 17 th. Selmer's orchestra.
Tickets, $1.00. Ladies free. 10-16-2t.i
ED BENSON MAKES RICH
I
discovery of placer gold
i
' Ed. B6nson, prospector, explorer,
and path finder, saya the White
liorse Star of the 16th, accompan
ied by R. W. and W. B. Lamb, ar
rived in town Tuesday from the
country about sixty miles wcat from
Burjvash where Benson haa spent
most of the past year and the Lamb
brothers several weeks, the lat
ter being on Arch creek much of
the time since early In the spring.
During the summer Benson pros
pected extensively on a creek to
which he gave. the name "Big
Horn," and finding good prospects,
sent to Arch for the Lambs. To
gether they worked for some days,
and on September 2d, they located
claims.
As evidence that he had some
thing on which to base his claim of
making a discovery. Benson has
gold dust to the value of $30, which
lie panned from Discovery claim in
three days. He secured a number
of pans which yielded one dollar
each and one of the Lambs wash
ed three dollars from one pan. All
the gold is coarse and in Benson's
thirty dollars are nuggets ranging
from 50 cents to $1-40.
Mr. Benson expects to return to
Big Horn for the winter, leaving
liere in a few days. The Lambs
left for the outside yesterday, R. W.
for his home in Sau Diego, Californ
ia, and W. B. for Ontario. They
both expect t<5 return early in the
spring prepared to work their re
cently acquired property.
In describing Big Horn creek,
Mr. Benson says it is about twelve
miles in length and empties into the
Donjek river. It is in the ter
ritory embraced in the country
which he, in a recent letter to this
paper, recommended be set aside as
a reserve, something similar to Yel
lowstone park in Wyoming, it fcelng
a great country for big game. Ben
son has had his horses on Big Horn
and says it is easily reached ex
cept during the closing and opening
I periods of fall and spring, it is
.-.bout 2C0 miles from Whitehorse.
NEWS OF GAME HUNTERS
TS BROUGHT TO SKAGWAY
We see by the ls.if issue of the
I Whitehorse Star, received thia
I morning, that Lee Gauit, the affabla
| ticket agent of the W P. & Y. R-.
: at Skagway, had been la the south
1 urn Yukon village for a few hours
! on Tuesday, but had later returned
to Pennington on the west Bhore of
j Lake Bennett, where he had left
bis brother Roy and Gene smith
that morning. All three of the
party are willing to take anything
Ithey can get In the gam® line—
nountain sheep pxeferred.
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