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No. 122 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SKAtrWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1915
PRICK 10 CENTS
APROMINENT
LAWYER OEAD
San Francisco, July 2—Joseph
Campbell, a prominent lawyer of
this city died here today. He
conducted the Iicywood and Petti
boil's eases in Idaho several years
ago aud was ateo one of the
counsel in the N'oyeo case iu Nome,
Alaska, a mining suit upon which
Res Boach's great story of "The
Spoilers" was based.
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•> SO l'APEB SATURDAY ♦
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* Ou account of the celebra- +
+ tion of the national holiday ♦
■> falling on Saturday, July 3d, *
+ there will be no Issue of the *
+ Daily Alaskan on that date +
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★DEFENDERS OF THE, FOURTH *
"May the service united ne'er sever, but hold to their colors so true.
The Army and Navy forever, three cheers for the red, white and blue!"
TO IE SID
NEXT TUESDAY
New York July 2—Evelyn Thaw
haj consented to testify in the Har
ry K. Thaw iut.anlty case, an<l will
bfl placed oa the stand Tuesday.
Professor C C. Georgeiisen, su
perintendent of covernment agricul
tural stations in Alaska, and a resi
dent of Sitka, was appointed as a
member o* the board of trustees for
tbe Pioneers' Home at Sitka, and
affirmed a* secretary of the board
by Governor Strong. The appoint
ment was made to fill the vacancy
on the board made by the death of
George Kostrometinoff recently.
Mrs. Jules Eggert, wife of the At
lin, B. C., Jeweler, was an outgoing
passenger on the Princess Sophia.
LOCATES MANY SITES ON
SHORES OE PASSAGE CANAL
V aUlr-z Miner: Colonel W. L.
Stevenson, who has a contract from
the government to cut two million
feet el lumbar oa Portage bay, and
who is understood to represent large
eastein capita], has located eighteen
t radii, k and manufacturing sites on
the shores of Passage canal. The
tracts vary in sue from twenty to
eight." acres, and surveyors have
completed the work of marking the
boundaries.
Th t the lumber to be cut for
the government at Portage bay is
to be used in the construction of
the railroad from Seward or Ship
c>fk is doubted by persons posted
on tht expense of cutting and
handling lumber in Alaska. It is
claimed that lumber can be shipped
in barges from Puget Sound, when
the shipment amounts to two mil
lion feet, cheaper than the Alaska
product can be lightered to the
westward. It is believed the lum
ber will be used by the government
I'T.r "»iiere it will be cut and the
activity of Col. Stevenson in creat
ine the tracts suggest that he, at
least, believes that Portage bay
s'ill has possibilities as a govera
railroad terminal.
Ot her next trip to the westward
tbe Ncrthwtstern will call at Port
a.-e bsy to land Col. Stevenson's big
mill and supplies for his camp and
♦he aork of erecting the mill and
other buildings will be rushed. A
aum.'er of men have been busy for
3»Tb~ai weeks prepaTiDg the ground
tor tbe mill. Tbe site is said to
poest&t many advantages for tbe
o'naD production ot lumber, and
the shores of tbe bar are lined with
some of tbe best timber in Alaska.
Tbe advocates of Portage bay as
the terminal for the government
railroad have not lost hope, and
be'l»*v<» that the activities of the
eastern capitalist* represented by
Ol Stevenson Indicate that when
'.h« cards are all on the table that
Portage ba$- will Btill be the -win
ning card. The factional fight
among the stockholders and bond
holders of the Alaska Northern, it
is believed, will rerult In the gov
ernment abandoning all improve
ments on the line this Beason and
coaf'aing its activities to the Ship
creek road to the coal fields.
The possibility o* a congressional
lavestigation to determine why it
was necessary for the bondholders
of the Alaska Northern to pay a
New York brokerage firm $200,000
to convince the administration of
ficials of the advantage possessed
by the road after $600,000 had
bf*en spent by the engineering com
mission for the express purposes of
selecting the superior route, gives
the Fortage bay advocates room
ft.r hope that their favorite harbor
w'll yet be the terminal of the
trunk line from idewatar to Interior
A'aska.
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 [between VThird and Fourth Phone 41
IS II IIS GALA ATTIRE 1
; CELEBRATION CF THE FOURTH
Everything looks propitious lor a
glorious celebration tomorrow, and
the public buildings and business
houses as well as the residences of
the town are taking on their gala
atl're of bunting, banners, flags
and all decorative paraphernalia
"hat goes for the making of a pa
triotic and artistic effect.
There will be large delegations of
vis'tors here from the interior as .
well as the towns along Lynu canal
and probably the Gastiueau channel
and the various committees who
have bad- tho deMiil work of the
celebration in hand have performed
the'r duties most thoroughly, and
we believe there is nothing to be
d'/sired in the proposed manner of |
entertaining strangers within our'
gates.
Major McAndrews, commandant j
of Ft W. H. Seward, whose whole I
career has been passed in a branch |
of the federal service that of'
itself proclaims his patriotism, has j
courteously detailed a detachment of1
on* non-commissioned officer and |
•wo buglers to assist the celebra
tion committee in Skagway in rais
"Oid Glory" to the top of the flag
staff at the U. S. customs house on
Sefuiid avenue at sunrise tomorrow
morning, and in lowering it at
sunset tomorrow night.
The Peterson will come up early
tomorrow morning with tennis and
baseball teams from Ft. Seward
."aid a baseball twin from Klukwan,
bes'des large delegations of visi
tors from both the army post and
Haines.
The train from Whitehorse will
bi'i'.s iu a big crowd of our cousins
from across the line, who will
f iso como with baseball and tennis
teams, prepared to contest for the
handsome cup and valuable purse
t!\at have l een hung up for the
winners of thee • interesting events.
The athletic coutests will be
opened at A a. ni. and the tennis
tournament at l^he Elks' court will
(•cme orr at Vo a\ m. At 11 o'clock
the train is due £rom AVhiteliorse,
at 12:30 there will be a 100 yard
race and at 1 o'clock will coiue the
principal event oi tlie day—the base
ball contest.
Prior to the commencement of
tii3 baseball g;une Mayor Howard
Ashley will deliver a short address
at the W. P. A. club grounds,
in which he will welcome the visi
tors and tender to them the keys
of the city. He will then start the
baseball game by pitching the first
ball which will be received by
Mayor Fay of Haines, who will be
behinri the bat in this preliminary
ceremony.
After tlis- first ball game there
will be a lot of athletic contests
and at S o'clock in the evening a
band conceit, to be followed by a
(rfte dance at the W. P. A. club,
commencing at 9:30.
VILLA WANTS 10 GET HiDS
ON HIS OLD ENEMY HUERTA
Vasfcington, July 2—General Vil
la. as govwnor of the Mexican
of Chihuahua, has made a form
al request to the United States gov
ernment, asking for the extradition
ot Victoriano Huerta, former pro
visional president of Mexico, on
various criminal charges.
A searching investigation will be
conducted by the government into
the cases where British ships are
n.ocrtel to have raised the Ameri
can flag when um-sued by hostile
vessels.
Advices from Berlin state that
the American note is now in tho
hands of t'.io Kr.iser.
PERISHABLES
5b
Extra fine lot of fruit and vegeta
bles due on " Humboldt"
*
We will be on hand to take care of your requirements,
whether boat arrives on Friday or Saturday
P. H. GANTY
THE GERMANS ARE BEN!
ON DECISIVE POLISH VICTORY
London, July 2—Evidently bent
upcn a d**cisive victory over the
Russians in Poland, the Germans,
assisted by hte Austrians, are mak
in? a tremendous effort to capture
thu city of Warsaw.
Tl:e British torpedo boat de
sf'over Llgrhtnlnp wea damaged to
day 011 the east coast of England
by a mine or torpedo explosion.
It is announced that five Brit
ish vessels have been sunk by
Gtrtnan submarines within the past
2i hours.
ITALIAN ADVANCE IN TYROL
HINDERED BY BAD WEATHER
Juneau Empire: Miss Carolyn
Barnhofer received from the faculty
of the school she has l>een attend
ing »t New Westminster, B. no
tification that slie had passed the
music examination with highest
standing, and that as a reward she
had been given a gold medal. The
winning of the medal is an ac
complishment that only one pupil
may attain, during thp term. iMJss
Bernhofer returned from New West
minster last week. She and her
sister. Miss Mary Bernhofer, are
soon to appear in concert here.
The Princess Sophia Bailed south
at 7 o'clock last night with 40
loca' and interior passengers and
10 round-trippers.
Wine, July 2—The 'Italian ad
taix-e In the Tyrol has been ser
iously hindered by bad weather,
which is exceptional in that region
for midsummer. The mountain
streams that at this time of year
are usually dry are now almost
impassable.
Rome July 2—A French aviator
today bombarded and sunk the Aus
trian sumbarine V-ll In the
Adriatic Sea.
Athens, July 2—Eight allied bat
tleships are pounding away at the
Turke at Kirthia.
Advicaa from Antivari claim
tv o vaiw Greek bands, now advanc
ing toward Perat, have occupied
th<* villages along the way.
Safe
£;You'll never be'lput out" by shape
losing fabrics in your clother or -ooor
wear if you'll choose
Hart Schaffner & Marx
or
Ed V. Price & Co.
CLOTHES
DropTinVand look them* over
* Will Clay son
[The Clothier