No. 172 EIGHTEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 191ft
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PRICE 10 CENTS
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WILL SEE HORTICULTURAL SH
Everj"body in the ranks of the
Ska sway Valley Horticultural so
ciety la busy tbis week getting!
ready for the Fourth Annual Fair I
to be held Saturday.
n u j. anchard. chairman of the
Building committee is having the
time of his life answering ques
tions and arranging the many nec
essary details. He announces that
the fair building will be open to
morrow (Thursday) evening after
7 o'clock for all who wish to
make reservations of space for ex-1
hibits to make their selections, and
will be open all day Friday for the'
receipt and arrangement of ex-1
hibits.
President Clark this morning an
nounced the appointment of the fol
lowing committees made sine, the
meeting Monday night.
Committee on Frogram and
Amusements: P. H. Ganty, Prank
Page and F. F. W. Lovvle
f committee to Solicit Exhibits;
Mrs. \V. C. McKenzie and Mrs. H. j
• E>. Kirmse.
Committee to Appoint Judges:
I Mrs. L. s. Keller, Mrs. L. H. Ped
jersen and Mrs. E. J. Shaw.
I From the list of prizes published
| yesterday, the one of two dol
j lars offered for the best exhibit of \
cucumbers was omitted by mistake. x
Those having cucumbers to exhibit a
will please take notice.
WING COMES! ADDED 10
USF OF AI1CTI0IIS AT Hi
An added attraction at the Horti
cultural Fair next Saturday will b
a baking contest which fli
nay compete.
A prize of one Kick of Fishei
Blend flour is offered for the besl
br^a-which may be baked in
the form of bread, buns, biscuits
or rolls.
For the best pie—one sack Fish
tx Blend flour.
For the best cake—same.
The only restriction is that Fish
er Llend flour, which will be furn
? d free for the purpose on ap
! p icatIon to -Mrs. Dedmau at the
Golden North hotel, must be used
1 to make them of.
Another contest (tor children un
6r sateen) is also announced, j
for which Mrs. Dedman is offering
three prizes totalling ten dollars.
Th<5se a-e for:
Brst cake—$3.50.
Best, cockias—$3.25.
Pest bread—$3.25.
100,00(1 Ofsiraii
HOPS III FIGHT
Berlin, Sept. 1—The British are
reported tj» have had over one huu
iire^ thousand troops engaged in
their attack upon the Turkish po
sitions at Gallipoll on Sunday. The
British losses are said to have
be^n extremely heavy.
The German submarine that is
accused of having torpedoed and
sunk the White Star liner Arabic is
•believed to have either foundered at
sea or be«sn Gunk by the British,
of tie submarine Is regarded by tie
German government as a lamentSble
occurrence as it is believed the
truth In regard to the attack on
the Arabic will now never be known
TOWN OF ANCHORAGE HAS
A LARGE POPULATION
Washingtan, D. C., August 31—
Advices received at the department
of tli9 interior this morning esti
mate the population of the new
•railroad town of Anchorage, Alas
ka, at five thousand. People are
said to be FOing into the new town
daily in large numbers and it is
thought it will only be a short
time until Anchorage will be classed
as a city.
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KtHHir ACCEPTS IN PRINCIPLE
' THE AMERICAN INTERPRETATION
Washington, D. C., Sept. 1—Ger
Iman Ambassador Bernstorff today
| informed Secretary of State Lansing,
| on behalf of his government, tV't
Germany had accepted in principle!
America's interpretation of the '
i ules under which submarine war- I
fare may continue without protest '
from the latter. The action of fiar. I
™jny in the disposition of the mat
ter is accepted as the greatest di
plomatic victory of the European
var.
All -that remains to be done is I
He reducing of the formal agree. I
»ent to writing by the ambassador I
ad the presentation of it t0 the I
&t» department.
Imperial Chancellor Bethmanr
Hollweg, Admiral Tierpitz, minis
ter of marine. aud AdmJral von
e «r, the KaJser'a nava] advls
ere, are known to have been In
conference for several days with
the German Emperor at his eastern
headquarters, and the most im
portant matter under discussi™
j supposed to have been in reference!
j «> the German submarine policy in 1
Iati01' t0 the demands made by !
, the United States for the protec- I
[ tion of neutrals on the high seas
It is also known ti,at Foreign
n s er von Jagow is opposed to
naving any complications arise be
tween Germany and the United
states.
; P°trograd, Sept. 1-Late advice*
. ^0m fhe ea®tern battle from state
, at th? Russians are now launch
•"'.a successful counter attack
against the invading Teutons along
a wide stretch of territory iu the
Stripa river district.
Gen. Polivanoff, Russian minister
of war, announces that Russia Is
raising another two million men and
that the fate of the campaign will
"ot be decided before some time
next year Gen Polivanoff is quot-j
ed as follows:
cw ivuuwn:—— —
mles can stand the winter witno-.
i Inconvenience. Everything is ready
for that purpose.
"A new force of 2,000,000 men
w 11 be trained far behind the fight
|lUB line and will be ready to take
i he field in the spring. Gen Ruz
Jski is commander-in-chief of the
i Petrograd front, with several ar-1
[mios at his Immediate disposal. J
"It is my settled purpose to do
everything in my power to work in
harmonv with the duma and public
opinion."
P-'* - *-u«racterized the I
=^"u4i!t,the,,,allie8 were not
^ to the utmost
SUBMARINES OF TYPE F CUSS
ARE NOTHING BUT DEATH TRAPS
Washington, D. C., Sept. 1— j
I Submarines of the *ype F-4 class
' are nothing but death traps in the
opinion of the members of the fed
eral navaj board who are now in
vestigating into the causes of the
sinking of the submarine at the en
trance to Honolulu harbor a few
mouths ago.
Portsmouth, N. H. Sept 1—Secre-|
tary of the Navy Josephus Daniels ,
Inspected the Portsmouth navy yard
last Friday, showing particular in- J
terf-et in the submarine L-8, now j
under construction. In a speech to
the men he said a contract for an
other submarine sooa would be
awarded to the yard.
Honolulu, Sept. 1—0£ the 25
membere of the crew of the sunken
submarine F-4, that was raised
Monday and is now in drydoclc here,
there was only one body identified,
that of Gunner Mate Ashcroft. Of
tho bodies of the others who were
lost only fragments of flesh and
bones have been found entangled
in the debris of the vessel.
JAPANESE MAY HELP
ALLIES IN DARDANELLES
Paris, Sept. l—From unofficial
advices received in this city today
)t is thought the Japanese may help
the allies to force the Dardanelles
and there is said to he a possi
bility that such a movement is al
ready under way.
CHOLERA IS RAGING IX
THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE
Geneva, August 31—Word has
been received here that cliolera is
raging throughout Austria and that
already more than a thousand
deaths have occurred from this
dread disease with the $ast few
hours.
FANCY ALBERTA PEACHES
Large shipment due oil the
"Seattle" this week. Price
will be lowest of the season,
quality guaranteed.
P. H. GANTY
GENERAL FREOllCK RJNSTON
ASKS FOR WORE TROOPS
I Washington, D. C., Sept. 1
I Brigadier-General Frederick Fun
stoa has asked the war department
| "la,, two regiments of infantry and
one of cavalry be ordered from I
Galveston to re-inf&rce the Ameri
can border patrol, and his reauest
lias been granted.
General Scott today sent word
to Secretary 0f state Lansing
informing him that favorable re
sponses have been received from
General Villa and all of his com.
uwin'ers and governors in territory
Mder his jurisdiction in regard to
■He proposed peace proposals for
Headco.
Ia thej-eplies received from the
overnors and commander under
Genera] Carranza they have referred
the matter t0 their chief, and
state that they will be guided by
Mb wishes.
The reply of Carranza is expect
ed soon.
All of the leaders not dtrectly
controlled by the Carran,,
factions have accepted the
Proposal of the Pan-American con
ferees for a truce and an election
18fld a guarantee backed by the
countries represented by the con
ferees, including the United States
that the people of Mexco muBt
abide by the election.
The feeling In official circles here
(Continued on page 4.)
El Easo, sept. 1—General Pas
quaj Orozco, 0ne of the Mexican
raiders over the border into Texas,
| wag reported this morning tG have'
been killed, together with four
other Mexican bandits who were
with him at the time.
IMOLS I
agc iii t'l/iinii/jiv
President F. C. Elhot xSrJ,dRA
W. P. & Y. R., his private secre
tary, J. G. Blanchard, and Traffic
Manager A. F. Ziof, of the same
company, arrived on the Priacess
Alice this morning.
ENGLISH POUND STERLING
IS DECREASING IN VALUE
New York, Sept. 1—Since the
quotations of August 27, when the
English pound sterling was listed
at $4.57 on the New York Stock Ex
change, its value has steadily de
creased until today it stands at
$4.55*4 on 60 days bills.
_i
H. A. Lawrence, assistant sales
manager of the Chas. s. Lilly Co.,
of Seattle, was an arrival on the
last trip of the Humboldt, and will
leave tonight on the Dolphin.
Alaska is embraced in Air Law
rence's district aad it was for the
purpose of seeing first hand iust
m'l'T '"'osr'Ui "* «"»
"rth™<« «T
tn„ „ he 18 making mis
yT SSen by a ^P^
of this paper, he expressed
uer 0°^toD1]n a emphatlc man
&reat and astonish
prtduced fn ■flivi.ama
for the coming season.
"We shall know better," he said,
"from the report I shall make If
the conditions here just how to
handle our patrons and car© for
their wants, and it shall be our
endeavor, in future, erven mora
so tl.an in the past, if that is poa
j sible, to give especial attention to
orders from the north.
He regretted his inability to
remain in Skagway so as to be able
to take In the fair, and a&ld that
as a penalty he would undertake
to iirovide a prize for the 1916 fair,
the time being too short to offer
one for this year.
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