The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-15

gentlemen, rpon being questioned, insisted that the ladies were eX- pert mountain and glacier explor- CTS, and tLst they required no as- sls!ance over the difficult places cur'ous as this may seem to those who have been over the same trail t&rmselvs.
 Mrs. Hazel G. KIrmse, Of Skag- way, is the first woman to apply to the territorial treasurer for a license under the new law. She was grant ed au automobile license Friday. Li- censes were also issued to An drew Dreher, of Haines for q bakery, and to Dr B. Lambie, of Fort William H. Seward.
 Mrs. w. J. Mulvihnl and four children, Harold, Vincent, Gertrude and Donald, arrived home on the Jefferson last night after an ab- sence of several month in Seattle. Miss Verna Mulvihiu and Roy NIul- vihill, the other members of the family of Mir. and Mrs. Mulvihill, returned to Skagway from Seattle several weeks ago.
 w. F. Frost, who left Skagway several weeks ago for Vancouver, $. C., to enlist for service in the European war on the side of the allies, has succeeded in his ef- fort according to word just received by one of his Skagway friends, and has been assigned to medical corps, with every prospect of leav- ing for the front at an early date.
 A E. Thorne. the Fairbanks moving picture man, is i'll Skagway aeain enroute hone, after an eight montls' absence on the outside. He will be remembered as having shown some specially fine films fin the Popular Picture Palace on his tormer visit, and is now reproduc- ing the six reel comedy of "Tillie's Puncturcd Romance" with Chas. Chaplin in the principal role at the same ulaCe.
 The Jefferson arrived from Seat tie at 6:30 D. III. yesterday with 31 round-trippers and 27 local and intsri,r passengers. The special excursion of tourists over the W. P. & Y. R. tc Summit, which had been urran yed for earlier In the day, was cancelled on account Of the threat ening aspect of the weather. The vcsse! sailed on her return south, via Sitka, at 11;1O D. IF
 Bishop Luccok, representing Bishop Cook (who is ill charge of this division of the M. E. mission work), and his two daughters, Natalie and Ethel, of whom we made mention on June Sd, as be- iIg cnroute north on a tour or Southeastern and Southwestern Alas ka, and who are expected to reach Skag ,ty by the 21st of this month, came north as far as Ketchikan on the Jefferson
 Mir. end Mrs. John F. Malouy who lave been living the past win ter ia Seattle, are expected to re turn 70 their home in Juneau on the next trip of the Humboldt, Judge Malon.' has improved rapidly during his stay ip Seattle. His speech has returned, and although he is unable to walk as yet, it is b. ieved that before the end of the summer he will have almost com pletsly recovered.
 Mrs. Lillian McWilliams, accom- panied by her mother, Mrs. Joyce, of Greenville, Penn., are here for a brief stop before continuing down the Yukon. They have been visit ing the expositions in California and are members of the distin- guished party of tourists who, af- ter going to Nome, will returL sol lh on the special excursion O. the steamship Victoria. stepping at the more impOrtah: ports on the western and southern Alaska coast. They were formerly Chicagoans, and are there fore nos lacking ln appreciation of the glod qualities of Skagwayans.
 Wallace McCrackin, after a stay of five days in our city, left this morning for a ten days trip down the river to Dawson. MT Me Crackin is a prominent banker of Hamilton, Mont, and has been touring Alaska for some time in order to familiarize himself with f n l. rA