The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-05


 secured reservations on the steam CT Washburn, which is %now lying in the water at Lower Le- Barge and will be the first boat to leave there for down the river.
 The Northwestern arrived in this port at S:SO yesterday after noon. having on board, including steerage, 800 passengers, 50 Of whom got on at Juneau. Thirty three first class, four steerage and e number of local people from Juneau left the boat at Skagway' The vessel sailed on her way to the westward at p. m.
 Mrs. Louise Mines of Skagway, who for the past several months has been teaching school at Rake Alaska, returned home yesterday ac- companied by her young son Donald Rake is situated on Kupreanof is- land, 100 miles south of Juneau' and the voyage between there and skagway, 100 miles north of Juneaf was made in the Ruby, a SS foot launch, belonging to Capt D. W. Page of Rake, who will remain in Skagway and take charge of eX- cursion parties during the summer
 Travelling Auditor N. E. Black of the W. P. & Y. R., will start for the Lower Yukon river on Tuesday of next week. He will leave Low CT LeBarge on the steamer Wash burn, which has been on the ways there during the winter and is the first boat scheduled for down the river this season. The Washburn will not carry any passengers bound for Yukon territory points, but will have all her accomodations taken by people who live west Of the Canadian boundary.
 James Pringle and wife, of Edin- boro, Scotland, are here on a world tour. After visiting Australia and New Zealand they passed through the Suez canal and crossed the Pacific to Vancouver, B. G. on the Makuri, a Cauadian-Australian lin CT, the captain of which vessel, aI- though never having visited the north, strongly recommended their making the voyage to Skagway. MT and Mrs. Pripgle are guests at the Pullen House while the Maquinna Is in port
 c. E. Cassels, an old-time AL askan, well known ih this part or the territory, is a passenger on board the Northwestern bound for the westward, where he owns yalu- able mining properties near Se- ward. Mir. Cassel was the builder of the aerial tram over the sum- nit of the Chllkoot pass in the early days of the Klondike rush. His home is In New York, and his present trip to Alaska is for the purpose of sizing up the situation for future operations and to look over his mineral claims.
 There was a capacity crowd at the Popular Picture Palace last night at the benefit performance for the skagway brass band, and af- ter the liquidation of the expenses incident to it, the boys will be the gathers approximately of $50. To- night the third installment of "Lu- cille Love, the Girl of Mystery will be given. T. is a play that ranks in the moving picture world as one of the best that art can pro duce. The management of the Popl lar Picture Palace is experimenting with this great photo-play and should it continue as popular as the first installments gave promise of its doing, he will arrange for oth- CT high class features comprising long reels. The present story grows more exciting as it progresses. 9th CT features tonight will be "The Trap Powers" The Foreman of the Jury" comedy and When the Sphinx Spoke" Music by Prof. O.. selmer and MT. p. ., Ganty.
 The members of the Skagway w.. c. T. U. met yesterday afternoon at 3:3O in the NJ. E. church annex, Mrs. G. V. Zlnkan presiding. Among other things the matter of the com ins w. T. T. U. convention. which is to convene in Skagway on the 12th of the present month, and continue for three days. was discussed and preliminary arrangements made for its holding. It will be the first convention of this organization ev- CT held in Alaska. Mrs. L. A. Earrison whose mother Mrs T. A,