The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-07


 os granted by the court for the ensuing year, the "drys" had won. The rumor was incorrect, however, az the election went in favor of granting license, according to ad- vices received this morning from Juneau. |,
 H F. Thumm, of White Bluffs, Wash, an old-time Alaskan, who has been stopping at the Pullen House for several days, left for Dawson this morning. He expects to return to the outside early in July in time to attend the Shriners' c: invention to be held that month in Seattle. He predicts the gather tLg cn that occasion will attract more Alaskan people to that city than any other convention ever held there.
 The Mariposa left Seattle for Skagway and the westward last night ct o'clock, with the fol- lowing people on board bound for this port: Col. W. L. stevenson, w. B. Hargreave, E. NJ. Rosenthal, I. 1 J. Nestor, Thomas Riggs, jr, with party of Is bound for Fairbanks to survey the Alaska railway route tc Broad Pass, F. H. Bailey, P. s, | Rus, G. W. caldwell, R. J. Weir, G. ". Richardson, c. P. Reynolds s. shuman, D. E. Large, E. E. Ben nett, James Redhath, Ava Lund- grsn, Mrs. Mary Lungren, Dr. J. E Westerman, A. W. Newberry and seven s.eerage.
 James Kennedy, manager of the Skagway branch of the Will Clay sen mercantile establishment, ac- cempanied by his wife and little daughter Frances, will leave on the Northwestern Monday for the out side. They will spend a few days in Seattle, from there go to Port land, Oregon, and from thence to Congdon, Oregon, where they will | Evisit with Mrs. Kennedy's people and leave their little girl in charge oE her grandmother. From CongdoI nr and Mrs. Kennedy will go to Rochester, Minn., where the latter will enter Mayo Bros. sanitarium For surgical treatment, Mir. Ken nedy remaining with his wife until she is recovered and then accom- panying her back to Congdon and leaving her there while he returns home. Mir. Kennedy expects to be away from skagway for two months while Mrs. Kennedy and the little girl will probably not return for three or four months. If Mrs, Kennedy's health permits the family will take in the Panama-Pacific In- ternational exposition at San Fran cisco before MT. Kennedy's return north.
 The people of Skagway responded nobly on last Tuesday night to the call made upon them for the bene- fit os the home brass band and tomorrow night they will have op- portunity to help along an equally deserving local organization, viz: tthe ". P. 4. club baseball team, upon which we will have to de- pend in the event of the intena- tional baseball tournament taking EIace at Whitehorse on the 29th of this month, for the upholding of our standing in the world ot fdorthern athletics. The boys are all home talent, of whom we are proud when they come off victoriou! in any event in which they take part for the honor of the town, and whom we vigorously "cuss when they fall down We have a chance to give them a big boost tomorrow night and 10 have a rip roaring good time ourselves by at- tendiAg the benefit dance which is annouaced to come off at the W. P. A. club gymnasium. The price of admission is. right, and exactly the lamount we willingly pay for sim liar entertainment at other times; the music will be "of the finest, D for 1t will be furnished by the Sel- mer orchestra, and the object for which the money is to be used is one 'n which we are all interested; therefore go and take your wife or your best girl, and if you have neither, take somebody else's.