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No. 62 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1917
PRICE 10 CENTS S*
London, April 16—Accord nip to
advice received this morning the
Germans made an unsuccessful at
tempt to capture the British posi
tions extending over six miles along
the Gambrai -road in the Baup&ume
dlstrkt. When the British. had
l>eateu back the Germans more
rhuu ritteen hand red dead bodies
we/e found along the front which
the British buried.
According to the advice, which:
comes from the Hague, the a,t
l tack was began at day break, and
I continued with th.« greatest fury
for several hours.
The Elks alleys are open to
night and will be open Wednesday
night for lady bowlers and this 'will
be the last chance to bowl until
the coining fall. Better take ad
vantage of the respite and roll a
game Jonight.
STRONG APPEAL IS MADE 10
NiTfflN IH STAND TflfiFTHFR
(■Ill I V :
Washington, April lti—President
Wilson has issued an appeal to the
■!><*>*. !e of the United States iu
which he points out the fact that
while our beloved country is fight
ing far democracy and the rights of
humanity, urges the people of
the country to supply food for the
army and navy of the Nation, also
for tne needs in part for the tia
tious who are now engaged in war
tLgalus' the German and Central
powers.
The President stated that we
mus* burply ships by the hundreds
*o carry this food and the supiplies
abrc-ad Tegardless of the German
submar'ne menace, and he states
that in the carrying of these sup
plies it is to be expected that many
«bips will be destroyed, and that
there musf be a goodly number to
take the places of those thus de
stroyed, iu order that the supplies
which will be needed across the
seas may be taken there from this
country.
President Wilson warns the
middle nian that he is being watch
ed, and that he must forego the
profits which might accrue by rea
son cf the manipulation of food
stuff oriees. The housewife is
requested to economize in every
way possible, and ends by saying
that the suprvme test of the Am
erican Nation has come, and that
t w e must all speak, act and serve
■together to that common end that
'the United States may serve the
j allies in this war for the uphold
ing of humanity and the defaet of
| treachery and intrigue, and domin
1 at ion.
PAY HIGH FOR
HORSE SEISE
"British army officers have beeu
careful iu selecting horses since
tiie Boer war," George M. Wilson,
veteran. horseman of the Northwest,
told the Spokane Chronicle. "West
era men, when they want to ride
him. whether h© has been broken
or not. The British bought Ameri
can animals of this variety during
their South African war and it is
an open secret tint their soldiers.
Instead of fighting Boers, were
•breaking horses."
Washington, Idaho, Montana and
Oregon could furnish the U. S.. gov
ernment 20,000 army horses, if
they wore needed, Mr. Wilson said.
"At present prices they would
cost in the neighl>crho©d of $1-5
apiece," said Mr. Wilson. "This
would mean $2,500,000 for army
animals from this section. These
would not bo the standard stock
demanded now by government buy
ers, but would be serviceable a»i"
mals. Our government's rules for
selecting army horses are the most
difficult to comply vith of any na
tion on earth, but in my opinion
they do not bring as good a mount
or artillery liorse as thq stocky
built animals of the west.'
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at usual place to decide on schedule
of summer outings. Full attend
ance desired.
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25c per yard now at - - - 15c
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
Juneau, April 14—Received too
late for publication—The Marshal's
office announced, this afternoon
that the $1,000 reward offered for
Kdward Krause will be paid for him
either dead or alive, although the
posters only; say for "arrest and
delivery." The reward is for
"dead or alive."
The following' was taken from
the Saturday edition of the Ju
neau Empire, and shows that every
effort was being mode by men
from that district to retake Krause. j
Kdward Krause, e.-x:aped murder
er, is still at large, although,
searching parties are out in all di
rections and every possible clue so
far reported has been followed. A
perfect net has been put out and a
wide section is being patroled.
The only tangible evidence so*
far it,and is the fact that a small
skiff was stolen from the beach,
north of town some time during the
iijght that Krause escaped.
1 very possible avnuq of escape
from this section is being guarded
carefully and while it is admitted
that hg may get away, liis capture
is expected at auy time.. At the
[•resent tinio gas boats with armed
forces on board are stationed on all
waterways leading from the c'ty,
ar.d others are combing the bays
and beaches as far south as Ketchi
kan.
At the present time boats are
Iccatcd at.the north elld of Doug
las Island, at the south, end of
the island, at Point Rereat, boats
Eroni Petersburg are •working north,
by way of Frederick Sound; boats
from Wrangell are working north
by vay of Sumner Straits and
Chatham. Straits; boats from Ketchi
kun are jvorking north by way of
the West Coast of Prince of Wales
and boats from Sitka are coming to
wards Juneau through Icy and Peril
Straits.
In culditiou to these boats, an 01
which are working ur.dier the dirce
tion of tho District Attorney's of
fice, many private cruising parties
are out with a hope of winning the
SI.(Mil) reward which is offered for
ti>.e apprehension of the convicted
man or the delivery of his dead
body.
The prisoners who were in the
tni»k with Krause have been close
ly questioned but the authorities
have been unable to gain much
kurwledge of the affair from them.
IS. it. Bingham, who is charged with
having murdered a native at Wran
Rf.ll, was abJo to throw the great
rs' «mount of light on Krause's
escape.
Bingham stated to the officers
that he did not know how Krause
cdt *he bars, but that Krause was
?etn to have a piece of an old
case knife in his possession which
ho guarded very carefully. Bing
ham stated that Krause approached
him and tried to enlist him in the
I>lo» to escape but that, as he ex
prcts to be acquitted of the charg
es against him when tried, refused
to euter into the scheme.
Itingliam also said that it was
not he who said "Walt a minute,"
on the night of the escape, as was
reported and that he did not know
who did say it. Bingham also
claimed that Krause had endoav
r ored to send many letters from
[ the jail and that he had asked Bing
I ham to smuggle a letter for him.
to Bingham's wife, who is a fre
I qutiht visitor at the jail.. Bing
ham claims that he refused to do
so and he does not even know to
whom the letter® were addressed.
Chief Deputy W. W. Casey, Jr.,
in explaining the matter of the let
ters stated today that Bingham had
been la. the habit of receiving let
tors which, came to his wife and
also giving liim letters which came
to him, but that in all cases the
letters were examined by the guards
befor6 they are allowed to leave
tjje jail. Krauso is said to have
made several attempts to smuggle
letters out of jail, but as far as
known, none of them were success
ful.
liter Early, James Estes, and
James Mahoney, the three men who
were on guard at the jail at the
time of the escape, liave been re
lieved from duty and Russell Casey j
and W. H. McBnide have been ap- j
pointed temporarily In their places. |
The third man has not been clios- j
en yet.
The launch, upon which much tan 1
gibltf clues are at present resting, I
which it is believed came from !
Wraugell Narrows, is being searched,
for. This launch disappeared be
tween darkness Thursday and day
light Friday..
The first news of the killing of
Krause was received by Fred Tan
ner, son of Marshal Tanner, who
sent the following cablegram this
morning: — "Ju.st arrived with
Krauses' body. Inform Miller 110
m< re expense."
Juneau, April 1C — Edward
Krar.se, who escaped from tho fed
eral jail al>ont uino o'clock on
the evening cf April 13, and suc
ceeded in malting' his get-away, was
shit and instantly killed yesterday
atternoon by Albert Frandson, a
rancher 011 Admiralty Island.
Frandson noticed a small boat
containing one man land near his
ranch, and tho solo occupan imme
diately after striking the beach,
started for the buildings of the
settler. I
The man came towards Frandson
on a dog trot, coming along the
beach towards tho rancher's house.
Whej; he was within hailing dist
ance, Frandson called to him to
halt, and when the man had done
so, he askod him if he were Krause
The man replied yes, whereup
on Frandson drew up his gun and
fired 0110 shot, the bullet hitting
Krause in the eye and tearing its
way through the brain.
When Frandson had run up to th
spot where Krause had fallen,
h0 found that the murderer was
dead. ,. > ; ■. . i;
Frandson at once went to a
neighbor's house where h0 told
what he had done, and with the as
sistance of the man from the ranch
the trip to Juneau was made where
Frandson reported what he had
done.
A party was at once dispatched to
the scene of the killing and the
body of the man who was condemn
ed to be hung oil May 11 for the
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....$IO.OO Per Case....
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P. H. GANT Y
London, April 16 — At four
O'clock Sun-day morning Br-Ittfahi pa
trols entered the village of Lens,
Jur» south of Lille, according to a
dispatch, received, at Lloyds, while
the enemy was still in, some ma
chline guu redoubts, and captured
tho machines and gun, crews.
The British, then, turned the
guns Oil the German main forces
and compelled them to retreat.
Following this vantage, the Brit
ish forced the Germane back and
captured one hundred and fifty mora
guns. The charges of the loaded
guns were fired into the retreating
GerDii.ii troops, and the water was
turned inio the galleries of the
trenches in an effort to destroy
■the mines.
Mine4 were laid all along the
road over which the Germans made
their retreat, and when the rear
guard had passed in safety, the
mines were exploded, blowing up
the roads.
Washington, April 16—Last Sat
urday afternoon the House of Repre
sentatives passed the $7,000,000,
000 bond issue bill tyy a unanimous
vote.
The Lill ibefore passage was
amended by adding a rider to limit
Specifically the distribution bill
of ?3,000,000,000, formerly known,
as the loan bill, which was to be
leaned to countries actually at
war wi'h Germany, and then to
those countries only during the
continuation of hosilitles.
Washington, April 16 — This
morning the Senate finance
committee arrived at the big war
bond measure, calling for the is
suance of bonds in the amount of
seven billion, and passed the bill
uu to 'he senate late today with
a recommendation, for passage.
murder of Captain James Plunkett
was brought to this city.
Upon the arrival of the body
here, the United States Commission,
cr, acting as es-officio I coroner,
set. the hour of two o'clock this af
ternoon for a hearing in the in
quest which is) to be held.
From indications, it would ap
pear that Krause was in a famished
condition, and he was evidently seek
ing food when he approached Fraud
son's ranch. He was unarmed ex
cept for a silver ca.se knife which
had been hacked by a razor and
made into a sort of a saw. It was
evidently this instrument which
Krause used to saw the bars of the
Jail, which enabled him to escape.
The boat was a small dory and
was so small that it would not
hold two men.
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TO SHOW II. S.
M TO ACT
Washington, April 16—It was
announced today that the principal
purpose of the coming war council t
jvex' week, to which. Great Britain,
and France are sending their most
eminent statesmen, sailors and
soldiers, is to enable America to
avoid the mistakes and difficulties
which beset the Allies when, they
first, entered the war. -The Ameri
can officials of all the departments
will have an opportunity to meet
the vie1 tors and to discus# the les
sons of the Tvar and to consider
broad principles on which. America
can marshal her forces with' a
minimum of waste and delay.
The department of agriculture
plans on intensive food production,
the prevention of waste and for
economic distribution. It also haa
iu contemplation a request to con
gress 'o authorize the govrenment
[to have the power to fix prices and
j to license the large distributing
agencies. The government from
now 011 expects city people to stop
waste and country people to raise
| more. The department Will also
undertake the task of getting young
men not needed for the army to un
dertake farm work .
Dr. Knicherbocker, dentist, Is now
at the Golden North Hotel for a
limited Hmfi tf.
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