No. SO EIGHTEENTH YEAR
MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN 00 DOWN TO DEATH
I) RICH STRIKE
IN JUR NORTH
Reports sent out from the far
north, indicate that a new strike of
l>.iy u.is been made la the Andreaf
s>ki gold fields. Oa Willow creek,
ten miles from Marshall City, lire
a:iles across the divide from the
iiaau oi Wilson creek, an important
i;ad ot gold-bearing dirt wa* made
last week. Pay has been found on
tUreo claims. The discoverers axe
»V. C. Blander, Plunkett & Pat
ton aud Albert E. Edwards. The
tirst strike in the AdreafBkl fieldc
wis made last spring, when pros
pectors from St. Michael went into
ttie little known tundra section be
r tween Bering Sea and the Yukon
and found good pay dirt oa & creek
which was named Wilson after the
1'resident. The town of Marshall
was established near its mouth.
Ice cream served with Sunday
dinner at the Pack Train restaur
ant.
PARENT TEACHER MEETING
ESPECIALLY INTERESTING
skagwsy's Reputation As a Garden
Town Being Fostered—The Ado
lescent Period, that Trying and
Misunderstood Time in the Ray'e
and Girl's Life, Ably Discussed
by Miss Keenan and Mr. Peder*
sen.
The monthly meeting of the
Parent-Teacher association was
held last evening at the usual
place, the assembly room at the
bdiooTMiouse.
This -was supposed to be th« last
meeting,, until the beginning of the
:ie?;t school year, but a discussion
c' nest year's work led to a pro
posed amendment to the constitu
tion. This. necessitated another
meeting and 4n order that it might
not interfere with the closing ex
ercises of the school, it was decid
to hold^lt on Monday evening,
May 31, notice of which will be
published later, as It has some es
pecially interesting features.
Following the regular order of
Berlin, May 8—Advice# hav<
bsea received her* that Libau, a
Rufisiaa port on the Baltic Sea,
has bec-ii captured by the Germans.
business the heads of departments
gave their reports.
W. C. Blaachard of tho horticul
tural committee reported thirty
aix entries for flower and veg
ttalle gardens, and while he said
it was not to be expected that all
of these would materialize into well
iejt gardens it was hoped that a
creditable number would.
Mrs. Pedersea reported that the
Mothers' department has lately fed
erated with the National Congress
j of Mothws, and is doing good work.
->he oromised an lateresting meeting
for the afternoon of May 2 let. Mre
Suffecool will hare a paper on
j "Better Trained Parenthood," Mrs.
Lowle a paper on the "Montessori
System." Miu Olsea will sing.
Rev. L. H. Pedersea reported that
the manual training department
bad suffered from the measles, and
that it was hampered in not having
the right kind of lumber to work
with. The lumber available was
especially hard tc. handle. Never
theless the boys were doing Bome
creditable work. An exhibition of
i one of the wTtting dmks, which the
tx .s axe working on, convinced
those that esaminvd it, that Mr.
Pr-dersen had not exaggerated. It
was a piece of work that no
carpenter seed blush loi.
H. J. Lynch laving contributed
frty dollars la g>ods from his
store as prises for work done un
der the auspices of the P. T. A., it
was decided to approj rtate ten dol
lars of this gift to tht domestic
science girls, ten dollars to the
manual training beys, and since
the horticultural depurtment seem
ed somewhat wider In its scope,
and Included both boys and girls,
the remaining twtnty to that de
partment
Mr. Pedersen made a little
speech, in which h/> referred to the
reputation Skagway already has as
a gardea town. It was his Idea that
the P. T. A- should help bub tain
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We are now showing the Largest
Liae of New
Spring and Summer
Wash Goods
ever shown in Skagway coasist
ing of Plain and Figured Crepes*
Ratinas, French G-inscbams. Mer
cerized Plisses, Peacales, Flaxons.
Etc. Ladies' and Misses' and
Children's Ready Made Wash
Dresses at 75c* to $2.25. The
newest tilings in 36-in silks at
75c per yard-1
If you want to see something that is
real nice come in and look the goods over !
H. J. LYNCH
Up-to-date Haberdasher J
and Ladies' Furnisher
J Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 4 f !
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OVER FIFTEEN HUNDRED PEOPLE
i1 ARE LOST ON IRE LUSITANIA
London, May 8—The total casu
alties caused by the sinking of the
Cunard liner Lusltanla yesterday off
Kinsale on the Irish coast, are
now estimated at 1502, and the to
tal of known saved at 658. Capt.
Turner, who remained on the
bridge until the vessel sank beneath
him, was rescued after he had bee
three hours in the water. Of the
other officers, but few are believ
e ? to have been saved.
The steamship was struck withou
warning. Of the four torpedoes
fired, two were effective, one,
striking the vessel near the bow
and tho other in the engine room, j
Immediately on being struck the
steamer started to list, and al- ,
though the vessel settled rapidly I
and went down in fifteen minutes <
nfterwa-rd, there was no confusion
among the passengers, who were sit |
luncheon at the time.
From advices so far received it;
is believed there were ouly ten '
life boats launched, carrying1
between 400 and 500 people.
The spectacle of men, women and
children crowding the dec^s as |
the Lusitania went down is said by
♦he rescued survivors to have been ;
a dreadful and heartrending sight.
Naval charts 6how that the iAisi- j
tania sunk wlMffe the water is shal
low, the depti being from 150 to
200 feet
The namee of Vanderbilt, Froli
man and Hubbard do not appear j
among the list of these saved, and
it is believed that they have all per
is**!. » Hubbard is said to have re
marked to friends before leaving
New York, that if the Lusitania ;
went down then he would go with
it, thus entering his name in the'
Hall of Fame, as apparently that
was the only way his name would
ever appear there.
Washington, D. C-. May 8—The |
situation in regard to the Lusi-1
tania disaster is the gravest that |
has yet confronted the administra |
tion since the commencement of j
the war and Ambassador Gerald,
United Stateo representative at Ber- j
liu, has been asked to get a direct |
statement in reference to the dis
aster from the German government.
Syracuse, N. Y., May 8—Ex-PreSi
dent Thaodore Roosevelt, in an
Interview here today, said the dis
aster represents not merely piracy,
but piracy on a vaster scale of
murder than ever before known in
the history of the world.
Copenhagen, May 8—Advices re
ceived here this morning state
that the Berlin papers are proclaim
ing the sinking of the Lusitania as
a great German triumph over Great
Britain.
New York, May 8—It is believed
that but few of the first class pas
sengers on the Lusitania were saved.
That the dlsas-er which over
took the Lusitania was not alto
gether unexpected is shown by ths
following Associated I'ress dis
patch v. liuh appeared In the Van
couver U. C.. Province of May 1st.
the day on which? the vessel left
New York on her voyage across
the Atlantic.: .
New York, M«r 1—Waves of
terror swept ov->r the passengers
0r the Coward liner Lusitania today
■ust bof.'.ve the vessel was to take
>.pi departuie for Europe, caused
by the receipt o£ fifty anonymous
telegram? to various prominent
..orsonages in whin* warning was
given that the vessel would be tor
pedoed and sunk1. Fast on th
utc-ls of the telegrams mysterious
men circulated around the dock
whispering lu toielgn acc®n*"
"Death uccompanies the Lusitania
on this vtvage."
Although the mmr-age conveyed ly
the men spread like wildfire, the
search which was Instituted at once,
moved fruitless.
Alfred Gwynn Vanderbuilt was
iinong ilie recipients of telegrams.
His read- "Cancel your passage at
cue It is learned on the best of
authority that the Lusitania will be.
torpedoed. Morte " ,
Relatives of passengers pleaded
-nrnestly that the advice given be
to'lowed. t ,
The Anchor liner Cameroman can
celled h:-r sailing at the last minute.
Whether the happenings on the Lust
tuiia ha 1 anything U. do with this
cancellation has not been learned.
LATEK
London, May 8-The body of
ci us Frehman has just been found
„p,»r the scene of the disaster.
tNOTE — Cbas. Frohman was a
well-known theatrical manager, and
was bora in Sandusky. Ohio in
IS00. Ha was a younger brother ot
Daniel Frohman, who is also known
lu Europe and America as a theatri
cal manager of English and Amen
can stars and theatrical companies.
, Ed.)
Washington, D. C., May 8 The
United States government, it s
stated, will demand an explanation
from Germany of a report which
nns reached here and which Is
based on a statement claimed to
have leen made by the commanders
of the submarines which torpedoe
the Lusitania.
Copenhagen. May 8—It is stat
ed i„ advices received here this
afternoon that the reason for the
attack of the submarines on the
,c i oc'iuse Germany
Lusitania was boc.mse
Vnd«ntood the vocsel was armed.
Queens town, May S This c,t>
has neen turned into a morgue.
Seven hundred and three passen
gers are now known to have been
saved. Many stories of thejiero
. Dainty Biscuits
Adora (Vanilla flavor) Baronet'YVafers (Plain)
Anola (Chocolate) Water Thin (Plain)
Nabisco (Assorted flavors) Cheese Tid Bits
Lorna Doone Short Bread Zweibach
Social Teas Graham Crackers
Five o'clock Teas Arrowroot Biscuits
Chocolate Wafers jj
Price 25c each; two for 25c
P. H. GANTY
GRAND MAY DAY EXCURSION AND
INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
At a meeting last night of the
i trustees of the W. P. A. club It
was decided to accerpt the Invitation
cf the baseball enthusiasts of
Wliiteliorse and participate la the
International Baseball tournament
scheduled to take pla:e there on
the 29th of May.
With the exception of minor
athletic contests the aftair will be
practically the same est the May
day observances of previous years.
There will be a grand excursion
<"V"* the W. P. Y. R from Skag
way to Whiteliorse and return, the
round trip fare being $5.00.
As usual on these occasions,
the excursion train w>ll leave Skag
way at 5:30 or 6 o'clock on Sat
urday morning and the excursion
ists may return from Whltehorse to
Skagway either on Saturday evening
or wait until the evening of the
following day.
There will probably be a large
turnout of people from Gastineau
Channel towns as well as from
those of Haines and Skagway, and
eaoh town will likely be represent
ed by a baseball team to take part
in the international tournament.
Arrangements have also been
made for the Skagway brass band
to go over.
IKE RESULT IS I
big suphise!
—,
Chitina, May 4—The announce
ment o* the vote on the liquor
license question shows the result to
have been considerable of a sur
prise to most of the r®°ple of this
town It was generally assumed J
that the "wets" would carry by a :
small majority, but instead, out of j
91 otrsons interviewed but *2 vot
ed wet, while 39 voted dry. The J
fact that ten refused to express an ,
opinion resulted in a failure of the ;
wets to receive a majority. The !
enumerators, J. P. Rockefeller and '
O. A. Nelson, made a very careful-!
canvas of the town and only «0
amerated the actual residents who
were emtltled to expression opinion.
The floaters and those passing
through towh were not consider
ed, as might have beon the case if
others had been la charge of the
poll.
ism of those on board the UT-fat
ed vessel are being related here
today.
There was no oanic and the rea- ;
son given for so m£.ny first class J
pnsseneers having lest their lives
is because they refused to be- ;
lieve the steamer would sink before !
assistance could reach them.
VES IS NOW II
THE TOLOVANA
E. J. Ives, who recently came
north from Seattle ou his way to
the n»*w placer field of Tolovana,
Is probably at the camp now. The
Fairbanks New-Miner in speaking
o' his arrival there says:.
"E. J. Ivee, partner of Frank
Manley and Jack Price and one of
the best known operators in the
rorth, left Fairbanks this morning
for the Tolovana district. He'-came
directly through from Seattle upou
petting authentic news concerning
the new camp which Is now attract
ing wide attention along the Pacific
coast, and is on his way to look over
the new district with a view of ac
quiring- what he can In there.
"Jack Price exported to come
with him but was called away on
mother deal and could not come at
this time, so Ives came as the repre
sentative of the three big opera tore.
He is a quiet unassuming man but
his appearance in Tolovana camp is
another of the brightest 6igns that
camp hps exhibited for he has the
reputation of doing thinge. This
big-three combination are the origi
nal laymen on the James ground
In the Chisana, subleasing it to
Hamsbaw."
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or|
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.ThelClothler