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NVv York,— How sceretly the Kn
ifed States dispatched the first flo
tilla of torpedo boat destroyers last
Acril to join the British, navy in the
hunt for German submarines, was
told 'or the first time publicly re
ef oily by Commander J. K. Taussig,
C S. X.. who took them across the
Atlantic.
Tba narrative was related before
an audience which thronged Carne
?:e hall to celebrate the opening of
a war savings stamp campaign in
th:» city. Commander Taussig's
stcry of the work accomplished by,
the navy's "greyhounds'* far from ,
hi' me was wildly cheered.
"So anxious was the navy depart
ment that the outside world in gen.
erai should know nothing of the ,
movement of these ships," Com
mander Taussig said, "that not even
I. who was in command of the expe-.
ditlcn, was informed of our destina- j
tion. <:
"My orders were to pi\>ceed to a
point, fifty miles east of Cape Cod J
and then open my sealed instruc- i
tions. Until I got to that point,
at midnight of the first night out, I I
did not know that our first port «!
call '"as to be Queenstown, Ireland. |
"The British naval men were very,
plad to see us. Things were look- j
ing black. In the three previous j
weeks the submarines had sunk 152 j
British ships. We immediately |
had depth bombs installed so as to
fijiht the submarines.
"We escorted many ships and we
s^vej many lives. I cannot say we j
sank aey submarines. The subma- |
rine, I found, was a very difficult
bird to catch. He always sees you
firs*. Only once did my vessel, in
seven months, succeed in actually
fir'ng at a submarine. Ho then,
went down after the fifth shot "we>
fired. At that .he was five miles j
ewav But what they ure afraid of
u:x tbe depth bombs. While I
cannot say positively that I sank any
submarines, I saw results which
led ire to believe that I had at
least damaged one or two.
The patrol duty was very trying,
as th» ocean was strewn with WTeck
a<re fcr a distance of 300 miles oft
shore. It was hard to tell a peri
siMpe wnen we saw one. We fired at
fi*h. floating spare and other obu
jects, oecauee we could not afford
to take a chance. The submarine
grew less active, or did less damage,
as the summer wore on.
"The question Is, can. we beat the
isuDinarine? I am sure we can. If
the people will do their part."
El iu Root also spoke. He de
clared unless the country could
sn?e out of its superfluity and give
the benefit of thaat saving to the
armies of America and her allies the
wsr wculd be loet.
ADVISORY COMMITTEES
FOR JUNIOR RED CROSS
In each State in the Northwestern
Divisi' ti of the American Red Cross,
comprising Alaska, Idaho, Oregon
and Washington, prominent educat
ors have been asked to serve as an
Advisory Committee for the Junior
Red Cross. These men and women
wi'.J :... asked to give the Junior
Membership the benefit of their
ripe exDerience and judgment. The
Committee for Alaska is as follows:
.Mr. L. D. Henderson, Commissioner
of Education, Juneau; Miss Mar
♦javet Keeuan, Superntendent of
Schools. Fairbanks; Mr. T. R. Mc
Anally, Superintendent of Schools,
Anchorage; Miss Belle Wallace, Su
perintendent of Schools, Seward; M?.
Charles W. Hawkesworth, District
Superintendent of Alaska Schools
for Natives, Juneau. j 1
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HIKES TO SEA
Seattle, Feb. 18.—Sunday morn
ing, Defore an interested throng, the
launching of an, 8,800 ton steel ves
sel took place without mishap at the
Duthie shipyards in this city.
LauncHings {ire becoming of almost
daily occurrence, and as the days
pass, they will become a common
sight. ( | i
EYES NEEDED
IN IDE HOT
The United States navy is in
! great need for bireocualrs, teles
copes, and spy-glasses. These are
wanted in larger quantities than
they can possibly ba manufactured.
The more "eyes" there are aboard
any ?hiD the surer our boys are of
seeing a perescope and seeing it in
time. But read the navy's proposi
tion: !
SetC your binoculars, spyglasses,
aiid telescopes by parcel post or
express to Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Assists r t Secretary of the Navy,
car" of Naval Observatory, Washing
ton D. C. (Sextants and chronomet
°rs are also urgently needed.) On
♦he outside of thg package, write
your name and address. On the
Inside, tie a tag on the instrument,
i»*ain giving your name and ad
dress.
Immediately upon receipt you
will get a letter from the Naval
Observetory, stating that a test will
be made.
Instruments are tested a9 soon
&a possible and those not suitable
art? returned to the sender. So far.
only 5 per cent have been found
unsuitable. Instruments somewhat
out of repair will be accepted as
thTo is a repair department in the
N'uvai Observatory. A glass with a
slient chip may pass the test, but
the glasses must be of a good grade.
Upon acceptance of the glass,
sextant or chronometer, yo>u will
bo sent a letter of thanks, signed by
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant
Secretary of the Navy. A check
f-»- $1 will be sent you, which sum
w'll constitute the rental price, or
•n event of loss, the purchase price
of the article.
The instrument is then entered
in the records at the Naval Observa
tory with your name, address, and
key number. A metal tag with your
name and address is securely at
tached by wire to the instrument
anil, as an additional safeguard,
your key number is engraved on
the inside of the Instrument. The
instruments are then shipped in lots
and distributed among the com
mandants "who in turn distribute
them, taking a receipt for each
instrument just as is done ■jvith all
other Navy property.
Whil° it is, of course, imposslMa
to guarantee your glass, 6extant or
chronometer against damage or loss,
everv percaution has been taken
'or it« return at the close of the
war. The only precaution the
sender needs to take is to notify
the Nayal Observatory of any
chanr* of address, or to see that
mail Deing sent to the old address
will be property forwarded at the
close o£ the war.
Strikes, Spares
And Splits
It has been a busy; week on. the
Elks' alleys, the devotees of the
naruo having turned out with minds
set on "beating the Othen fellow"
to a frazzle. >
The house tournament 3ias occu
pied the center of the Btafce, and
the mixed teams have had it hot
and heaw for a. number; of nights.
There are seven teams entered in
the contest, and up vto last reports I
the folclwing teams have rolled the
number of pins set opposite their
names.
Ganty 684 ' f f
Batson 680 ' ; r ' ' ■
Karaman 662
Vandejvall 614 i
Suffecool 607
Black 600 ~ r r '«
Selmer 558 ' *"
Duri& the week several high
scores were made: A. C.j Bfcanch
ar^ 205, 202; Chas. Kiaraman,
207. 211.
For the ladies, Mrs. Garity holds
f>e honors witto tree 200's. 207,
203, 201 , j J ^ |
NORTHWESTERN
MEETS WITH
ACCIDENT
3unday night last the steanlor
Northwestern, went ashore in, the
mud for thr&e hours at Charcoal
oolui, but floated again at high
I'de. In speaking of the aooident
Captain, Hunter said to a Juneau
Dispatch, representative:,
"TUs mishap was caused }>y; a bro
ken s^eer'ng line. We had left
Ketchikan, but ten minutes before
»ud had been running fu31 speed butl
rive m'nutes, when I ordered the
juartermaster to steer for the is
land shore, the channel leading that
wa.v for only a fejy; minutes. I no
:{ced then that the ship did not an
swer the helm, so ordered the wheel
hprd over the other way and still
•op ship kept going toward the
shore Realizing that there must
»« something wrong with the sieer
ing apparatus, I ordered full speed
is'tu., and by the time the bow of
:he ship struck the sandy beach, no
>ce on board knew we were
iground. i
"In less than two hours the steer- j
in£ Rear was repaired and I was
it'el »o back out into tha channel
without any- trouble. A number of
small boats stood by and offered
Assistance, but there wag 110 need
it Pky time for alarm.
"Soundings aft showed fuflj 13
'athorns of water, and. four fath
3<rs forward, so when the necessary,
repairs were made there was no dif
'i'.ul'y in backing into deep water
nd setting under way again."
Tlxo captain stated that the shdp
c."S9 fortunate in not going ashore
bear the rocks, only a short dis
tance from the sandy beach. As
sncn as the ship: grounded, the eap
'ajn wired the SeaUle authorities,
»nd later 6ent word that no damage
tvns done.
The scene of the grounding wan
nearly ihe identical spot where the
City of Seattle Jiung up on the mud
banks for several days about ihree
years ago. J
ICE ISM
OK BROADWAY
Although: the weather has been
nulder in this city during the past
sev-eril days than, on several oc
casions during the past winter, the
ice on Broadway in places is more
than four feet thick, by; actual
measurement. I
Of coutsc it is not claimed that
this is anything unusual, for-be it
understood, Skagway has always
boasted tipon the fine grade of ice
that ;? sei-ved lit the various Boda
fountains and hotels during the
siimmfr, and that there may be no
lack or r«aoling beverages next
summer,, .Jack J2ckert has harvested
fine c r*i> of ioe which is today be
ing unlmded from the cars which
are no\<r "spotted" at various places
on, Broadway.
The Ice- js imported, having beed
cut out of Lake Bennett at Pen
nington*. ;and brought across the
line on "the White Pass.
Kach> cake is clear as crystal, and
shows ihat the water of Lake Ben
jiett f roze to a depth, of over two
feet. Each cake weighs in the
neighborhood of 400 pounds. Six
box cars were brought over for vari
ous meayhan/ts, white the White
Pass had about 150 tons harvested
for its summer use, the major por
tion of which went to White Horse
where i« will "be used during the
sunimtiT on tine upper river fleet of
White Pass steamers.
DISSOLUTION OP COPARTNER
SHIP
The copartnership heretofore ex
isting between ^ Tony Dortero and
Vincent Dortero, at Skagway, Al
aska, under the firm name and:
style o" Dortero & Scm, is this day!
dissolved by mutual consent, Vin
cent Dortero, retiring from the
above named {firm. All accounts dufl
the late firm are payable only to
Tony Dortero, who w.ll settle all
outstanding accounts due and owing
only bv the late firm conducted aa
a copartnership.
VINCENT DORTERO.
TONY DORTERO. tf.
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Wednesday and Thursday
Consolidated Film Corporation presents Maurice Costello and
Ethel Orandin in
The Crimson Stain Mystery
10th Episode
THE LAW OF SUCCESS. — A great Human Drama in 2 parts.
Edwin; Thanhouser presents Riley Chamberlin and Louis Emer
ald Bates in LUCKY LARRY'S LADY LOVE.
MUTUAL WEEKLY.
Moslo by Violin, Piano and Drums. i.
8~30 p-m. Sharp Admission 25c. 10c
W FULLS AFTER
II BLOODY
BAIILE
Eetrograd, Feb. 18.—After a bat
tle which lasted for several hours,
in which the fighting was very
fierce and much cruelty was indulg
ed in. on both sides, Bftlsheviki forc
es captured the city of Kiev, which
is one of the principal cities in
Ukraine.
The streets were literally covered
with Mo dead, when the attacking
forces finally entered the city. Just
prior io the entry of the Bolsbeviki
iroops, aeroplanes dropped bombs
on the city fOT several hours, de
molishing buildings in which the
residents had taken refuge. The
battle is reported as one of the
bloodiest engagements that has tak
en place since tbe war began.
FIELOIOSPTAL
.15 BOMBED
American Army in. France, Feb.
18.—An American field hospital was
the target for a German aeroplane
Sunday ,the plane flying over * the
nospital late last night.
In 'ta flight the aeroplane drop
ped several exceptionally heavy
bombs but these were unfefective,
as they dropped on bare spots.
NEW "m OF
STAFF SUED
_____
London, Feb. 18.—Chief of Staff
Ro.biDson resigned from liis posi
tion .'ate Saturday, and his place
was Immediately filled by the ad
vancement of General Wilson who
was aub-chief of staff.
Returned the Compliment.
Gruff Bachelor (in restaurant) —I
am glad to see your baby has kept still
at last, madam. Mother — Ves. Bir.
You are the only thins tbat 1ms pleased
him since he saw the animals eat at
the *oo.—Life.
PHIL. ABRAHAMS
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IN THE U. S. COMMISSIONER'S
COURT FOR THE TERRITORY
OB' ALASKA, DIV., NO. 1, SKAG
WAY PRECINCT.
IN PROBATE
In the Matter of the Estate of
X. A. McDonald, deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
Th«t the undesigned has "Deen, by
Edward A. Rasmuson, U. S. Com
missioner and Probate Judge of
the above entitled Court, by order
duly made and entered, appointed
executor of the estate of T. A. Mc
Doaald, deceased. All persons hav
ing claims against said estate are
hereby notified to present them
with, proper vouchers in. lejal form
within six months from the date of
this notice to the undersigned at
his office in Skagway Alaska..
Dated this 7tfc day of Feb. 1918.
L. a KELLER,
Executor.
First publication Feb. 7, 1918.
Final publication, March 7, 1918. '