No. 27 TWENTIETH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1917
PRICE 10 CENTS
New York, March, 6—Advice re
ceived from London today stated
that tile British admiralty had
compiled statistics covering the loss
o* British shipping during the
month of February, due to the
Qerman submarine activity.
The less to the British shipping
is given as three fourths of one
percent for the mouth, which would
make a total of eight and three
fourth per cent per annum.
At the beginning of the year
British shipping aggregated 20.S30,
918 tous for steam vessels and
443,150 for sailing vessels, or a
total of 21,214,068 tons.
r Th's would make the total loss 1
to Btiti&h shipping for the mouth
of February to be approximately
159,555 tons. If the Germans
should continue to be as active
tl>ey would get British shipping in
the twelve months something like )
1,914,666 tons.
The tonnage of Great Britain's
shipoing equals the total of the
eut're world's shipping exclusive of
the United States which is nearly*
9,000,000.
A* the present time Great Britain
has building in the stocks a total
tonnage of ships amounting to
aboui 2,000,000 tons.
I.I.W. 1URDER
CASES ON TRIAL
Seattle. March 6—The trial of
♦ he members of the Industrial Work
*r» oX the World, was called before
Jndre Ronald yesterday mornin«\
and arter some legal arguments by
counsel 0:1 both sides h^ been dis
o«»ei of, the task of securing a
Jury wa* begun.
LEGISLAIURF
CONVENES
Juneau. March 6—The third ses
Hsn of the Territorial Legislature o
Alaska convened In this city yes
terday morning, and after the low
er branch had elected Charles Day
temporary speaker, an adjourn
ment wa* taken until noon today.
All Representatives were pres
en' wit* the exception of Murray.
It Is probable that Representa
tive Burns will be elected per
manent chairman.
James R. Heckman was elected
temperorv president of the senate,
after which the senate adjourned
until three o'clock in the after
noon.
A deadlock followed the method
of voting, and this lead to disputes
over ether matters, and there
saemtd to be dlssention over every
thing else coming up before the
body. Tijfl
Hoboken, March 6—Fritz Kolb,
a Get man, has been arrested by the
uolice cf 'his city and is charged
with plotting the destruction of
ammunition plants in this country
♦hat are engaged in turning out
munitions of war far the British
allies.
When suspicion pointed to Kolb, i
a search of his room was made im
mediately after he had been ar- |
re3 ed, and two bombs were found,
which the authorities believe Kolb
intended to send to President Wil
son .
Rumors led up to the arrest, and
the authorities expressed the belief
that they had succeeded in getting
a man who was dangerous, and
who would haye done much dam
age within a short time had he not
been discovered in time.
MiTK
Washington, March 6 — Approxi- |
mately fourteen hundred nomina.
♦ions were sent into the United
States senate by President Wilson
which failed to receive the confirm
ation of that body, during the ses
sion which has just closed.
It is believed that all of these
names will l>« returned to the Sen
a'e when if meets in extra session
today, and it is thought that almost
all of them will be confirmed.
Spring
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AUSTRIA ADVISES NEUTRALS 70
KEEP Ml FROM MR ZONE
Vienna, March; 6—The reply of j
the Austrian Hungary government ^
to tl-e note from the United States ,
was today given to Ambassador
Pen field, who will transmit to tho 1
Department of State at once.
The note says that the Austria- j
Hungary government is essentially ^
in accord with the United States
regarding the jirotection of neutral
ships and the endangering of Jives
of citizens of neutral nations, but
bu» adds that neutral nations must
themselves bear the losses they
ma- suffer hy reason of guch ships
entering the territory where warlike
operations are taking place.
HOUSE HAPPy
SENATE SPLIT
Juneau, Mark 6—The House
Df Representatives perfected its or
ganization this afternoon and elect
ed Lu'her C. Hess, speaker a* J A.
H. Zeigler, of Juneau as chief
clerk.
Representative Hess was the
dark horse among the candidates,
and he received almost the unani
mous vote of the house.
Immediately after be had taken
the chair, Speaker Hess proceeded
to appoint all committees.
The house then adjourned until
tomorrow, as a mark of respect to
th" late John G. Heid.
The deadlock still continues in
thp senate chamber over the selec
tion of a president of that body,
the vote still being four for Senat
or Aldrich and the same number
for Senator Hubbard.
London March 6—The cold weath
er which has held the western front
Crostbound for nearly a month, is
jradually moderating and it is
sasv to sense all along the line an
liumistaKable quickening, which
iells cf the approach of spring and
'ue start of the * long deferred
Irive of the enemy out of France.
Already these armies are reaching
jut towards each other, testing vari
ous narts of the lines and at
lemnting to discover the most like
ly point of contact for the begin
ning ot the titanic struggle in which
.he Allied armies will defeat the
German forces.
New groups of divisions have betaj
IJeutified recently along the Ger
man lines, bearing out reports of
ureaf troop movements now going
an in Germany. British officers,
however say that this concentration
Is net so formidable ag it appears
a» first sight. They say that many
of the so-called German divisions ar©
merely a re-arrangement of old
divisions. These statements are
based on Information carefully col
lected during the continuous trench
raiis
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at Keller Bros. Drug Store.
Amsterdam, March. 6—Advice has
been received here that Austria will
suupcrt Germany in her submarine
warfare, but it is asserted that the
■AustiiMi government will make cer
tain concessions to the United States
which are designed to prevent a
breach in the diplomatic relations
between that country and the United
States.
NEW oisCOVERY
01 CRIPPLE
Fte'' Wilson, Jim McLeod an<
Louis Halverson have made a new
discovery in the Cripple camp. ou
gulch, which runs up the steep
sido of Cripple mountain.
The first hole tliey sunk they se
cured 19 grains of gold from ten
pans. In a crosscut of the gulch
they found pay 50 feet wide. A
hole 150 feet below discovery re
vealed good pay. The ground is
ten feet deep, with three feet of
pay dirt. They estimate it to go
about $2 to the foot.—Ex.
IT 18 YEIRS
L'ndon — Viscount Bryce, al
though 78 years old, ptill boasts of j
his ability as a pedestrian.
During Lord Bryce's recent trip J
tp the front, the young officer as
signed to conduct him about, was
sketching a little trip along the
front which, he proposed to make
olong the fron' with the distinguish*
ed visitor the next day, when he j
suddenly though that perhaps the
program involved too long a walk
for a man 78. However, Lord
Bryce is an old Alpinist, and agreed
to walk against his young officer
friend for any distance or any
kind of road. When next day the
two returned to camp, after trudg
ing through the trenches for many
miles, the younger man had to ad
mit that he was very much, more
fa'igued than his companion.
Unfailing Satisfaction
Is one of the many reasons why
Preferred Stock Goods
is increasing in popular favor
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P. H. GANTY
HI GILLS MS SPUING
SENSATION IN GOOILEGGI CASE
Seattle, March 6—The attorneys
for Mayor GUI sprung a sensation
la the court this morning-, when
the case against Hi'rum Gill was
brought up on the charge of com
plicity in the bootlegging ring
which flooded Seattle with liquor in
defiance of the law against the ship
ment of liquor into the state of
Wa"ftlDgton.
Wifucut having given out any
no1 Joe cf their intention, Gill's at
tarneys served subpoenaes on Rev.
Matthews, Joseph. Blethen, manag
ing editor of the Seattle Times,
Distiic*. AUorney Clay Allen and
a former newspaper investigator for
the ficat'le Times who disappeared
on H>e eve of the Grand Jury in
vestigation.
I" is believed that some sensation
al testimcny will bo brought out
when these men are put on the
stand.
IONGS A! WAR
III COAST CITIES
San Francisco, March 6—A3 a te
sult of Tcng wars which have been
waged In tils city and other cities
aloujj the Pacific Coast for the
uas several weeks, five Chinese
were killed outright, two fatallly
wounded and three others serious
ly wounded in outbreaks which oc
curred simultaneously in San Fran
cisco. Oakland, Stockton, San
Jose and Seattle.
Prior to this fresh outbreak, sev
eial killings had occurred as the
result of clashes between Chinese
gunmen of the Hop Sing tong and
the Hip Sing tong, and it was be
lieved that a setlement through the
courts would be had that would
prevent any further shooting, but
as Harry Wong, a member of the
Hop Sing tong had been killed in
front, of the Milwaukee hotel in
Seattle, it was decreed1 that there
should to just as many Hip Sing
tonecmen killed to avenge the death
of a Hop Sing tongman, and this
hag been accomplished. No^v the
Hip Sing tong will go after theiT
enemies, and it is feared that a
great number of killings will fol
low.
Seattle, March 6—Advice was
received in this city this morning
taat the schooner Harold Blekum
had been wrecked off the coast of
Kodiak island in a fierce gale
which the little ship encountered.
The cablegram states that all mem
bers of the crew had been landed
on the shore in safety.
PLOT HUMS
CAUSE ARRESTS
New York, March G — When Dr.
C. Honauor Chakiaberty, a .Hindu,
and Dr. Kriiest Sckuanel, a German,
were arrested by policy this morn
iBit, it is claimed by tlie police
'•hat they confessed to having been
implicated in a plot tQ invade In
dia by way of China.
The arrests of the two men was
brough' about by certain rumors
leaking out that a conspiracy was
bein," planned to set up a military
expedition, which was plotted by
Wolf Vcn Igel, to make an in
vasion of India passing through
China, all supplies and war muni
tions being gathered in this coun
try and taken to the Orient for
distribution.
Seattle, March 6 — The two
Dilliugsley brothers, Fred and
Logan, and William II. Pielow ap
peared in court this morning when
ibeir trial was called, and when
they entered their plea to the
eliarees of having violated the fed
eral laws by shipping intoxicating
liciuors into the State of Washing
ton. for the the violation of the
IniPr State commerce law, and for
I conspiracy in carrying on a bootleg
I ging business, they all plead guilty.
E. J. Shaw received advice from
Wrangell this morning stating that
tko steamer Jefferson had sailed
from that port and would arrive
here at 7 o'clock tomorrow evening.
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