No. 856 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. TUESDAY. MARCH 30, 1915 PRICK 10 CENTS
CASUALTIES Of WAR SECONDARY
10 HAVOC CAUSED Olf 0RI1K
London, March 80—Chancellor I
Lloyd George, In replying today to a
deputation af business men of this
city, advocated a "dry" Britain dur
ing the remainder of the European
MT»r, stating that t io people should
nut only fight against Germany and
Austria, but against the drink hah
It tut well, as he det lared that tho
ravages caused by ths former en- j
cImIe"
LYING III ill
Newport News, Va, Jiarvh SO—
The British cruiaert Suffolk, Ber
wick and Corona and an unidentified
French cruiser are reported to be
lying in wait ouUido the harbor !
(or the appearance of the (iermau
cruiser Krinze Eitel fYelderech
which no announced yesterday to j
be ready to depart for X«w York. |
A SEAPLANE
DROPS BOMBS
Constantinople, March 30—A Turk
ish seaplane is reported to have
dropped m bomb today on a British
warship in the Dardanelles.
Honolulu, March 30—The sub
marine F-4 was finally located late
yesterday afternoon, caught by the
grappling hooks and moved three
hundred feet toward shore. All
hopes that any of the crew may
still be alive have been abandoned.
emieg are of secondary importance
to the havoc wrought by the use
of Intoxicating liquors.
The RiissiaiiH in Uziok still
maintain an incessant attack upon
the Austrian-Hungarian posi
tion and access to Hungary, It is
claimed, will be by the way of Bay
field by the Russians when the Aus
triaiis are driven back.
STEAMER SIS
AT EXPOSITION
San Francisco, March 30—The
steamer General Frlngie, carrying
three hundred passengers, mostly
women and children, struck a sub
merged rock today in the bay a
hundred yards off the exposition
grounds and sunk. There was no
loss of life as boats from nearby
warships rescued all of those who
had been on board.
HITS MCUT
LEGISLATORS
Portland, March 30—Dr. Viola |
M;-e Coe, one of the principal own-'
of the Mornlngsicle sanitarium,
where the Insane from Alaska are
confined, denies there is any groun 1
for complaint as made b7 the Alas It
legislature In session at Juneau, anl
the criticisms contained iu the re
port of th« judiciary committee of
that body.
Dr. Coe said that tUe sanitarium
is Inspected twice a year by re- [
prtsentatlvea of the government.
She stated that the pi-tients are
well cared for and continued:
"We can accomodate 200, whilst
tf'ere are now only 96, therefore the
charges of overcrowding made by
the Alaska legislature are untrue.
"Th»re are also ample sleeping
quarters. Several sleeping porch is
have been added since the last gov
"ri.ment Inspection."
We are now ?howiiii? the Largest
Line of ^ew
Spring and Summer
Wash Goods
ever shown in Skagway consist
ing of Plain and Figured Crepes.
Ratinas, French Ginghams- Mer
cerized Plisses, Peacales, Flaxons,
Etc. Ladies' and Misses1 and
Children's Ready Made Wash
Dresses at 75c to $2.25. The
newest things in 36-in silks at
75c per yard
If you want to see something that is
real nice come in and look the goods over
(H. J. LYNCH
Up-to-date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
PACIFIC COAST
LEAGUE OPENS
Sau Francisco, March 30—They're
off in the Pacific Coast league.
The opening gun in the ltfl5 bass
ball season was fired today In tlireo
of the larger cities west of the
Rockies when the Coast league, one
of the larger minor league organiza
tions, got under way. Sun Fran
cisco, Los Angeles and Salt Lake
wore the cities wheie Hot Stove
leagues were disbanded and the fans
came into their own.
Here's the way they lined up;
Oekland at San Francisco; Port
land at Los Angeles; Vernon at
Salt Lake. The usual ceremonies,
including brass bands, parades and
speeches, preceded the games. Aud
then the fans and fiinettes settled
down, so far as the Pacific Coast is
concerned, to eight months of base
ball.
The same old brand of predictions
were voiced by the managers of the
several clubs.
"Every m;.n on my team is a
champion," said "Happy" Hogan,
manager of the Vernon Tigers, "and
I can't see how they keep "6 from
annexing the pennant."
The five other managers In tlie
league were to the front with simil
ar statements, but unbiassed ex
perts have declared the San Fran
cisco club to be the greatest aggre
gation of players ever assembled in
a minor league. This team was con*
structed by Harry Wolverton, form
er manager of the New York High
landers.
Several cnanges nave occurred i»
the Pacific Coast league since the
close of the 1914 season. Cal
Ewing and Frank Is1', two of the
best known baseball men in the
country, disposed of their holdings
m the San Francisco club to Henry
Barry, formerly owner of the Los
Angeles club. Berry disposed of
his Interests In the Los Angelas
club to John Powers, sen of Alder
man Powers of Chicago. After sev
eral disastrous seasons, the Sacra
mento franchise was sold to Salt
Lake, one of the best baseball cities
lu the west. Clitt Blanlcernshlp
is manager of the "Mormon" team
ARE ORDERED IB
THE FRONTIER
Geneva, March 30—Several Itali
an regiments, it Is reported In this
city today, have been ordered to
proceed to the Tyrolese frontier.
PLUMBERS "TRUST" APPEARS
Des Moines, March 30—Attorneys
for the 36 master plumbers of mid
w.-storm states, convicted on Feb.
24th of violation of thn Sherman
anti-trust law in Feefiral court
anti-trust law in Federal court
Pollock and filed motions for new
trials and made their arguments
claiming errors of thj court. It is
expected that Judge Pollack will
art upon the motion soon.
GRASS SEED
Kentuck Blue Grass, 35c per lb.
White Dutch Clover, 50c per lb.
Onion Seta and Seed Potatoes
expected in a few days
P. H. GANTY
CM ALL
READY 10 ENTER
Washington, D. C., March a—
Advices have been received here
that General Carranza is ready to
e.iter and take possession of Mex'
cc. City, and that the Zapatistas
are uow evacuating.
San Antonio, Texas, March .30—
fare? batteries of United States ar
il'.ery nave been ordered to Browns
ville, this state, by special train to
prevent trouble occurring over the
battle between the Mexican armies
at Matamoras.
PEOPLE SHOULD BEWARE
OF ANTI-PAT CURES
Washington, March 30—The de
partment of agriculture, in a bulle
tin just issued on its recent inves
tigation of anti-fat humbugs, states
that a common ingredient of the
obesity cures is thyroid, a drug
made from the thyroid gland, which
is still puzzling tho medical world
after years of study.
Thyroid, in the opinion of the
government eciectisto, Is far too
dangerous a drug for inexperienced
persons to experiment with.
"When used as a drug it has a
very powerful effect on the whole
human system and this information
should be sufficient to warn any
one against dosing himself blindly
with It," says the department's bul
letin.
For medical use a number of
sheep's thyroids ara dried at a
temperature of from !>0 to 100 de
grees and then powdered. This pow
<!ei may be administered either
dry, cr when treated with glycerine
us a liquid.
"It indubitably does reduce tis
sue," says the department, "and
therefore those p rep ami ions which
contain it are especial favoritas
•vith those persons who desire to
rid themselves of what they consider
is superfluous flesh. Unfortunate
ly it is not possible to remove tis
sue at will without running great
risk of ruining health at the same
time. Abnormal dep<sits of fat are
frequently accompanied by disorders
of the heart, blood vessels and kid
neys. To remove these deposits
abruptly may well produce serious
phys'cal effect upo. the opera
tion of the internal organs.
"For this reason the medical pro
fession has Ions recognized that
obe-ity should be considered as a
condition worthy of the most skill
ful treatment, and thct a cure Is
never easily and quickly attained.
Thyroid preparations, moreover, are
particularly objectionable because of
the direct effect of tile substances
composing them. These substances,
administered in drug form, may pro
duce symptons which arc- commonly
associated with certain forms of
goiter, namely, rapid tr.d irregular
; pulse, palpitation of the heart, dif
> ficulty in breathing, paralysis and
jeven death."
In man the thyroid gland is situ
i aitd in the throat, in front of and
j on both sides of the larynx, and
consists of two laternal lobes un
' ited by a narrow bridge-like cen
I tral portion.
P. 8 0. LB M SUIfK
MH t OOEAF LOSS Of LIFE
London, March 30—One hundred
and thirty-eight lives were lost
yeneitlay when a German sufonuu ino
sunk the P. & O. liner Faiaba,
bound from Liverpool to West Afri
ca, in the Georges Channel. The
subniaiiue gave the passengers ar.d
crew li ve minutes in which to leave
the vessel, but before all the boats
had get clear a torpedo was fired
;>t the steamer, striking and sejid
in0 her to the bottom and shatter
ing and throwing the lifeboats out
of the water.
The passengers who escaped are
highly incensed over the affair and
<iitJni It was nothing more) thau
murder upon the high f.ca#.
LATER—London, March SO—
Many of the bodies of the victim*
< 1 the I*. & O. lhier lalaba liave
been l-eeovered and the injuries in
dicate that they had been
cjiused by shrapnel fired from the
submarine while the unfortunates
were struggling in the water af
ter the wreck of the lifeboats.
CAPABLE CONVICT
PRISON ARCHITECT
Denver, March 30—Eight years
ago Leslie E. Francisco could neith
er read nor write. He was convict
ed of aiding in the murder of u
man sentenced" to the penitentiary
Now his sentence has been com
muted. In two years he will be
free, and not only can he read and
write but he is a capable architect.
Warden Tom Tynan, of the Color
ado state prison brought Francisco
to light when he came to Denver to
urge Governor Carlson's approval of
& $10,000 appropriation to fit out
the new administration building at
the penitentiary. He brought along
the plans of the building. They
were drawn by Francisco, and were
as complete as any architect could
turn out.
"Not only did this young Francis
co draw the plans for the building,"
said Tynan, "but he supervised the
construction of it. Eight yea'is ago
he could neither read nor write,
but look at that! Got it all from
correspondence school. Can you
beat it?" And Tynan answered him
self with an emphatic "No."
The warden is bubbling over with
enthusiasm and his plans for the
Dtison. He is proud of the drawing.
Francisco is only 23 years old. He
was sentenced from Colorado
Springs.
The administration buildings he
planned and built is constructed of
stone quarried by tha convicts. Ev
ery bit of mortar and cement and
other material, with tho exception o
the steel was turned out by the
prisoners. The building is 100 feet
long, and 50 feet deep and three
stories high. It cost the state about
$12;500. Now Tynan U asking t'.ie
state to fit it up with steel cabin
et and filing cases.
WILL INSPECT
PRISON GAMPS
Berlin, March SO—An American
! uvinimsslon Has been granted permie
i si on liy the government to inspect
i 'he German prison camps.
J. P. MORGAN
10 MAKE LOAN
New York, March 30—It was
made public in this city today that
the financial firm of J. P. Morgan
& Co. had agreed to loan the French
government 50,000,000 francs.
"PAY-AS- YOU-CALL"
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Cleveland, March 30—Citizens
tiore must pay for th» cost of a
fire department run If the blaze is
from a needless cause, un.d«r pro
vision of an ordinance now under
discussion.
SCHOOL GIRLS IN UNIFORM
Bemidji, Minn., March 30—As a
move in the agitatioa against over
dress by high school girls, all fresh
men gjrls in the Bemidji high
scboo: w'11 wear uniform clothing
nnde in the high school domestic
sclent-® classte, It was aimouced to
day.
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i
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The Clothier