WEATHER REPORT
Yesterday: Max. 23. Mln. 16.
Today: Calm,, colder.
No. «J5 TWENTY FIRST YEAR
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SUBMARINE IIUL S. SHIP
BUTTLE 1W HOURS WITH
VICTORY FOR AMERICANS
Enemy Sub Sinks
\Va.sl ii^ton, Mairji —-The Ani
«rican steamship N)«n» and a tier
man. submarine fought two hours in
twttlc which «Jmled ^ tluV
slnkii.g of the subiiHVsib^ with/
the dionntig of all t*» boartl, ae
MVilin* to a report of Cliief |
■er's Mate tiroves whom Secretary j
ihutiek has coiiuiiended for braver)'. I
The Xvanxa was hit five times byl j
ciuiron shot front the U-hoM, but no
blow was fatal. One" unguifeer ca
det was wounded.
PBGliili
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Washington, March 2.—Pi\>htbi- |
tion for Hawaj during the war as^
provided in a bill be£oi*e Congress*
w;is repotted favorably to the sen
ate loday. , ,
BRITISH CtH.l MBlA PREMIER
Calgaiy, March 2.—Premier Brew
ster of British Columbia, returning '
home from Ottawa today, dted of
»>neumonia.
H. •" Weir, agent hi Slragway
for the Pacific Steamship Co., hag
sent word to L. E. Reynoldson who
is acting agent during absence of
Mr. Weir, that he expects to again
be in Skagway around the first ot
April. Mr. Weir is now la Cordova
reiieviiig the agent there who is
away on a short vacation.
With All cn
1)1 KS O.V WAY HOME
ALLIES REyilEST
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London, March 2.—This morn
ing's Daily Mail says the Allied na
tions have all agreed to make a
formal request that Japan invade
Siberia «n order to protect Allied in
terest? there.
JAPANESE CONFERENCE
Tokio, March. 2.—Emperor Terau
chi has summoned a famous Japan
ese naval hero in conference here
regarding the Russian..situation.
.WON'T DISCUSS SITUATION
Washington, March 2.—Adminis
tration officials tod^y refused to
discuss the Japanese-Russian situa
tion, btf. said exchanges between the
Allies were making progress.
INVASION BEGINS
London, March. 2.—Japan and
China are dispatching troops into
Asia"c Russia, the former into
Siberia and the latter into Man
churia, according to an announce
ment of Tientsin newspapers print
ed foda>*.
The government ship Peterson
will arrive from the fort this even
ing about 5:30 p. m. bringing' a bas
ketball leam -which; will play Skag
way.
The City of Seattle passed Wran
gell a' 11 o'clock, last night. If
she 's coming direct the Seattle
should reach, Skagway tonight, oth
erwise she will get here tomorrow
sometime. < • '
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Strong Demand
For Cotton
Dress Goods
Coiton Dress Goods are clearly indicated to
gain favor during this year. The increasing pre
ference shown thes« fabrics is due to the absence
of silks woolens.
Ginghams, Percales, Cotton Yoiles and Cot
ton Crepes are being shown in many patterns and
colors and promise to be very popular for summer
dresses.
We are displaying some striking patterns in
Striped Madras, Ginghams and Striped Voile's.
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
MA REGIMENT BEING ~
FORMED 8! iJ. EARS
j Seattle, March 2.—Major Means,
formerly of tlio Alaska Engineering
Commission, arrived here last night
from Washington to recruit a regi
ment of engineers to be known
«s the 34th far servcie abroad.
MajCi- Mears has summoned a
•numoer of Anchorage men from Al
iaska railroad service to meet him
here pnd. join in the work of form
ing the regiment which will have
ita headquarters at Ft. Leavenworth
Kansas Locomotive engineers, fire
men, conductors, and brakemen,
among others,, aro being sought. As
far as possible thia regiment will
t>e composed ol Alaskans.
Vologda, Russia, March 2.—Inter
ior Russia declares strongly1 against
a separ-'t*- peace with Germany. The
Workmen and Soldier's council, and
many provincial centers are issuing
mobilization orders, proclaiming a
fight to the finish on behalf of the
revolution.
within so miles captal
\sO..<1.u, March 2.—German sol
diet's ar« within SO miles of Petro
grad ir the southwest, and are ap
proaches Or alia, on the same meri
dian •r,d logitude linos as Pestro-^
grad. I nt 300 miles west of Mo*ow.
KIEV LIBERATED
Berl.c, March. 2.—The Russian
JliSi GETTING
isie liP!
!
With ten games played and 22 )
more n. go, the mixed local bowling
contest is getting more and more
spirited and excited. So team is
Bure of their position fiom game to '
game, and ne\v line-ups are ap
pearing with every contest.
Scons now stand:
Gan'y-Ganty • 3571
Cole-Blanchard ^ 3407
Black-BiackJ 3293
Bat?on-Liddicoat 3254 ;
Sufsecool-Suffecool 31tiC
Karaman-Miller 3130
Ask-Flckardt 3060
Vanaewall-Vandewall 3041
Selmer-Selmer 2915 1
"Hey, Oscar, how's the tempera
ture down there?" "Not bo bad,
just. getting 'wanned up."
Leo S. Simmons, collector of
customs at Carcross, accompauied bj]
his wife, were passengers for Skag->
way on yesterday's train.
fortress of Kiev, In Ukraine, has
been .iterated, the German staff an
nounced today.
TO STARVE PETROGRAD
Loudon, March 2.—German troop«
are moving on the town of Bologoie,
on the Moscow-Petrograd railroad,
which place is the chief freight
center for feeding Petrograd. Dis
patches from Petrograd today Btate
Germans thus inteud to cut sup
plies from the capital city, having
given 110 the idea of taking Petro
grad t v force because of Russian
resistance, and to thus compel the
capl'ai to capitulate by famine.
Subscribe for the Daily AIiRksn
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The U. S. harbor boat Peterson
will arrive in Skagway tonight at
5:30 < 'clock, bringing Ft, Seward's'
well coacned basket ball team
and a large crowd of rooters and
spectators. Skagg-ay has accepted a
basketball challenge sent this
mornirg and will meet the invad
ing team tonight on the'floor of
the White Pass gym at 8:30
o'clock.
The last time the Ft. Seward
team was here, Skagway boya com
pletely swamped them in basket
ball, but. only after being defeated
in the first half of the game when
the visitors ran up a high score
by their fast playing. It is un
derstood the Seward team has been
practising and wlil be prepared,
tonight to play for the entire game
like tbey played the first half last
time, aud will give a good account
of themselves.
New Goods
Added To Our Stock
Barley Flour, lO lb. SacKs, 85c
Cream of Barley in 30c Packages
A Delicioui Breakfmt Cereal—Quickly Prepared, Eaiily Digested
P. H. GANTY
WHEN AMERICANS ATTACK
RAIDING F
Crack Hanoverian Forces Driven Back
To Their Own Trenches In Utter
Confusion And Disorder
American Ajrmy In Franc*?, March
2.—American troops repulsed a
strong (temian attack this morning
In a; salient no)rth of TouJ, on tlie
! Western frojit. There were ma>iy
.American casualties, one of the kill
ed l>cing a captain who {graduajttjd
| from West Point Military Academy
lln 10)7.
The German, raid, whicli was com.
jiosed of a largo nutmbcr of pick**!
' H«n troops, w«s a complete failure,
! and German forces suffered greatly
In losses. Three German prisoners
I wer» taken ajive by United States
'soldiers. The ground directly in
front of American trenches was
literally strewn with German dead
| oodles. Ten dead Gepnans were
found in American trenches after
the battle. Eight others im*
counted in ojie heap just outside of
the trenches. Many similar heaps
are to he se«vn -n No Man's land.
1 GERMANY'S CRACK TROOI'S
i
Washington, March 2.—General
^ Pershing has been urged to expe
I dite the list of American casualties
I in the battle of Toul, which took
place this morning, in which U. S.
soldiers defeated Germany's crack
j.shock troops.
Officials say there is every reason
to be proud today over the fact that
iraiding Hanoverians were not only
[driven back to their own trenches in
I utter confusion and disorder but
that every single objective, without
exception, of their raid failed.
I
GERMAN'S CLAIM 12 PRISONERS
Berlin, March 2.—German forces
attacking American trenches in
St. Mihiel-Toul sector this morning
took 12 prisoners and. Inflicted
htu-vy casualties, the war office
announced today.
BRITISH KILL OR CAPTURE ALIi
GERMANS
Lobdcn, March 2.—Field Mar
shal H'lig reported today an en
tfiny force raided British trenches
in the neighborhood of Hargicourt
during the night, and that all
Germans were either killed or cap
tured. ! f • x. ! '*
US DEFEATED
I,
London, March 2.—German troof>3
today carried out a raid over a, wide
froait against Portugese troops la
trenches in Northern France, ac
cording to an announcement of the
war office. Later tn the day Por
tugese troops counter attacked and
drove all the enemy from positions
wnich they had gained.
TO ROUND UP ALIENS L\
NORTHWEST
Waning ton, March 2.—Orders
were issued today by the gov
ernment for a m«re vigorous round
up of e'ismy aliens on the Pacific
coast pnil in the Northwest.
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FASHION
and Fll
Go Hand-in-hand when you
walk in a Hand Tailored Suit
bought at our shop.
A wide range of patterns and
fabrics are included in our
stock.
It would please both you and
us if you called to look them
over.
\
JAMES KENNEDY