Jilashan
No. 832 SEVENTEENTH YEAR SKAUWAY, ALASKA. TUESDAY. MARCH 2, 1915
ANGLO FRENCH DARDANELLES
FLEET GREATEST IN HISTORY
London, March »—Th« greatest
naval fleet ever assembled was that
mtwed during the bombardment of
the forta sixteen mile* within the
entrance of the Dardanelles, and
which was engaged in clearing the
way of the Turkish d«ft—Hi that
stand between the Anglo-American
warships and their possession of the
city of Constantinople, capital of
Turkey. The allies' flags are al
ready flying over the Turkish forts
ut the entrance to the Dardanelles.
French monoplanes bad no diffi
culty in recunnoitering the Turkish
position ns the latter, being without
high-angle guns, were unable to pre
vent the aviators from going where
soever they willed.
There is a rumor current in this
city that the Turks have decided to
transfer the capital and the seat of
government to Brousa In direct op
I>osition to Germany's wish that
Adrinople he chosen.
!HE SHELLS
SPREAD POISON
Berlin, March 2—The government
has issued notice to the neutral
jHavers »ha» the French army is us
ing special artillery, the (hells from
which spread poisonous gases when
they eiplode.
I
Xew York. March 3—Announce
ment was made here yesterday of
The formation of an organization of
first reserves to be known a* the
American legion, composed of form
er members of the army and nary as
veil as militiamen throughout the
nation. The object of the move
ment Is to insure the nation'« pre
paredness in the event of war.
HEALY RIVER OUTLOOK
MORE THAN FAVORABLE
Dave Huniti, one of th« claim
ewntn la the He&lay river district,
whare good pay has b->en reported
recently, la in receipt oX a ;most en
couraging letter from Capt, J. H.
Morgan, who Is operating up there.
Morgan writes that they are taking
out a winter dump from the Ham
mer-Morgan shaft and that it carries
enough gold to net them a good
profit for their winter's work with
better (round ahead. He mentions
the Toloyana stampede and believes
that it has recorded development
of the Healey river dlstriot, but
wishes the new camp success. In
t&e end, however, he looks for many
of the stampeding prospectors now
in Tolovana to go to Healey and
prospect that district as thoroughly
as they have the Tolovana—Fair
cank.s News Miner
F^trograd, March 2—Report*
have been received that the Ger
mam have been rolled back from
the Xiemsrn river to Mlawa by re
inforcement# recently received by
the Russian Grand Duke Nicholas.
It is aiv> stated the German army
umler Von Hindenberg is retreating
in grsat disorder.
Cklcago, March 3—Wha«tf. prices
again began dropping yesterday
when it looked from the foreign dis
patches that millions of bushels of
Rufialaa wheat would be liberated to
the market® of the world by the
Anglo-French destruction of the I
Turkish fart* In the Dardanelles,!
and the early occupation by the al
lies of Constantinople.
SPRING MILLINERY
Ladies: We have a nice line of
Spring Mil'iinery now on display
consisting of the latest in Ladies
and Misses Trimmed Hats. Also
untrimmed Shapes, Wire and
Buckham Shapes, Hat Braids and
Straws as well as Trimmings.
We take Your Measure for Suits
CoatSi Dresses. Skirts, Etc. A Big
line of spring samples to choose
from made to your measure- Style,
the Latest; Fit Guaranteed. Come
and look them oyer.
H. J. LYNCH
Up-to-date Haberdasher
and Ladiee' Furnisher
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE TO SECOND
SESSION ALASKA LEGISLATURE
—
Juneau, Alaska, March 2—Gov
ernor J. F. A. Stroug's message to
the cecOD<l session of the Al
aska territorial legislature whiah
convened here yesterday was read
at 2 o'clock this afternoon. It r«s
j commend? safety, sanity, economy
j and carefulness in the conduct of
| public aCfairs; a full territorial
J form of government; the enactment
I of adequate revenue and taxation
laws, and the enforcement of the
payment of taxes by those who are
able; the cbolition of the poll tax;
the imposition of a tax on canneries
and other fisheries; opposes the
creation oL the office of attorney j
general, because ths development j
board bill for Alaska, now before j
congress, provides for the office *0
be paid for by the federal govern
ment; favcrs tli© Australian ballot
system, a corrupt practices Act
and a direct primary law to oro
tect ilte purity of elections; fa
vors an eight hour law and
a workman's compensation measure
if the legislature, after investiga
tion, believes that the industries if
lectud hr.ve readied such a point
us to m.'.ke it practicable. A com
mission i'o.xi of government for
municipalities iu Alaska is al30
rocommfudtd for consideration;
and it deplores that the Alaska ter
ritorial iCgislatura does not possess
the same powers as Hawaii, Porto
Rico, the Philippines or previously
organized territories.
A SOX IS BORN TO
MRS. E. JAMESON
.Juneau Empire: Mrs. Earle C.
Jameson, •Rife of the assistant edi'or
of the Empire, gave birth to a son
in St. Ann hospital at 12:30 o'clock
tn!s morning. Dr. L. O. Sloane and
Miss Elsie Cowley, of the St. Ann
uursiup staff, were in attendance.
The baby weighed nine and one
half Dounds. Mrs .Jameson is rest
ing comfortably.
Chas. Nye and L. A. Harrison, of
the Homo Power Co., left this morn
ing for tae second summit of "ho
mountain range to the east of Sky
way, close to the foot of Mt. Dewey,
for the purpose of turning into '.lie
reservoir of the Home Power Co.,
the waters of the upper lake. As
there are yet quantities of snow
and ice oo the steep mountain trail
over which they will have to pass
before reaching their destinatio.i,
thev each took along with them a
pair of 'ce-creepers as well as a pair
of snowshces.
Last summer the Home Power t o.
built a dam at the outlet of the
upper lake for the purpose of con
serving the water In such a manner j
as would enable it to control the
supply and turn it into the lower |
lake, or reservoir, when needed. A
cabin was also built near the out- .
let to tte upper lake and well j
supplied with cooking utensils, pro- j
visions and bedding, to be used by:
employes of the company in cases j
cf emergency, in consequence oC j
which the hardy adventurers who
are todaj making the ascent will
not have to worry their brains as
[to where they will find a place t j :
rest their heads tonight, but rath- j
er as to whether they will be able
to get their heads as well as the
remainder of their bodies, to their
destination in safety.
The men have made arrangements
to be absent for several days, as it
is thought it will take them that
length of time to accomplish what
they have set out to do.
-ItNUVAilON Of
The Caribou hotel at Carcross,
Yukon territory, E. W. Gideon, pro
prietor, id known far and wide by
the traveling public as one of the
most up-to-date places of entertain
ment in tho north. It is at the part
ing of 'ho ways at the foot of Lake
Bennett, where tourists and others
en route to the Atlin district and
intermediate points proceed down
the river by boat and those destined
for the north continue on to White
iiorse by train.
This copular hostelry has just
been thoroughly oven-hauled and ren
ovated by carpenters, paper hangers,
paiuters and interior decorators in
anticipation by Mr. and Mrs.
Gideon of the increased tourist
travel that is expected during the
coming summer, and is now as
spick and span as the day on which
it was first opened to the public. The
third floor of the building, formerly
consisting of one large room, -which
has heretofore been used for the
accomodation of foot travelers de
sirous of only a bed in which to
sleep, has been cut up into bed
rooms and provided with all modern
appliances for comfort.
S.KXTHXCED WOMAN
DOES HER SHOPPING
Juneau Empire, FeJ>. 27: Alice
Cox, tli'j Indian gi'rl who soon is
to leave under guard for Lansing,
Kansas, where she will serve fif
teen years for the slaying of R. D
Baker, was an animated shopper
down town yesterday afternoon. It
was the first time since her arrest
for Baker's murder that she has
traversed the highways and byways
of the city. She was accompanied
on her tour of the shops by "Jack"
McDonald, warden at the federal
jail, and in addition to purchasing
her clothing, the government saw
to it that Alice had candy and
fruits.
The woman is still in a cheerful
ffanie of mind. Since her sentence
she has been studying Christianity.
She has said that her destinies are
now in hands of the Lord.
for the Lenten Season
We have a large variety of the finest
canned fish in the market.
Salmon [salt and kipperrd]. Norway
Mackerel. Boneless Codfish.
Strictly Fresh Eggs, Skagway and
Washington ranch
P. H. GANTY. GROCER
IDE MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO
DEMANDS RELEASE OF AMERICAN
THE EAGLES MAY STOl*
THEIR SUBDIVISION'S
I A movement is on foot among
that brancl- of the Thlingets who
are members of the Eagles order, or
tribe, to <Io away with their many
subdivisions. For instance, ■ the.
Eagles, one o£ the two great branch
es of Thlingets, the other branch
being the Ravens, is composed of '
many subdivisions. These include
the Ka-gvon-tons, the " Bears,
Wolves, Threshers, Divers, Sharks,
etc. The plan, which is being con
sidered by thq natives at Douglas
and Juneau is to form the Native
Order of Eagles, to comprise mem
bers of all of the separate branch
es of he Eagle tribe or order, and
to obliterate the sub-branches.
The movement is said to be gener
ally supported.
So far as known no movement, has
been started to organize the Ravens
into ona branch. The Ravens, like
the Eaglts, have their sub-branch
es, which include the Whales, Frogs,
Sea Lione, Cranes, Jloons Suns, e>o.
—Juneau Empire.
Galveston, Texas, March 2—Wo: d
has been received here of an ex- j
plosion on board the Mexican gun- |
boat Progreso, by which thirty of i
-the crew lest their lives.
The open season for shore birds
in Alaska closed yesterday, and it
will be well for local hunters to,
bear this in mind, as an infraction (
of any of its provisions will render
tho offender liable to fine and ini
prisonmwit, or both. 1
San Francisco, March 2—Yester
day Mayor James Rolph, Jr., of
this city sent a communication to
t' e Canadian authorities at White
horse, Yukon territory, demanding
the freedom from aurvellicnce and
iclease lrom detention against lis
will of Crustav Berfriend, whom the
letter asserts is being held a prison
er of war by the North West Mount
ad Police of that place.
Berfriend, it is alleged, is a na
tive of Prussia, who has taken out
his first naturalization papers In
the United States. He was formerly
a baker on board one of the Pacific
Coast Steamship company's vessels,
but was on a prospecting trip In the
Canadian Yukon country when he
was placed under arrest on a chargo
of being inimical to the government.
GOVERNOR SENDS
COUNCIL A 010
-Mayor James Kennedy this morn
ing received the following telegraui
from the governor's office at Ju
neau; ! j ■ ji '
Juneau, Alaska, .March 2, 1915.
TO THE MAYOR,
Skagwuy, Alaska:
A cordial invitation is extended to
you and the members of the town
council rti skagwey, to attend a re
ception to be given to the members
of the territorial legislature by Gov
ernor and Mrs. J. F. A. Strong on
Monday evening, March 8th, 1915,
at the governor's house.
W. W. 9HORTHILL,
Secretary to the Governor.
Mayor Kennedy acknowledged the
leceipt of the Invitation this after
noon, bit' ow'ng to the uncertainty
of the arrival and departure of
toats between Skagway and Juneau
at this reason of the year, wa& forc
ed, on his own and the members of
the towa council's behalf, to decline
it.
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
1*A RENT-TEAOHER ASS'N
The r«gi'lar monthly meeting of
the Parsat-Teacher association will
take place in the assembly room of
the public school building on the
night of Friday, March 6th, at 8
o'clock. ' '4
Who's Your Tailor?
^ever mind if the robins haven't
arrived yet—Spring is on the
way, and you'll be wise to leave
your measure for your custom tail
ored clothes today—then they'll be
Ready When You
Need 'Em
Get the first choice of Ed V. Price
& Co.'s exclusive woolens and have
the clothes delivered«when you want
them—at a price you'll like to pay.
Will Clayson
The Clothier