NO VIOLATION
OF NEUTRALITY
Wasiilgnton, April 19—Secretary
of the Navy Josephus Daniels an
nounced Saturday that Admiral
I'noiuas B. Howard, commanding the
i'aclt'ic fleet, had diverted the cruis
ers New Orleans to Turtle Bay to
investigate the activities of the
Japanese warships In that section.
I he New Orleans wss earoute from
;;.m Diego to Mazatlau when order
ed to Turtle Bay.
New York, April lit—Gen Huerta
declared in a statement published
•- the Herald Saturday that he
icver gave Japan or any other for
tigu couutry any right or conces
sion on the coast of I.ower Call-,
icrnia.
Washington, April 19—Command
er Irvin, who was sent by the gov
ernment to Lower Callfornla, to as
lertaln whether neutrality U being
\ iolattd by foreign warships as
vms reported, has returned to San
l'iego and informed the war de
triment that there is no truth In
t :o rumor so far as Japan 1»
concerned.
ARMIES FACING
GREAT MENACE
Loudon, April IS*—Wit!i the
spring rains already drenching por
tions of the battle front in France
i.nd Belgium and the rapid ap
proach of spring weather both the
allied and German armies are fac
ing h great menace on account of
f ::i-;»r of contracting infectious
i:.-t\ues from the thousands of rot
ting human bodies that are lying
unburled everywhere la the zone of
lighting.
austHTs
8REA0 RIOTS
Geneva, April 19—Bread riots
.ire reportid to be going on today
throughout various section of Aus
Ui'
ARRESTED FOR
GERMAN SPIES
Home, April 19—Rev. Walter
Lowrie, recter of an American!
church, was arrested here today
suspected of being; a German spy.
Several American tourists have al
so Dten arrested recently as spies,
but hav« been released.
GREEOTIER
IS TORPEDOED
London, April 19—The Greek j
steamer Elllspontos was torpedoed <
and sunk today without warning.
The members of the crew escaped
and have Just reached Flushing.
TURKSAPPOINT ,
A COMMANDER
I
Constantinople, April 19—Baron
Gol'z 'leld marshal, has been ap
pointed commander-in-chief of thei
fi-st Turkish army.
Paris, April 19—The French
vaptured aji Important German posi
tion. near Metzersl yesterday.
FAMOMAIOR
MADE PRISONER
! Berlin, April 19—Lieut. Garros,
I famous French aviator, was today
I made prisoner by the Germans in ,
Belgium. __ I
We are now showing the Largest
Lane of Ntw
Spring and Summer
Wash Goods
ever shown in Skagway consist
ing of Plain and Figured Crepes.
Ratinas. French G-inghams. Mer
cerized Plisses, Peacales, Flaxons.
Etc. Ladies' and Misses' 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
Cand Ladies' Furnisher I
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phoae 41
The third of the series of inter- ,
estlng letters written by Jaaies
Brooks Close, and forwarded to
the Daily Alaskan through cour
tesy of the Chicago branch, of
the eroat financial house of Close
Bros. & Co.:
March 3, 1915
Here I am in a cellar In charge
of the same place I had before.
T*ia general complimented us on the
amount of work we had done whilst j
occupying; the position. We have
bricked all the bottoms of the
trenches, taking material* from the
ruins of houses behind us, and made
various parapets bullet proof and
clean. In addition to which we
supply the engines with a party of
tight men to pump water from a
communication trench from lu:30
a. m. to 4 p. m. Tried to date to
take my captain's servant ab-i'g to
work in the trenches, :is 1 wanted
to get a dig In at the man badly,
only unfortunately, the captain j
spotted him coming on parade be- j
fore we started. We've lost sev- j
eral men through sickness, and wan ■»
ed another man today to make us
up to forty, and therefore tried it
on the captain's servant.
We had an interesting turn yes
terday -working behind our barri
cade. The Germans were shelling
some houses about two hundred
yards in front of us. First we
hoard the shell coming nearer and
nearer and the impulse to duck be
came very strong. Then we saw
some bricks fly, or a flash and
some smoke, or a lot of tiles 111'
in tho air, and then just as we
ducked we heard th » explosion <>f
the shell in front and the whirr of
pieces flying over us. We hoard
the report of course quite a time
after the explosion, but it don't
pay to look up too soon after
the report as heavy pieces come
later often, and although net really
hard, quite hard enough to crush
your skull.
This morning we could hear the
trench being attacked or attack
ing- and this eveninc it happeaod
again. However, we seem just
here to be far superior to the Ger
mans in artillery and in ammuni
tion. Notice lately, though, wo
have had much smaller rations °f
potatoes and vegetables and jam.
Expect the reason is that we have
so many more men to feed. How
ever, we are eating white bread and
know quite well that the Germans
haven'* any white bread in their
trenches. If they don't hurry
and gain a great victory over the
Russians now, wo 6hall reduce
th? Turks, and then Russia can
strengthen her line a lot. Do not
believe the Turks will hold out
long, once we start Bhelling Constan J
tlnoplo. I do think !t neat the way I
the French took the Dacia. We I
all hope that England will stay 1
firm now, and not allow a particle
of food or material to enter Ger
many.
It will be fine to get into a lit
tle more hilly country, where it is j
a bit drier. We shall soon be numeri
cally superior on this line, and the
Germans will have to shorten their
ihie somewhere. My men 6eem in very
good spirits, and they work very
!;ard and are always willing to j
work. Have so far had to spend '
20 francs of my own 011 repairing
their boots, as tlio army boot mak
>r had no leather. Hope to get my
money back in about ten years,
ivaeu it has come through all the
red tape.
I sold my other compass to an'
Irishman, a fellow sub who hasn't
.;ot one, for three pounds. He paid |
use 201", and I expect it will be j
i long limtr before I see the oth
;-r 55f. However, it's better than
sending it heme. My liquid com
pass is simply splendid, and with
it 1 can take a degree by night,
which may coiue in awfully useful.
Had a fine tea of bacon, bread
ind hot tea.
March 10, ID 15
Between 3 and 5 p. m. we start
id to bombard the German lines
, iid had batteries of all sizes talc
ing part. During the bombardment
there was quite a lot of firing
..n our left which I think was due
U> our knocking some of the Ger
man trenches to bits and firing on
the men who retired. The favorite
ilodge of ours is to lire a couple of
heavy guns together and two sec
rnids after fire four smaller ones.
Hie big ones go off by concussion
with anything they Hit (a build
ing, parapet or trench) and having
blown away a lot of cover and ex
posed a lot of men (theoretically»
tho sm:iil gnus come along firing
shrapnel, timed to It it about the
same places as the big fellows and
scatter bullets all over the expos
ed area. Well, we gave them a
bad time and they hardly replied at
[ill. We shall do this several times
before the Hth without attack
ing, and on the Hth after the usu
;il bombardment, to which -the Ger
man;; will have grown accustomed,
wo bhi(-l attack all over the place
and they won't bo expecting it. 1
nr.ve tried myself some bacon and
sj.uds for tea and got boiled po
t: tcs i'-ul lurks, which we dug up
j,.— — -and carrots which came
from —and boiled bully beef
so we have quits a supper. Al- j
f o 1 gave my men a proper hot
tody—hot water, sugar and rum—
when we came in at 9 p. m. from
the bankade. Luckily we had no
casualities there. I shall continue
to work until 5:30 a m. and G::l0
i\. m., when it will be too light,
and in view of the enemy. When
we conic in we shall have
hot tea rum anil boile:l
leeks and poti.toes and ba
con. It's niy own arrangements
getting the vegetables. Have two
ex-gardeners and the leeks
ant', carrots and potatoes are very
t'ood. What price a Berkeley din
ner now?
We had a very strenuous night.
Worked on the barricade and fin
ished up all the sand-bags we had
and so knocked off at 8:30 p. m.
Sent for more bags and arranged
to carry on with the barricade at
5:30 a. m. to 6:30 a. m. Got
tc bed on my straw heap at 10
t> m. and woke at 11:15 o. m. to
the tune of a tremendous rifle
lire on our left. Turned all the
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Perishables
» Extra line lot Iresh Vegetables
and Fruit due on "Humboldt"
Thursday. Our prices are -
lowest and Quality the
BEST.
P. H. GANTY
SUPREME COURT
DENIES APPEAL
Washington, April IP—The su
prenip court of tho United States
todav denied the appeal of tile at
torney for Leo Franks for a retrial
of the case, and their client must
hang for the murder of. Mary
Phagan, a young gh' who was in
his employ at Atlrnt.i, Ga., at the
time of h»r death. Franks was
convicted on circumstantial evidence
and almost wholly upon the testi
mony of a negro ex-convict.
iL
!LI
KILLS HIMSELF
Louden, April 1 !l--Herbert D'>
Reuter, managing director of the
DeReuter Telegran ceinpauy, was
found dead in his led here this
lnorniu-j. A freshly discharged re
volver that was found by his side
points to suicile.
E
B! SEN. KILLS
Brownsville, April 19—It is ati
rotuicd today that General Villa
and his troops have virtually e..wa
nted all the position held by ' i< a
along the lower border of Mexico
and the ITnited States.
Juneau Empire, April 17: Wal
steiu G. Smith, territorial treasurer,
yesterday was appointed to of! ice b.v
Gov. J. F. A. Strong, who named
him two years ago, under authoriza
tion of an act nasstd by the first
legislature, creating the office
The territorirl senate confirmed tlio
appointment, this morning. Mr.
Smith's new term will expire Jan
Seattle, April 19—Colonel W. P.
Richardson, head of the Alaska road
lommission, Is here on his return
| nort> after having been to Wash
I higtpn, D. C., to make his' annual
'report cii road and trail building
i :n Al.i.-ka. Col. Richardson has
I recommended an appropriation by
! ongrers of $7,000,000 to complete
! the work for the territory's present
' Necessities along thes lines.
London, April 19—The British
:;:ibma• ii>9 E-15 while reconnoiterins
t.:ie Dardanelles mine fields yester
day, ran aground and the crew
were made Turkish prisoners.
Seattle, April 111 — The Arctic
trader King and Winge and the
former cannery ten'lei Equator have
been selected for the survey work
in the waters o'. Southeastern Al
• aska by i he coast and geodetic sur
: V(*y.
| They will be used in connection
with the operation of the wire
drags. Juneau will probably bo
headquarters for th work.
, nary 1, 1919. TI13 governor also
lenamed as membere of the board
I of commissioners for the promotion
! cf uniform laws, Judge R. A. Gunni
j.on of Juneau (4 years 1 George
I I!. Grigs by of Xomo (2 years), and
Judge Fred M. Browii of Valdt'z
i 1 (j years). The senate ratified the
appointments.
There is considerable speculil
jtiou in the legislature as to the
1 income of the McGann bill provid
| iug for the electiou, by the people,
1 of the territorial treasurer and the
j Aldrich fight to repeal the act un
[ i'er which uniform low commisslon
j frs are appointed. The McGann
| bill provides that the treasurer
| shall be elected for a two yea"
I term, while the governor's appoint
i ment is for four years. from Janu
ary 1, 1H15 to January 1, 1919.
The Aldrich campaign to do
j.iwuy with the uniform law com
j mission is for the purpose of re.
I trenchment, the Nome solon has
stated. Although no salary is paid
I the commissioners, traveling ex
;penses are paid by the territory.
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i
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