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nIT^SEVENTJSJSNTH YEAR SKA9WAT, ALASKA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 191S , . , l'RICK 10 CRM'S
MORE BRITISH
VESSELS SUNK
London, Feb. 25—It wm report
<tl here this morning that thre«
more British merchantmen had
heen sunk during the night in the
(ierai&n blockade.
German blockade zone in the wateis
surrounding the British Ielee, and
that a fourth had been sunk aft
Scarborough this morning.
TRANSPifSUNK
SY SUbMARINE
Berlin, Feb. 23—It was rnmorej
!.ere ves'crday that a British trans
!«>rt had been sunk by a German
suLmarine off Boachy Head, on the
south coast of Kn&land
Report* are also in circulation he.e
in iitrluential circles that obstacles
have arisen which will prevent tho
invasion of Russia by the German
ami A astro-Hungarian armies.
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[HE ALLIES
Paris, Feb. 23—A Bucharest dls
i«atch received here yesterday states
I ha the Rumanian army will take
'he field, on the side of the allies,
on April 1st, and that Great Brit
ain Bas already been so assured.
AUSTRALASIAN'S TO ORGANIZE
San Francisco, Feb. 24—Arrange
ments have just been completed her*
for the organization of a oermanent
Australasian society. The arrange
mt tits were made at a meeting of
the various Australasian State com
missioners to .he Panama-Pacific
exposition and prominent Australi t
aui' New Zealand business men.
The Australasian state commis
sioner will register th» names of
al. resident Australians and New
Zealanders with a view of securing
th"ir co-operation In a number of
cp.-clal events that are to be held
in conjunction with the exposition.
Petrograd, Feb. 25—According
to late advices received today the
German* ars renewing their attacks
against th« RuniaDi at various
points in Northern Poland.
Berlin, Fab 23—It la announced
hen today by the German admiral
ty that the town of Praansnysz, in
Kujadan-Polaad, had been taken by
th« Germ ana and 10,000 Ruwlans
laptumd. | ; | ; ,
HILL RESPECT
ITALIAN FLAG
Rome, Feb. 23—It is officially an
Bounced her® today that Germany
tv&a agreed to respect the Italian
nag in tho matter of the sea zone.
Von BueJuw, the German ambas
tador to Italy has reported to his
government that Italv has already
expended f400,000,000 in prepara
tion for war and urges the imme
diate ceding by Austria to Italy of
I he peninsula of Isral on the Gulf
at Triest In consideration of the
thq latter'* continued neutrality.
EMBARGO MAYBE
PLACED ON E000
Washington, D. C., Feb. 25—The
I'nited State* government today
'ocrmulated and dispatched a note
4> the belligsrents in the European
rvar urging the adoption by each of
i definite policy respecting food
ihipmenta from this country and
Intimating, it is said, that an em
bargo on the export of all food pro
loct* from the United States to
the warring nations might result in
the evsnt of the present very un
tatiafactory attitude being main
Am extra session of the senate
for the consideration of foreign
raitiea and also of nominative ap
x>i:itmenta ia now being consider
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Philadelphia, Feb 25—Captain A.
E. Harding, of the Untied States
marine corps, committed suicide in
this city yesterday. The cause cf
| the rash act is unknown.
Captain Harding and his wife
j were well-known in Alaska, he hav
ing at one time been stationed at
! Sitka for a number of yeais.
| EDUCATORS IV COXJ''EliKN<Tfi
Cincinnati, Feb. 24—Public school
superintendents from many cities of
from 10,000 to 25,000 iopulatlons
gathered here today in response to
a call by the Federation Education
commissioner. The meeting is in
connected with the convention tf
the N. E. A. superintendents.
BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT
AS THAW GOES Ti> TKIAIj
New York, Feb. 23—When Ha.ry
Thaw was arraigned for trial today
before Justice Weeks on the charge
of cosnpiracy to escape from .Ma -
teawan, he was jubilant in having
escaped his Nemesis—William Tr.i
vers Jerome—for the first time
duce he killed Stanford White, Jer
ome's absence from the prosecution
brought hope to the Thaw camp.
There was boliet on both sides
of the case that the hearing which
began today might be the final
hearing in the most notorious of
American trials. If Thaw were
found not guilty, -whatever proceed
ings were taken against him later
would prove futile, his counsel de
clared. If he is convicted, and the
court suspends sentence on the con
spiracy charge and returns him, in
stead. to Matte®wan, a vital blow
will have been struck at the defense.
Since Jauary 2S, when Thaw
pleaded guilty to the charge, he has
been In the Tombs, always confi
dent cf acquittal. Although Depu jf ]
Attorney General Kennedy, and F. 5
H. Ccok, who appeared for District s
Attoi Ley Perkins, said there will be ;
no remission of zeal in the prose- t
cution because of Jerome's ab:ence 1
from the case, Thaw's sides do- r
clare he is forced to face a sanity j
test, which will be sought by habea:; <
corpus proceedings in case of con- i
viction, they believe he will come t
out of It with flying colors. His
condition, they say, is noticeably c
less nervous, and, besides. Dr. Aus- f
tin Flint, the principal alienist j I
against Thaw in his previous hear- j £
ings has been 111 and is not ex-; i
pected to be able to appear in j l
case of a new sanity hearing.
2. special panel of 200 talesmen
were on hand when the case was
called. They wero men who had
chosen carefully for their above-av
erage ability as jurors, and it was
confidently expected that not more
than three days proceedings would
be required to select the Jury.
Deputy Attorney General Kennedy
planned to move for the trial of all
the defendants in tho conspiracy
case together with Thaw.
NOTICE
There will be a regular meeting
tonight of Skagway Lodge No.
431, Benevolent and Protective Or
der of Elks.
m NATIVE
Jack Benson, or "Chilcoot Jack,"
.s he was more generally known
tmong the whites of Alaska In the
rarly days, died at. his heme in the
•astern outskirts of Skagwny on
[hiesday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Benson, whose life's history is
loseiy interwoven with the early
ettlement of Alaska by the whites,
tad reached an advanced age at the
icie of his death. Fo- the past
ear he had been failing rapidly
aid had been under medical treat
neat most of that timo for the
lleviation of the complication of
liseases with which he was affect
(1 and which finally carried him
>ff.
Benson belonged to a tribe whoso
leadquartera are at Sitka, and is
urvived bv his wife, whose people
iolong to he village of Klukwan, ou
he Chibat river back of Haine3.
'ora Benson, who had lived with
ack Benson and his wife ever since
he death of her mother when she
i'hs a little child, was their niece,
ud is a da'"hter of Mrs. Benson's
ister.
It has not yet been decided when
he funeral will be held as there
re several of Benson's tribes
lien who are now visiting at Kluk
.an wiio have signified their in
ention of coming to Skagway to
tteud the services and the date
.•ill not be set until after their ar
ivnl.
Johnny Grashel. tinner for the W.
.£ Y. R. company, who came to
Ikagway in the early days and has
tuck to his faith in its future
reati.ess through good and bad
imes, is making arrangements to
save on the 27th of thia month on
>hort visit to Eugene, Or., where,
t is rumored, he will Rlgg himself
ut for the remainder of his life by
malgamating with his own the des
iny of another.
It does not appear strange, how
wr, that one who has passed so
rent a part of his life in the
tigS-orous climate of the north
h.'.uid finally come to feel that "it
3 not well for man to dwell alone,"
or that the elimination by him of
von one of those Rigg-ors should
ause the people of Alaska to
rise up and call him blessed."
VOMKV MAY JUOOE .TUVEXIl-ES
Eenver, Feb. 24—Colorado may
,ave a woman juvenile court judge.
l ijiil has been introduced in the
egislature here at the request of
udge Ben E. Lindsey, to make Mrs.
\ Gregory "associate judge" of the
ourt which has become famous
kroughout the country. Mrs.
iregory now assists Judge
..in&sey in the trial of
ases, and advises him, but she
3 not legally authorized to render
udgements.
ror the Lenten reason
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
ALASKAN 10 LIFE AS DEPICTED
' BY MANY NOTED WRITERS
"Alaska Bird Life" Is the title •
of a handsomely printed, cloth
bound volume, edited by Ernest In- .
gersoll and published by the Na- j
tional Association of Audubon J
Societies of New York, a copy of j
which the Daily Alaskan has just
received from the U. S. Bureau of ,
Education of the Alaska School and
Reindeer service.
In his introductory remarks to
the volume T. Gibert Pearson,
secretary ot the National Associa
tion of Audubon Societies, says In
part:
"This volume of Alaska bird-li e(
has been prepared for free distri
bution among the people of Alaska.
This has been done in pursuance of
the established policy of this asso
ciation to seek, by all available
measures, to cultivate, on the part
of the general American public a
better appreciation of the value to
mankind of our wild birds and ani
mals.
"In offering this account of bird
life in Alaska, we have attempted
to furnish a general sketch of the
subject, rather than a scientific
treatise. The greatest care has
been taken as to accuracy. All of
the wrltsrs whose contributions are
here combined, and given a certain
uniformity, are mo nof recognized
authority in their subject. The pur
pose arimarily in view, however, Is
educational; to give those who have
an interest in the cnimal life of
their country additional knowledge,
and to attract to the sub
ject the attention of those who,
largely from lack of information, ]
have neglected what others have
fouiid to be a delightful study. ' 1
"The mere enjoyment derived from I
knowing the birds, recognizing them i
by nam3, and observing the varying
characteristics and habits of the !
different local groups and species, '
offers a satisfactory inducement for
study and is an adequate reward,'
increasing as knowledge progresses. I
This alone might well be a sufficien
■reason for publishing and distribute I
In? a book of this kind. The asso- |
elation and the government have
had, however, an additional, and [
even a higher purpose in view, |
namely, to teach the people of Al- I
ska, and especially the boys and ;
girls there, to understand and ap- 1
nn-ciate the very important place I
which the birds of this country—or !
of any country—occupy in the list j
of national assets.
"To 'mpress this truth on the
minds of tiic American people, to
teach those who are Ignorant and.
encourage those who aro wise, and
to form and enforce legislation
trending to the conservation of this
valuable part o* the nation's wealth,
is the mission of the Audubon so
cieties. It is with that purpose In
view that this and other publications
of the national association are is
sued, and that its extensive work in
the schools of the country is car
ried on.
"It is greatly to be hoped, there
fore, that all of the teachers In
Alaska iuto whose hands this vol
ume may fall will give serious at
tention to it, and make use of its
contents «n their school-work. Ex
aminaion will show that careful
attention has been paid by the edi
tor to Lhe diction, foreseeing that
the book was likely to be used in
reading-classes, as a source of
material for exercises in English
composition, and in other ways;
therefore a good literary style was
desirable.
"Accompanying the colored plates,
which have been made by capable
artists, with critical care for ac
curacy, pro outlines of the figures,
which a child may color with his
paint brush or crayons, either from
a living tird, or from the portrait
plate. No better way has been
devised of fixing the colors of a
bird in the mind than this; and in
many schools the coloring of the3e
outlines takes the place of the or
dinary exercise in drawing."
MMI5KRMEN PLAN
BIG ORGANIZATION*
Chuago, Feb. 2i—Plans for the
formation of a big organization to
include all associations affiliated
in any way with tbe lumber indus
try 'a ere discussed her© today at
the opening of a two days confer
ence of lumbermen and represen
tatives of the affiliated organizations
The new organization probably will
be known as the Forest Products
organization.
The object of the new organiza
tion, lumbermen explained, will be
to compile statistics concerning fire
losses in various, kinds of construc
tion, to push: the.starch for a chemi
cal combination-by which woods may
be fire-proofed and to organize an
adverHsing campaign, calling the
attention of the public to the advan
tages of wood over other construc
tion materials. The meeting today
was called at the instance of the
National Lumber Manufacturers' as
sociation. '
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|^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