No. 62 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY
IN SOLITARY
London, April 17—It la known
here that tea British officers -who
had been taken prisoners by Ger
many have beea placed In solitary
confinement at Madelburg on ac
count of the 8:leged severe treat
ment accorded German submarine
crews captured by the British, and
who are now being held for trial
upon charges of piracy and mur
der upon the high ee*i.
MCI GERMAN
London, April IT—A French bi
plane today attacked the powder
works at Rottwell, Germany, but
was driven away by Garman air
craft guns.
Ber'.lu, April IT—According to |
the latest advices here the daily j
attacks bv the allied fleet upon
vhe Dardanelles have collapsed.
A French battleship has destroy
ed the railway joining Acre with the
Syrian read, while> the allies are
attacking the Syrian coast in the
vicinity rf Palestine with a result
that U.is not yet transpired.
YAI.E MEETS PENX.
Philadelphia, April 17—The Tale
bas .'tali team this afternoon meets
th University of Pennsylvania on
Franklin field.
TENNIS SEASON OPENS
New York, April 17—The real ;
cpening of the Unlvreelty of Col-j
umbia's tennis season was held this |
arteruu'jn ou South field against j
the Xt-w York university team. De- j
srjlte bad weather and snow sedden j
courts, the Columbia court ex- i
perls ar*1 In good form. I
Paris, April 17—It ie believed in
Roma that Austria is preparing tc
strike a decisive blow at soon an
Italy determines whether or not
she will Intervene In the European
wax.
THEY LAUNCH
Fl
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Londcn, April 17—The Germans
have launched another attempt to
retake Leap aire, France.
REAL FIGHTING IS
MORE INTERESTING
Houston, Tex., April 17—"Wild
West" shows generally will stack
up against almost any sort of com
bination. But when it comes to
trying to compete with the Euro
pean war, they "don't draw worth
a darn." At least that's the tes
timony of Carl A Rltter, cowboy,
hailing from Corpus Christi—and he
ought to know for he was running
one when the war broke out. The
show was at Dresden, but the war
smashed it to pieces.
Ritier is back after six long,
and weary weeks of traveling. Now
he's going back on a ranch to earn
the "stake" he borrowed to get
him out of Europe.
SOCIETY FOLK WATCH GOLFEKS
Eugene, Ore., April 17—A golf
match between the Eugene Country
club and the Portland Golf club
will be played here tomorrow af
ternoon, society turning out en
mass e.
SCIENTISTS STUDY WOMAN
Grand Junction, Colo., April 17—■
Wita fifty pounds of iron hanging
over th* bedpost and holding rigid
her broken hip bone, Mrs. L. E.
Blackstou is the subject of wide
scientific interest today, because
dally X-ray photographs are be
ing made o' the slowly mending
bone. She suffered injury in slip
ping or. a rug in her home recently.
The photographs are to be kept 'n
^ serits, as one of the most re
markable cases on record.
We are now showing the Largest
Line of New
Spring and Summer
Wash Goods
ever shown in Skagway consist
ing of Plain and Figured Crepes.
Ratinas, French G-inffbams, Mer
cerized Plisses, Peacalea, 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 ia
real nice come in and look the good* ovar
H. J. LYNCH
Up-to-date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
Broadway between Third aad Fourth Phoas 41
London, April 17—The Bulgarian
premier today acknowledged the
possibility of bis country's early
participation in the war in sup
port of the trlyle entente powers.
MEAD OF ALASKA ROAD
COMMISSION COM 1 NO SOON
Col. W. P. Richardson is ex
pected to return to Valdez on one
of the next boats, having spent
the winter In Waslington, where ho
was asked by the war department
to advise with the secretary of war
regarding the work of the Alaska
road commission in Alaska The ap
propriation for this year's work has
beeu raised to $165,000 and con-;
Biddable work will be dene on the
Va'dez-Fairbanks road and also up
on the roads leading from the
other cities of Alaska and con
necting with the mines and camps
which can be found near to .ill the
towns in Alaska.
Col. Richardson has been working
hard to impress upon n: embers of
ooufress the advisability of build
ing more roads and trails in the
north and hopes to secure an ap
propriation of seven milliou dol
lars so that the rnauy worthy pro
jects which the engineers of the
commission have investigated and
would like to carry out may be
sUuted and carried to completion.]
The members of the road commis
sion, after a carefi-1 investigation
i f the different mining camps in
Alaska, have stated that with $7,
000,000 all the roi'dr and trails
justified by the piesent develop
ment of the mining property in the j
territory could be built.
Col. Richardson has also urg&l
apon the members of congress as i
far as it was possible for him to
do so, without Dring'ng himself in- j
to trouble, the great need for
wagon roads and trails as feedei-s i
for the government railroad.—
Valdez Miner.
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STOOP SHOULDERS POPILAK |
Dallas, Tex., April 17—Texas!
needs some paper money. Most j
Texans won't admit it, but worn out I
trouser pockets, and round shoulder
ed men testify to the necessity. Sil
ver dollars circulated almost ex
clusively. What little paper nu»n
ey there is in circulation is badly
crippled from long use.
Some folks call the silver dol
lar "Iron money." Just now, the
state is keeping a careful watch
I*st it take into its collective pock
ets some of the Mexican pesos and
other money, which has seriously
depreciated.
SOCCER CHAMPS MEET
Valisburg, N. J., April 17—The
final round of the historic tie serus
for the» ".'occer championship of the
American Football association will
be played here tomorrow at Athletic
park between the Brooklyn Celtics
and Scottish-Americans. The Cel
tics are picked to win, having de
feated the Bethlehem team, which
la turn defeated the Scottish-Am
ericans for the national challenge
trophy.
I
Amiens, April 17—Several bombs
were dropped today by a German
Taube in the vicinity of the ca
thedral in this city, bur no damage
was done.
THE TOLOVANA SHOW'S
SIXTY CENT PAY DIRT
Pay that will run 60 cents to the"
foot was discovered on Wilbur
creek, a tributary of the Tolovana
river, is the report brought to
Ohatanika by Commissioner S. R.
Weiss, who has been at the
scene of the strike far the past
few days. Wilbur creek is a tri
butary of the Tolovana river, on
she left limit, about 10 miles above
the confluence of Livengood creek
:u ' the Tolovana.
The discovery -was made by Jack
'•Yi bur, who sank two holes near
the mouth of the creek, about 200
ieet from the Tolovana river. The
holes sunk were about 30 feet apart
which indicates that the pay is
that wide at least, and the mining
min who have been in the dis
tvid think that it is much wider.
After the news was first brought
to Chatnuika last week, a num
ber of men stampeded to the dis
trict and when Mr. Weiss left on
bis return trip IS claims had been
taken up. Owing to the formation
•'t the ground, Mr. Weiss thinks
that it will make a first-class op
en-cut or dredging proposition.
.Provided tile whole creek shows the
satittr p:ty as found by Wilbur.—
v'rrlvuk.' Times.
cross coi'XTisY mx
San Francisco, April 17—The
high schools and academies repres
ented in the San Francisco Athletic
league he!d their annual cross
country run here this afternoon. A
dozen teams were entered.
HUSH SCHOOL RECORD
Larr.tnie, Wyo., April 17—The
high school cadets of this city claim
a new world's record in wall scal
ing. A picked squad scaled the
regulation wall in seven and four
fifth seconds. The former record
was Hoht seconds. Lieut. Steever
held the watch.
TODAY'S ODDEST STORY
Cleveland, April 17—Discount for
cash in paying alimony is an in
novation in the common pleas court
here. Judge Estep awarded Mrs
Sopliia Zwick, divorce $1800 ali
mony, but agreed to cut it to
?1500 if Morris Zwick, junk dealer,
would pay in thirty days.
MEET ARRANGED
Princeton, N. J. April 17—An
other itg of the intercollegiate
swimmii.g association championship
contest will be fought out here to
night between swimming teams of
Columbia and Pennsylvania univer
sities. Yale was also tied for first
place.
Perishables
Extra fine lot fresh Vegetables
and Fruit due on "Humboldt"
Thursday. Our prices are
lowest and Quality the
BEST.
P. H. GANTY
Terre Haute, April 17—The
municipal council has impeached
Mayer Roberts of tills city, and de
clared his office vacant on account
cf his recent conviction in the fed
eral court on a charge of felony.
eiG III COIL
UNO REJECTED
The applications of about 300 :
coal lands in the vicinity of Homer,
Alaska, known as the Detroit cUiiu;,
were rejected in a decision receiv
ed Thursday at the Juneau office
from the commissioner of the
general laud office, uphoa.i. tlie'.r
finding.
The case id that of tile L'uiteJ
States vs Agues Gould and 20
ether coal land claimant:-, and af
fects 49,280 acres of coal lalids oil
Kenai peninsula, and in connection
with which indictments secured
against prominent Detroit capital
ists are still pending.
The governluent clif.rgei: fraud, in
that the claimants made their loca
tions and applications in the inter
est of the Michigan Alaska Do . sl
oping company of Dstioit..
In addition to this, the gov
ernment charges that none of the
coal claimants opened or improved a
coal mine on the lanO.i located.
The decision is of interest, in
that the commissioner of the gen
eral land office, in finding that t^e
charges of fraud are sustained,
states that it is unnecessary to con-1
sider whether on two of the claims J
located a coal miaa had, as a mat
ter of fact, been opened or improv
ed—a finding of the local office.s.
The Homer coal fields was the
scene of the expenditure of several
hundred thousand dollars as early
us 1904. And one of the first rail
roads ever constructed in Alaska
was built from Hcniir Spit to the j
<oal mines in the Immediate vicinity I
Its construction and history are re
plete with usual incidents of in-1
vestment, leorgaiiiT.tion, and final j
innocuous desuetude. The casej
covers 77 square miles of coal land, j
located in groups, and 15 different]
tpal companies were organized un-1
der the 1908 coal act and sought!
to secure title.
BE DETAINED IN
IDE B. SPORTS
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Seattle, April 17—According to
information given out here thia
mcrning all G^.manr, Austrians or
Turlrs, whether passengers or
members of crew, found aboard
neutral vessels calling at Brit
ish Columbia ports will be de
tained and turned over to the Can
adian military authorities.
LOYAL ORDER OF
Haines, Auril 16—The Loyal Or
der of Moose gave a supper in the
Arctic Brotherhood hall here ou
Wednesday evening, which proved
'c be one of the greatest social
fraternal ev«nts of the season.
The principal address of the
evening was delivered by A. F. Mo
Lean and was a rare treat to the
audience. The speaker was in good
condition, a happy frame of mind,
and had free delivery. He spoke of
ihe' good the Loyal Order of Moose
is doing in the world, of the terrible
war now raging in Europe and of
ihe failure of tho.*e countries '* to
apply the principles of Christianity
that would have prevented the con
flict. He also spoke of fraternal
organizations having existed from
time immemorial.
He was followed by Patt Dictator
Nicol, who also spola. of the good
and benefit to be derived from tin*
Loyal Order of Moose, and told of
the educational institution now own
ed and conducted by the order at
Moose Heart, Illinois.
Dr. L. S. Keller, of Skagway, and
several others gave short talks.
Dr. Keller recited "The Experience
of Mr. Cohen with thee Telephone,"
which caused .quite a bit of merri
ment.
There were sixty-eight persons
present who partook, of the supper,
and all went away, feeling that
they had been benefitted by having
been there.
X. V. U. ALl'MXI DINNER
New York, April 1—Comptrol
ler Prendergast, Chancellor Brown
and Chancellor-emerit'is McCracken
will speak tonight at the annual
alumni dinner of New V ork univ.-v
>ity.
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