No. 23 NINETEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1916
PRICE 10 CENTS
GERMANS GAIN AT VERDUS
i BATTLE ON IN FLANDERS
BerPn, Feb. 28—The French on
Saturday night recaptured Fort
Dauamont, near Verdun, but could
not bold it and the Germans aro
again in possession.
Aeroplanes are being used bo
extensively cu both sides la the
fightipg In Flanders that It has al
most resolved itself into an air bat
tie.
STEAMER SIM H MINE
HESCUEI1S1EET SAME FATE
Dover, Feb. 23—The steamship
Maloja, yrhen two miles out of Do
rer, ttruci a floating mine and i
sunk. Many of her jyisseaegers,
aad all of her crew were lost The
tanker Empress while racing to
the assistance of tke Jl^loja was
destroyed by & second explosion
SIR PERCY LAKE.
*uco*»dad General Nixon
aa Chief In Meaopotamia.
Photo by American Prees Association
DEATH OP O. DEXXY
Seattle, Feb. 28—0. Denny, who
"ad the first white child bora in
Seattle, died Saturday.
London, Fb. 2S—Dispatched from
the Mesopotamia front today an
nounce that the British South Af
rican fjoopa have routed a large
force ">! Turks at Agagia.
zepsIestroy
FACTORIES
Berlin, Fbe. 28—The war office
here has Issued a statement claim
ing that the last Zeppelin raid on j
England, resulted iu the dastruc- j
tion of five factories.
BISHOP CARTER KILLED
BT HIGHWAYMEX
Cincinnati, Feb. 2S—Bishop Car
ter of the United Brethren church,
a former missionary to China, was
attacke.-l by t»o highwaymen near
his home las* night and died al
most immediately from the effects
of a blow on the head from a club
in the hands of one of the robbers.;
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WabQlngton, Feb. 28 — Germany
has instructed Ambassador Bern
stcrff to inform the Btatq depart
ment that the assurances given to th<
Uuited States following the sinking
of the Lusitania, a-re bUU binding
as far .is unarmed vessels are con
cerned, but will not apply to mer
chantmen carrying guns mounted.
SUPPLIES SEN!
Washington, Feb. 28—Assurances
have been received by the state de
partment from the German gov
ernment thai the Teuton armies
will not confiscate any food and
clothing which- may be Beut into
Poland by the Red Cross society or
any other relief organization.
London, Feb. 28—The Russian
steamer Petahenga has been re
ported sunk by a submarine. A
Swedish steamer Is likewise re
ported sunk in the Mediterranean j
Sea.
FINANCIAL CONDITION'S
VERY GOOD
Juneau, Feb. 28—B. At. BehrendsJ
the Juneau banker and merchant., j
returned on the Jefferson from j
an extended business trip along
coast, as far south as San Fran
cisco. He stated that business
and banking conditions along the
coast generally are picking: up and
that, a grea<- feeling of optimism
pervades the entire business world.
"I saw practically no evidence
of men out of work in any of the
cities I visited. There seemed to
be plenty of work for those that
wauted it all along the coast. On
Puget Sound especially there Is
muca work as the recent raise in.
the price of lumber has caused all
of the saw mills, shingle mills,
and logging camps to resume op
men have been absorbed into the
erations, and a great many idle
working class.
"In the banking line I found
tha» ail banks were well supplied
with money to invest and any legiti
mate project can obtain good
backing. However, a project must
be legitimate. Because there is a
looseness in the money market and
capital is ready to invest, it does
not necessarily follow that tliey
are ready to 'wild-cat* on any
thing."
Paris, Feb. 28—For several days
the German attack on. the lines of
the Allies has continued with un
abated fury. Yesterdajr by a sur
prise attack the| Germans succeed
ed in entering the advanced
trenches of the Allies in, the Cham
pagne country.
LYMAN ADMITS
Tampa, Fla., Feb. 28—J. Grant
Lyman, who was arrested heTe Fri
day for connection with large
swindling operations in New York,
has finally admitted his identity
aud will be taken north for trial as
soon as requisition papers arrive.
I
Washington, Fob. 2S—A bill for
the repeal of the free sugar clause
in the tariff was favorably report
ed frgm the committee today.
I,EXT TO BEGIN MARCH 8;
£ ASTER SUNDAY APRIL 23
Ash Wednesday, the first day of
Lent, iliis year, falls on March 8.
Easter .Sunday falls on April 23,
the latest in many decades. Such
a late observance will not- oc
cur again until 1843, when the
Easter date is April 25. It will
not fall on April 23 again until
2000.
Examples of late Easters are
few. Kecords show that in 1728
Easter t-T on April 28 and in
1738 on April 29. The most re
cen* year in which Easter fell
on Acr'l 23 was 1805.
Los Angeles, Feb. 28 — Lieut.
Governor Eahelman died thia morn
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Haines, Feb. 27—(Special to the
Daily Alaskan.) — The Federal
jail building here, owned by S. J.
Weitzman, was partly deotroyed by
fire last night about ten, o'clock.
The fire is eaid to haye been Bet
by t]ie on<j prisoner who occupied
♦he Jail, he having been arrested
about aa hour and a before
the fire started. The damage, Bays
Mr. "Wfcitzman, will amount to sev
eral hundred dollars.
BLIZZARD IK
York today finds itself In the rglp
of the fiercest blizzard in Its his
tory.
The residence of Clarence Porter,
of Fairbanks, was destroyed by fire
last week, causing a loss of two
thousand dollars.
C. L. Votaw, of Kenal, recently
received $4,000 In connection with
a suit filed outside years ago in
which he was the plaintiff.
Several of thq business men of
Anchorage are reported as prepar
ing to establish, branches at the
mouth of Moose creek which th&y
believe will be the main camp of
the Matanuska branch.
The Gold Bullion, Mining company
will increase the capacity of their
mill seventy per cent this season.
The Marble company is installing a
Chilean prospecting mill also oh
Willow Creek.
It Is reported that the price of
freighting from Fairbanks to Tolo
to five cents per pound and that
vana, has been reduced from ten
the freighters are able to take
care of all the business offered. i
London, Feb. 28—The Red Cross
society has no on<e at the front
more faithful or devoted to the
cause of the flick and wounded sol
diers than, Lady; Vivian Campbell
and Mrs Gordon Douglas-Adair, the
talented American wife of the late
Col. Gordon, Douglas-Adair, whose
tragic death, it will be Temembered,
occurred In the wilds of Alaska
about three years ago. These young
women have both shown a bravery
under fire that would dc> credit to
a hardened veteran, and they are
fairly idolized by the soldiers of
all nationalities Early in the
war Mrs. Dooglna-Adair contracted
tho deadly typhus fever, b"t com
pletely recovered from the ef
fects. At different times it has
been rumored that she is engaged
to Major-General Sir Cameron
Berkeley, of the Grenadier Guards,
how "somewhere In France," and
that the marriage will take place
at the close of tho war, but thi3
has been denied bv friends of the
youn? woman.
Col. and Mrs. Gordon Douglas
Adair bp en t a few days In Skagwav
three yeara ago, while on their
wav to tha Yukon country, and dur
ing their short stajr they made
many friends here who will be in
terested in reading the above dis
patch.
A SMOKERY FOB SKAGIT AY
While other towns in. Alaska are
bra^glnj of their new canneries,
new saw millo and new salteries,
Skagway has said nothing but has
quietlr pursued the even tenor of
its war and today the announce
ment <■ made that Skagway is to
b4Ye a new "Smokery."
rhe location of the new in
dustry is to toe at the corner of
Broadway and Fifth avenue, and
will be open, and ready for business
about the middle of March. The
business will be conudcted by
Moree Brothers, of San, Francisco,
Mr. Georgq Morse being in imme
diate charge. Max Gutfelt is the
owner of the property, and it was
through his efforts that the Morse
brothers were induced to come to
Skagw.iy and open a first class ci
gar store and billiard parlors. Mr.
Morse is expected here about the
5th pf the coming month.
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