No. 319 NINETEENTH YEAR
SKAttWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 191?J PRICE 10 CENTS
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GERMAN SU8 SINKS SHIP WITH
TWO AMERICANS ON BOARD
London, Feb. 21—Advice was
received thi9 morning that the
Norwegian collier Dal Beattie,
bound from Glasgow to Gibraltar,
had been sunk by a German sub
\ marine.
There w«re two American aboard
♦he collier.
After the diver had shot a tor
pedo into the collier, the crew at
once began lowering away; the life
boats, but before all han,ds bad
succeeded in leaving the sinking
V6S?€ 1 The U-boat began pie'-lins
*he sinking ship, and a number of
the ships boats were destroyed by
shells.
One of tfua Americans waa John
Guerre of Los Angeles and the
other was Frank Wood of Keene,
N. H.
Berlin. eFb. 21—A report which
w&3 received from Copenhagen,
which was given out by the War
Office In this city this morning
states that fifteen hundred per
sons were instantly killed uaid three
thousand wounded as the result
of an explosion, which occurred in
♦he Russian government arsenal at
.Archangel late yesterday afternoon.
The jeport states than an en
ormous amount of ammunition was
destroyed, and that the damage will
amount tp nearly. half a million
rubles.
New York, Feb. 21—It has been
learned here from an authentic)
source that it wa§ the German U
boa* 53 which sank a number of
ships off the coast at Nantucket
las* fall and it was this same div
er which sent the Housantonic to
the bottom.
REFERENDUM 01
BONE DRY li
Olympia, Feb. 21 — A petition
calling for a referendum vote on
the bone dry law which has just
been passed by the state legisla
ture was today placed on file.
10 RELIEVE
CAR SHORTAGE
Washing-ton, Feb. 21—At a meet-!
ing of railroad representatives h®re I
*oday drastic action was taken to I
relieve the shortage of freight cars
and also the traffic congestion, of |
eastern ports which has again ap- !
yroa^lud an acute stage owing to
the curtailment of ocean sailings j
due 1o fear of the results of !
the nt^w Germam submarine policy, j
The railroads have placed an em- !
bargo on export shipments to east- I
ern oorts until the accumulation of I
freignt now awaiting the steam
ships is cleared away. Empty oars
in solid trains will bo given the
light < ° way to the west. Not On
ly will esport shipments to the east
be suspended during the readjust
ment tut east bo und domestic ship
ments will also be greatly curtail
ed.
mllImse
THE RECORDS
N. w York, Feb. 21—The Leak j
commi'tee suspended its public I
hearing here this evening but a :
sub-tommittee cf three will ex- i
amine th.e records of the brokers.
The sensation of the closing day
was provided by Oliver Harriman,
a broker, who testified about an
unnamed customer who traded be
tween seven and eight million, dol
lars on the short side of the mar
kef when the peace note became
public. Wall Street gossips are en
deavoring to identify this customer
who made such wonderfully profit
able deals.
..EVENING GOWNS..
AT
Reduced Prices
Watch Our Window for Our Display
of
Spring Millinery
ALBERT REINERT
—Successor to H. J. Lynch—
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
Saai Antonio, Feb. 21—A military ;
funeral was held over the remains
of the lata General Frederick Fusi
stou in this city this morning.
Great numbers of civilians, as
well as a large detail of United 1
States Regular soldiers and. Nation
al Guard, forming iu the cortege.
The culminating Jionor Which, this
city could bestow upon the dead
soldier w^s tU-e placing cf his
body within the famous Alimo,
which is the first time in history
tlia* this structure hag "been, used
lot such a purpose.
German Subs Sink
Three Ships
Bferlin, Feb. 21—The War Office
gave out- the report that u,n, Italian
Army Transport, .which, was steam
>ng in the barred zone in the Medi
terianean, was sunjc by a, German
submarine this morning, and tha*
a numDer of those on board were
lost.
Ihe report algo states that two
annei steamers with cargoes con
signed to Saloniki, were* also tor
peilt ed by submarines and 6ent to
the bottom.
The final meeting of committees
for ariangemeoit of the Firemen's
ball will be held tonight at S
o'clock, and all members of com
mittees are urgently requested to
be present.
Sfcagway Aerie No. 25, Fraternal
Order Eagles will hold a regular
meeting tonight a* their hall on,
Fifth Avenue. All members are
earnestly requested to be present.
Demands Answer
To Our Note
Washington, Feb. 21 — The Un
ited States government had made
a fcrmal demand on Austria for
a reply to its note in. which tlie
German ally; is aske<il whether or
not she proposes to abide by tlie
assurances which, she has given
to this government shortly after the
sinking of the steamships Ancona
and Persia.
Jf is thought that in the event
oC Austria not making immediate
ajiswer, that the diplomatic rela
tions between the United States
aud that country will be severed.
There will be a special meeting of
Shagway Iglco No. 12, Order of
Pione rs at A. B. hall tonight at
7:00 o'clock. All pioneers are
requested to be present as there
will be matters of importance to dis
pose of.
Get your ice cream for the holi
day at Keller Bros.
For a time it was thought that
*h« alarm of fire which gtar'led
tlie people of Skagway last night
might only be a method the Fire
Laddies had of calling attention to
the Fireman's Annual Ball which
will be given tomorrow night, but
w.h-tn it was learned that it wis
a really and truly fire, and that
the Volunteer Department made a
wild dash for the scene, and with
their usual promptness coupled
with -he knowledge yhich they dis
played succeeded without difficulty
in extinguishing the flames, the
thought was quickly dispelled.
The Skagway Volunteer; depart
ment does not need to resort to
rincii.g the fire alarm to bring out
tho people to their dances. The
dances have always been so well
managed that the events need no
advertising. But the boys need en
couragement, and they are entitled
to a liberal patrongae which will
go far as a means of an expres
sion of encouragement and as a
material endorsement of an ap
preciation of their free services.
From a social standpoint, the
Firemen's Annual Ball has always
ranked first in the season's func
tions and it is on this occasion that
th« fair ladies of Skagway have
donned their party gowns, a good
ly number of the social get even
going so far as to plan new t gowns
fcr the. occasion. This is a compli
ment to the Fire Laddies, and the
men should maintain their stand
ing iu the world of fashion by don
iiinc; their best and thus furnish
a fitting background for the patron
esses of the ball.
Awaj back in the early history of
'he department's annual balls, it
is >o be noted that refreshments
were served. History also shows
Mist /he Volunteer Fire Depart
ment of Skagway has never per
mitted a fire to do much damage.
The department is great on abiding
by custom established by precedent,
and this year a well prepared lunch
eon with good coffee will be serv
ed. Punch will be in. evidence dur
ing the entire evening, and it. is
presumed that Faithful Bill Sirne
wUl preside over the hollowed
blocks of ice from which the bunch
will be served.
The finishing touches to. the de
corations will be made this after
noon and by tomorrow evening,
when the doors of the Elks hall
are thrown open, there will be
no spark of work left undone, and
when the still alarm is sound
ed at half after nine o'clock, which]
will start the Grand March, and
from that time until the email
hour3 of Friday morning Torpsichcr
will reign supreme.
COMPLETE...
P. H. GANTY
CHILD ON GERMAN U-BOAT WHEN
LUSITANIA15 SENT 10 BOTTOM
Copenhagen, Feh. 21—Solveg Ja
cobson, a little six-year-old Nor
w.egiam girl Las just returned to
her home and according to her
story, she has had. a wonderful ex
perience, She was with her fath
er, Isaiah. Jacobs en, who was
master of the ship Thor, when that
vessel was tartpedoed hg" af Ger
man submarine, an4 phe was tak
en on board the under pea craft
whe<n the crew were taken Crom
tlio sunken vessel. She yvas kept oa
the diver, and was on, board at
'he time that the Lusitania was
sent to the bottom.
Iier sforjr is a most wonderful
one, and shows in part the grim
determination cf the crews and
officers of the U-boats which are
making a ruthless effort to close
the harbors in the war zone against
'he movement of all shipping.
NEW SUB FOR
UNCLE Si
Seattle, Fe]). 21 — The United
States submarine N-3, was launch
ed this morning- at the shipyards of
the Seattle Construction, and Dry
lock Company.
The under sea craft cogt the
government half a million, dollars
ind is of the latest tpye.
She will be taken to Bremerton
.Vavy yards at once and there plac
2d la commission at the earliest
possible date.
ESPIoiCEBILL
PASSES SENATE
Washington, Feb. 21—The Unit
ed States penmate passed the admin
istratioa espionage bill, which pro
vides a severe penalty for any per
son caught eying oa meetings where
in matters pertaining to the nation,
al defense is feeing discussed.
The measure providing against
conspiracies which would he in
violation of American neutrality
with other nations was also passed
by the senate.
Juneau, Feb. 19—F. E. Bradley,
femur bookkeeper for the Stand
ard Oil Company, Juneau, recently
indicted by the Grand Jury, and
wbo was brought back to the city
fro~n the south on a late boat,
was taken to the federal jail yes
♦cr/'ac, his bondsmen, James Free
bum 9nd Henry Shattuck having
withdrawn their bonds. Bradley is
charged with appropriating the
company's funds to his own use.
IB GET
E
Washington, Feb. 21 — The sen
ate committee hag voted to raise
the naval appropriation hill to
hall a million dollars, which in
creases the amount considerably
over tht amount called for in the
bill when the measure wag passed
bv the house.
The committee also adopted the
amendment calling for one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars for
the construction of fifty additional
submarines which are to be built
on the Pacific coast as rapidly as
they can he turned out.
Seattle, Feb. 21—Thomas Quirk
pleaded-guilty this morning to
the charge of manslaughter for the
killing of James O'Brien, a long
shoreman. Quirk wag sentenced to
six mocths in the county jail.
Washington, Feb. 21—President
Wilson today nominated J. F.
Warder for postmaster at Ketchi
kan, Alaska.
It is believed that the nomina
tiou will be ratified t>y the sen
ate as there has been no opposi
tion to this candidate.
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