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No. 64 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL IK, 1917
PRICE 10 CENTS
NIL ENGAGEMENT REPORTED
GEE CAPE COO 8f COAST GUARD
Boston, April IS—It is report
ed here that there has been some
30r* of a naval engagement direct
ly East of tbe Boston harbor, as
the roar of guns could be heard
tbijs morning by coast guards sta
tiobed at Race Point, Peaked Hill
Bar, ami High Head. The guards
at all these points report having
hear11 heavy guns fired in quick
succession about 9:40 o'clock to
day.
Snipping all along the Atlantic
eoas* has been notified of a prob
able naval engagement.
The stations mentioned are all
of* Providenoetown, adjacent to
Cane Cod. The engagement is
reported to have been north of the
extreme point of Cape Cod. |
While the firing was distinctly1
hoard, and the sound was of great
volume, the vessels engaged were
below the horizon.
Immediately after the receipt of
the advice relative to the firing
at sea, the navy yard at Charles
ton shewed the greatest aothity
that lias been manifest there since
! the war was declared.
The big wireless stations aloug
the Atlantic began to sputter or
ders from the send'iug apparatus,
and orders were gent to the vari
ous ships in the patrol fleet. This
was on© of the greatest demonstra
tions of the value of the Tadio ser
vice that has ever been made, and
ahow.ed that the stations and ships
are 1Q perfect working order.
$1,000,000,000
bonds passed
Washington, April IS —With tlie
exce»ticn. of a few minor amend
ments the United States Senate
passed the bill authorizing the
issuance of $7,000,000,000 worth
of government bonds for the pur
pose of meeting the expenditures of
*he war and for other purposes.
In response to Secretary McAdoo's
request, replies are being received
by tee treasury department from
various bankers throughout the
country, offering suggestions ag to
the b^sf plans of disposing of the
bonds.
BRITISH COMMISSIONERS
ARRIVE IX UNITED STATES
Washington, April IS — The
British commissioners, who are to
couftr with United States com
missioners appointed by; President
Wilson, arrived her© yesterday.
A conference was held this mom
lug a* which time a general dis
cussion of the situation relative to
'he food and other matters which
come within the scope of this com
mission was had.
Plana will at once be made for
*he handling of the situation so
fiiat this country fan co-operate
with the Allies to the best ad
vantage.
Mr. snd Mrs. Madigan of Atlin,
weie passengers enroute home on
the Sophia this morning.
| REPORT OF SUB ATTACK
CONFIRMED BV OOMSJAXDER
[ Washington, April 18—Tlie repoit
of the commander of the torpedo
bo?t destroyer Smith to tbe navy
department substantiates the re
i oort made yesterday that an at
■ tack had been made on tbe destroy
1 er by a German submarine.
LATOUCHE WIRELESS
HAS BEEN REOPENED
Cordova, April IS—The Latouche
wireless station, which wag closed
by order of tbe district communica
tion superintendent at the Puget
Sound navy yard, was reopened for
busk-ess under restrictions im
posed by the government.. Those
res'ricticns provide that the sta
tion ma" transmit messages written
onlv in plain English, and that no
code messages of any description
may be sent.
SEATTLE MS
KILLS WOMAN
Seattle, April 18—The body of
Mrs. Florence Wehu, wife of the
fampus sculptor, aJmes Wehu was
this morning found by Policeman
Paul Hawbris in a gulch west of
Wheeler street.
The dead woman had evidently
been murdered and from evidences
found about the spot where the
body was discovered the murder
was committed by thugs.
Mr. Wehn was the designer of
the famous Chief Seattle monument.
MIDDY BLOUSES
For Women and Girls at
$1.50 to $2.00
Complete Line of Tennis Shoes
NOW BEING DISPLAYED
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 4 i
United States Super-Dreadnought Oklahoma
Thoto by American Press Association.
The Oklahoma carries ten fourteeu-lnch and twenty-Oi e five-inch guns. She
displaces 27,500 Ions and has a speed of 20.50 knots an hour. She cost $5,020,000.
Juneau, April 18—Today being
the last day for presenting bills
in the house and Senate of the Ter
ritorial legislature, both, branches
were busily engaged this morning
placing the bills on the calendar, j
Six measures were presented to
the House and thirteen to the t
Senate.
Thai • are a total of one hundred j
and thirty one bills to be disposed -
of !n the next thirteen work
ing days of this session of the leg"
isalture, in additioni to appropria
t'on bills aud memorial^ and Teso
lutiouo the bills introduced today
covered a wide range from prohibi
tion measures, bills providing pun
ishment for slander and gossip in
troduced by Senator Gaustad to
prescribing duties for the Attorney
General.
Washington, April 18—Ignacio|
Bonillas was this morning formally
acceo'ed as the ambassador to the j
United States from Mexico.
Minister lionillas said that the I
constitutional government would
be res'ored to Mexico on May firs'.
ENGLAND INCREASES
WAGES OF MINERS j
London, April 18—At a first re
mit of government control of the
coal mines, miners in England and
Nor'li Wales are to receive a sub
stantial increase in the war bonus
paja them. The bonus, which lias
heretofore stood at 13.8 per cent
will hereafter be 18 per cemt. The
increase effects 350,000 workmen
and means an increase of 'en mil
lion Cellars a year in, tha wage bill.
WILL H. PARRY VERY
ILL IN WASHINGTON
Wasliington, April 18—Will H.
Parry, of Seattle, one of the mem
bers of the Federal Trade Commis
sion, who has been here for some
time in attendance at the meetings
of t.'ie commission, Is reported dan
gerously ill 'oday, having been op
erated upon for gall atones several |
days ago. Shortly after tha opera
tion, complications set in, and his
physicians state that hig condi
tion is very critical.
Dr. Knickerbocker, dentist, is now
at the Golden North Hotel for a
limited time.. tf.
Cleveland, April 18 — Prank
Rockefeller, brother of John D. I
Rockefeller, who lias been ill for
socio time, died at ,-his home in
this ci<v last Monday morning.
GERMANS OOMFIjAIN
OF TREATMENT OF
BERNSTORFF PARTY I
Amsterdam, April 18—The Ger
man government has handled a long
note to the Swiss legation in Ber- I
lin, protesting against the dis
courteous treatment of Count von
Bemstorff, former Ambassador to
the United States, by the British
authorities at Halifax, where the
Eerosiorff party wag detained for
some time on their ship for examin
ation The Swiss legations, is re
quested to transmit the complain
thru tneir embassy to Washington.
KAISER'S AUTO SOLD
London, April 18—An automobile
w-hi> h was built in Germa.ny for
the oersonal use of Emperor Wil
liam and which had been sent to
London just before thQ war to be
fitted with an English body, has
just1 eon sold for $35,000 to a Dan
ish ship owner. The car has
been in 'he hands of the body build
era ever since it was finished and
was ordered sold by the courts to
satisfy their charges. It is cabled
by English experts the most luxur
ious automobile ever built, and the
price oaid for it at auction Is be
lieved to be a record for a car for
personal use. j
SPECIAL OFFER
Light House Cleanser
65c per Doz. Tins
Regular Price 10c, 3 for 25c
Sale Price Good Until Monday May 23rd
P. H. GANTY
FRENCH ARMY S1ILL HAMMER
BACK GERMANS AT SOISSONS
.
Paris, April 18 — R-epartg from
the front to the War Office received
herg this morning state that after
a short rest during the middle of
the day, the French troops yester
day resumed their attack on the
German lines between Soissons and
Rheims, and the attack extended to
the lines of the Germans east of
the latter point. >
The fighting was terrible, and
the French, fought with such fury
that the Germans were pressed back,
from the first line positions and
forced to retire many miles
The captured position) embraces
several powerfully organized heights
which have been he'd by the Ger
mans ever since their occupancy of
this territory.
The French now hold thej import
ant vlllage of Auberive and all
that portion of th§ German, front
for a distance of two miles. Dur
ing the retreat of th,e Germans,
French troops captured more than
twenty-five hundred prisoners.
FAIRBANKS HAS A MILI
TARY CO. ORGANIZED
Fairbanks, April 18—A military
organization of ome hundred and
'ifty members has been, effected,
all of whom liave pledged their sup
port to the government in any cap
acity. It is expected that five hun
dred members will be enrolled to
night, and this city will raise at
least two companies of volunteers.
"SAFETY FIRST BEGINS
TO GET RESULTS"
Washington, April 18 — "Safety
FlrsV which the country; has been
hearing so much, about for several
years, is beginning to show substan
tial results in the mortality among
miners, according to the bureau of
miners liere today.
Mines throughout the United
State" have been exacting toll in
abo-ut men in every 1,000 em
ployedj The latest figurel available
are t.lo lowest in eight years, and
♦ho oroepect is for still greater de
creases. ' ;• .
THOUSAND NURSES ARE
GIVEN HONORABLE MENTION
London, Alpril 18—A list of
names mentioned by the war of
fice thiB week for noteworthy ser
vices to the country included ex
actly one thousand nurses.
WILLCUTBtlT
NIGHT LICENSES
New York, April 18—Mayor John
P. Mitchell of this city announced
this morning that beginning May
first, all night licenses would be
cancelled during the war.
This will effect all saloons, res
taurants, cafes and other places
of business requiring city licenses. '
For Best Cleaning and Pressing
See Mrs. Krunibelgel. New Tailor
Shop, Opposite Pack Train.
4-17-Ct.
CUBAN!! SURE
HAVE CIRCUS
New York, April 18 — Edward
and Lottie McGinley, members of a
oue-ring circus, who arrived here
today on the stgamship Cuba, re
port that the revolutionists in
Cuba stole the entire show except
the tents and th^ sawdust.
Th* rebels, ordered by their
chief to commandeer the circus,
horses and food supplies, made off
with. the garments of Caesar and
Cleopatra, after drawing lots for
distribution of them. They also
captured a 23 year-old lion and
Hat'ie, the alephant. The circus
y.as playing at a town about 20
miles from Havana.
GOVERNOR'S BILL
GETS KNOCK-OUT
Albany, April IS — The bill
which was recommended by Govern
or Whitman, as introduced in thd
state legislature, providing for
the repeal of tliQ boxing law in the
state of New York came up for
,oassage last night, but failed, by
a vote cf seventy four to fifty six.
EAGLES PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
There wil be a reguar meeting
of Skasway Aerie No. 25, Frater
nal Order Eagles tonight at 8:30
o'clock at their hall on Fifth. Ave
All members asked to be present as
their are important matters to
come before the meeting.
J. M. Griesbach, W. P.
WALK-OVER
SHOES'
Our stock of
LADIES3
WALK-OVER
SHOES
Are Now on Display
JAMES KENNEDY