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No. 39 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TDE8DAY, MARCH 20, 1917
PRICE 10 CENTS
Washington, March 20—Secretary
of the .Navy Daniels this morning
ordered the government navy yardl
si'uatel at New York to complete
sixty submarine chaseo-s within the
next six*)- days, e>r eighty days ftt
*Jie outside. The order issued by f
Secretary Daniels bore the approval
of President Wilson.
secretary Daniels also issued or
der* for the immediate graduation
of 'he first aoid second classes at
the government naval academy at
Annapolis.
Tho first class -will go out J or
March 29, which Will release 172
junior officers to the Uuiteil St-itei
oavy, and these will l>e used to fill
existing vacancies on th« various
shius of the navy, j
The secomd class will be re
leased in September j and Will furn
ish 202 mare officers }vho have re
ceived a naval training' greater than
could bf found otherwise, and these
Are at once available.
Sitka. March 20 — Bandits go*
away with ninety pounds bar bullion
from tne Chic-agofJf mine late Sun
day Light or early Monday morning.
The above cable wag received
from Sitka by U. 3. Deputy Marshal
Frank Cook this morning, and he
wiU be on the look out for the
♦bievea.
From advise received direct, it
would appear that armed robbers
early Monday morning held up
two men at the Chicagoff mine, and
ui'er gagging and binding the men
cow c, secured a gold brick valued
at about $20,001) which was awai*
|injr shipment to Juneau, and made
their escape.
The robbers were masked, and
[tho two men who wer^ guarding
' 'he bullion could not identify them.
[ The escape with, the gold wag made
in a small boat. There are 110
clews as to whom the bandits are.
La'e today it was learned that
the boat used by the robbers was
>an unknown gas boat, and that it
had a small deck bouse and one
mas* and was of the Columbia
river fishing boat type. j When last
seen it was in Lasansky straits.
JENNINGS DECIDES III FAVOR
Of 50LZER FOR DELEGATE
Juneau, March 20—At 10:30
o'clock thia morning. Judge Jen
nings returned an exhaustive opin
ion, which filled thirty-six legal
pa^rts sustaining the demurrer in
**e delegate mandamus proceedings
which were brought against the
canvassing boarl to prevent them
ircin issuing a certificate of elec
tion ot James Wickersham.
Judge Jennings declared Charles
Sulzer elected, and in his recapitu
lation, he ruled that the canvassing
boaid must not count the j re
turns Irom Chcggiung, Xushagak,
Bom.ifield, Utica, Deering and Vault
The pleadins of Attorney John
Rustgard did net disclose anything
about defects in any of th$ returns
from ether precincts. He claimed
that "Wickersham had 6490 votes,
flhile Sulzer had 6440 votes.
However Jennings ruled that
the certificate of election should
go to Sulzer.
la his decision, and in handing
down his opinion. Judge Jennings
sustaino i absolutely; the opinion
rendered to tliQ canvassing board
j by Attorney General Grigsbj-, and
jit is the general opinion, according
jto a cable received by this paper
jfrcm the Juneau Empire this after
I no-vn, that the general opinion of
i all political circles that th^ de
cision of Judge Jennings is final
1 and that no appeal -will be filed,
nor will it be carried up. [In the
final vote counted, Sulzer wins by
; 19 votes.
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Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
"On<j Yeajr Old Today" is the'statement made by the Bank
of Alaska, and to fittingly celebrate this event, the bank of
ficials Will give a birthday party tonight to all the friends of
Skagway's financial institution, i I
President Andrew Stevenson returned from a trip to the
states, [extending over several months on yesterday's boat,
and it was for the purpose | of being here, at the. opening and
housewarmiog of the new banking, rooms, which were today
formally occupied by the Bank of Alaska, that he shortened
his visit in Wrangell and Juneau.
All persons are cordially invited by President Stevenson to
call this evening between the hours of 8 and 10:30 o'clock
and Inspect the banking rooms, the new post office and Dr. Ga
ble's splendidly equipped offices.
The public is invited to ba present at the Bank of Alaska's
first birthday party.
I CLAIM GERMANS
POISONED WELLS
Loudon, March 20—Advice was (
received here thi» .morning stating i
th«t it was found, that when the
German foroes were compelled to
give up their strongholds along the
western front in. the Sommy dis
♦rict, that before leaving they, had
poisoned a number of wells from
which they had received their wat
er supply. The water from 'sever-1
nl 'veils in the village of Bareau
was j analyzed, and all the water j
found to contain poison.
Choice chocolates and bon hons
at Keller Bros. Drug Store.
GERMANS SEEK LIBERTY
Philadelphia, March, 20—German
sailors wbo were interned at the
time of the internment of the Ger
man ships Prinz Eitel, Prinz Fred
erick and KraDp-ririz Wilhelm, and
wiLo were taken,off from the ships
the time that diplomatic rela
♦ious with Germany was broken, ajid
placed under guard, made an at
tempt to escape las* evening, hut
all save four of their number were
captured.
Later today it ig almost certain
that Lieutenan* Chorth and Machin
ist Mate Herman, Sclwoeder, two
members of the crews of the intern
ed vessels were drowned last night
lu the harbor here in their ef
for* to escape from cus+ody.
Washington, March 20—Late yes-,
terd»y afternoooi. President Wilson
sen* to Secretary of thie Navy D&ii
iel« authority to spend $115,000,000
to sDee<l the construction of na
val jvessels now under way, and
also to buy small auxiliary cr&f*
to be used 'for tenders, submarine
chasers, and other puipi j.
President Wilson als> .u»horized
the suspension j of the ;ht hour
law which has been eft*.„i.ive on all
nayal construction, and has ordered
that time and one-ha'f ig to be
paid all workmen for overtime.
MIT BUSINESS MEM Ml
GEI HER LUNCHEON
The "Get-Together" luncheon,
given today at the .Golden, Norlii
c>"e by the Skagway; j Commercial
Club was a success.
* score of Skagway's business
men were present, ajid eintered in
to the spirit of the movement thus,
be e mi with a zest that forgt&lls
good results.
Vice President Howard. Ashley,
for the club, in a few remarks
stated to those present (the ob-1
ject of the gathering, and he then'
called on a number of the members
present who responded with short
talks.
President Pedersen. j representing
the Alpine Club was called, and
■he mentioned the objects of the or
ganization^ which ha had the bon,
or <j* being the presiding officer,
and stated that the Alpine club
cculd be relied upon to work in
conjunction with any movement of
the I commercial club for the im
provement of Skagway.
Dr. |L. S. Keller stated that it
was through such gatherings that
business men came in closer com
munion and he was glad to s«e that
•lie efforts of the committee, of
wlikh he was chairman had (met
with such success in gaining the
attendance of such a representative
gathering of Skagyvay's business
men.
In turn President Stevenson, of
the Bank of Alaska, L. H. John
ston, local representative of the
Canadian Pacific system, W. R. Hil
lery, Vice president of the Bank of
Alaska, J. F. Reynaud, of the
Home Power Company, L. A. Har
rison, of L. A. Harrison Co., Jas.
Kennedy merchant, and , William
Wright, manager of the H. D. Kirm
'J3 store, all spoke along get-togeth
er lines and on subjects that would
be improvement and benefit to
Skagway.
Without one exception, those
present [offered their financial and
moral support to the Skagway Com
mercial Club, and it |was finally
agreed to continue tithe luncheons
and at an early date call a j meet
ins- of tne club for the purpose of
starting new projects which might
rjgntfully be handled by a civic or
ganizational
Unfailing Satisfaction
Is one ofithe many reasons why
Preferred Stock Goods
is increasing in popular favor
—SOLDIONLYiBY—
P. H. GANTY
BELIEVE TEUTONS FORCED TO
ABANDON FRENCH STRONGHOLDS
Washington, M,arcli 20—Notwith.
6fandin,a- the report issued at Berlin
headquarters to the contrary, it is
tno ox1 in ion. among official circles
here that the retreat of the German
forces all along the French, front
Sunday and yesterday was far from
a voluntary retreat on the part
•of the Teutons.
Paris, March. 20—Advice receiv
ed this morning from the- front
a'ato that twenty | villages, accord
| iun to official reports, had been
cap fur ed by the French troops,
these being in addition to this tak
en ty the British, forces and those
already ('reported.
The report from the front, which.
13 official, states ^tjiat the German
forces are in. full retreat, and
that the section which, has lately;
been wrested frcm the German forc
es and from which they a»re in full
retreat covers a vast area, and
extends over almost one fifth |the
entire distance from Switzerland to
the north sea.
The retreat of the German forces
is beiufi closely pressed by the
Frnech. and British forces, and great
numbers of prisoners are being
captured.
London, March 20—Advice was
received this morning at the war
office,'stating that Gen. flaig had
reuor'ed that forty additional vil
lages cn the western jfront had
fallen into his hands.
NIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IEAB
KAISERS PiCIUfiE FROM WALL
Washington, March 20—This
morning when the JiigU. |school pu
pils assembled in thg main assem
bly tall, a demonstration, of patriot
ism took 'olace which, will likely go
down in history.
The walls of ths big hall aire de
corated with photographs aaid pic
tures, of jail kinds, all more or
less of an historic value.
The portrait® of many notables.
h>ve places of honor on the walls,
and a number of pictures of the
crowned heads of Europe are there.
When tliq student body; inarched
into the hall this morning, they;
missed around thQ room, and when
the portrait of Emperor William
was reached, thy picture,was to'rn,
from its fastening on the wall and
flung to the floor wher<j (it was
starupel upon and then a picture of
President Wood'row Wilson. J was
hung in the space thus mad<§ va
cant, and this was draped with the
Stars and Stripes.
Seattle, March. 20—Attorney Van
tieveer, in giving his testimony this
sasua 3ui33&[;ooq oij} hi Sujujotn
whicn are being tried here in
Judg; Is'-eterer's court, this morn
ing on the stand denied ever (hav
ing advised Logan Billingsley, or
any of the Billingsleys whites h©
waB the attorney for theee men, or
at any ether time, to offer Mayor
Gill a bribe for the release of li
quor shipped into Seattle by them,
and which might have been seized
by 'he dry squad, or for the pur
pose of allowing such, liquor to be
overloked when it was shipped In
fo the city .
Seattle, March. 19—In the first
eame of the series for the world's
championship in the hockey games
which are to he played in this city,
the Les Canadians, a team from
Montreal, defeated Iho Metg, which,
is a Seattle-team, in the game which
was played yesterday by a score of
eight to four.
15 V REQUEST
Owing to the reception at jthe
Bank of Alaska touigjit, the regu
lar meeting of the Skagway Alpine
club for tonight is postponed one
week, at the request of a number
of members.
REV. L. H. PEDERSEN,
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