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MANY C HAKliUS WERE
AO A INST DEAD OFFICIAL
According to advices received in !
Stwani, from Kenai. I'nited States
C r>aimissk>i>er L. C. M&gill, who
shot ->:rl killed Paddy Ryan recent
ly, and was then shot an<i« killed
!>y t harles Coach, when resisting
arrest, was nearing the end of his
ro-'e as judciial administrator of
that rtvdon. says 'he Seward Gate
way. Magill is understood to have
??id, urevious to the tragedy that
he expected to t'e either removed
or be k;l!ed. The Kenai advices are j
ilia the Territorial and Federal of
ficials had* many charges against
Masll!. all having been thoroughly
sistaned.
After the shooting o£ MagilJ, his
abode was searched and two loaded
rifles and "billy" made out of the
butt end of an axe. werre found.
Magill a"nd Ryan were buried' at
Kenai. Magill's funeral was set
for a certain hour iu the after
Jicoa bu' his friends buried him
t>vo hours before so as to have no '
unnecessary demonstration.
WHITE I* ASS MAX
FOR EAST POST
Vancouver, B. C., May 10. —Capt.l
P, F. Scharschmidt, formerly a
prominent resident of ♦his city an
aitenvyd. superintendent of the
river division of the White Pass
and Yukon Route service, is pre
paring to leave for Mesopotamia
wlfJ> tie inUind •waterways and
docks section of the Royal Engi
neers He will have charge of
transportation on the Euphrates,
where his long: experience in river
nav.'gation and' traffic will be utiliz
ed in helping the Allies win the
war. • |
Cart. Scharsc'nmidt was a physi
cian oefore he became a transporta
t;on man, and never lest his title
as "Doctor" until he was mad'e a
Cantai,, in the Royal Engineers. Dr.
S"h"rsehmMt is w^ell known at
SKa^vay, Whltehoxse, Atltn »nd
Eiewsju. I M | '
WELL K.VOWX K. N. W. M. P.
SERGEANT VISITS SKAGWAY
Sergeant Mapley of the Royal
Northwest Mounted police, stationed
at Summit, came down, from his
post last Friday evening, aixi' has
atout a year and his many friends
hero ujitil the departure of the
trahr this morning. Sergt. Mapley
came over as escort to Capt. Bell
v.-ha brought over an insane man
from the Vhkon,
Sergt. Mapley is a veteran of
the R. N. \V. M. police and is
pjnon - me bt*t Icnown, man in. the
Yukon. His official duties have
brought him in, contact with some
of tha noted criminal cases and he
has done coasidierable detective
work.
This is the first time that Sor.-jt
Maoley has visited Skagway for
abcut a year nd Site many frieada
expressed the hope that he would
come down from Summit ofteuer.
A regular meeting ot Camp Skag
way No. 1, Arctic Brotherhood, will
be Jild this evening at 8:30
o'clock, and all members are re
<1 nested- to be present.
ituring the past winter and
spring a few of the faithful mem
b-.-i of thie fraternity have held
oiHotini's and transacted the busi
ness of the organization. There
ias b*eu times whea it was hard
to hold- a meeting . owing to th«
number o' members present, but th«
meetings have been held, arad the
biisir.e'-s transacted, and the af
fairs of the Mother Gamp, have bee"
carefully and painstakingly per
foimed. Jt is the wish aad hope ol
these few that new; interest may be
awakonpd in the affairs of the
brotherhood and that oace more
Camp Skagway may take its place
at tse hea l of the fraternal societle
of ••'•6 north.
Tfi-re will he nominations and
elections of the officers of the
camp for the enduing term at to
night's meeting! and it is desired
tnac all members attend. &o that a
set of officers may be selected that
win continue to administer the af
fairs of the Camp in the same care
ful manner that those who have
completed their terms have done.
A letter was received here from
Emil Hurja, who was formerly in
the ftewspaper ttald' in Alaska, and
later private secretary for Delegate
Sulzer, but uow a Lieutenant In
the -137th Aero Comstruction. Squa
drtn, Aviatiou Section Signal corps,
U. S. Army. "He wrtes from Camj>
So. 10, Via Astoria, Oregon, and
states that he is "tip here" in the
Orogou spruce woods, gettlngi out
airplane spruce. He has a squa
drca of 150 men at work. Mr.
Hurja further states that the mili
tary life agrees with, him, having
taken On 15 pound* mora weight
since he Oonned the O. D.
HOUJEKEEPER—Wanted at once.
/ Good position. Good salary and
permanent. Enquire Pull en Houpe
, i 6-13-3t. ^
FRENCH DRIVING BACK GERMAN RAIDERS
Remarkable photograph showing French soldiers driving back German
raiding party with hand grenades. The picture was made on the Champagne
frout southwest of Butte de Mesnll. . i
Cam Kudsoff, who was placed
und-i arrest in Fairbanks several
^ays ago oil the charge of wife de
sei'iojj, was given a hearing before
Commissioner 11. S. McDonald' this
morning, without a jury, and found
gu-'ltv 03 charged'. A fine of ?100
an 1 costs, amounting in all to
$2G8, was assessed against him,
which be extracted reluctantly
Ircm a well-filled poke.
T'j" fine will be remitted to the
wild at the rate of $15 per week.
Kudsoff was brought to Nenana
by Deputy .yarshai John Wood, ar
riving here last night. He was al
most immediately released' upon
tb«i deiosit of $luu cash bail with
the commissioner, the money hav
in. been put tip by a friend of the
accused.
HOI.I) TOMORROW NICiHT OIM'N
Kagles, membors of Skagway
Aerie No. 25, are requested to hold
tomorrow evening op«n so that
they may attend the regular meet
ing There will be several matters
of importance to come before the
A°rie.
REFUGEES IN RICH AnTrit
English Writer Describes (ircuesque
Figures He Saw During the
Italian Retreat.
Amid all the chnos of the Italian re
treat one kept on meeting utterly in
congruous figures, for alongside of
others road-worn, shabby and dirty, to
be clean and well dressed is to he
grotesque.
Amid this multitude of haggard, un
washed, unshaven, dead beat males,
I noticed two Italian ladies treading
1 delicately over the rough ballast of
the railway track. They hud naturally
brought with them in that flight the
most valuable of their possessions,
which were of a kind conveniently car
ried on their persons. Against this
gray background of mud and rubbish
and a disbanded army their two fig
ures glittered with a brilliance that
would have been conspicuous In the
Rue de la Pais.
Heavy sable furs and muffs almost
bowed their shoulders; each finger had
two or three rings that flashed in the
light; round their necks were gold
chains hung with pendants, and yet
Instead of the air of ^elf-satisfied os
tentation that might well have gone
with a display so lavish, they were only
two pathetically little, frightened, per
plexed faces, and an uncertain gait
that did not promise much further
progress along that ankle-wrenching
railway line.—O. Ward Price In the
Century Magazine.
The sugar shortage has' encouraged
Louisiana planters to broaden the use
of purt> cane syrup. • which is made
from cane juice, without taking out any
of its sugar. This juice is boiled to a
point just below that required to crys
tallize It into sugar, and can be used
not only for griddle cakes and candy
making, but it is recommended by the
planters, as a sweetening for coffee
and tea. It is practically sugar In a
liquid form, and on a basis of S cents
a pound retail for granulated sugar
will yield economies of 40 to 50 per
cent, at a price of 4% to 5 cents a
pound for syrup.
! REGIMENT SPEAKS FRENCH
Camp Greene Claims Most Cosmopol
Itan Outfit in National Army.
The personnel of the First army
headquarters regiment at Gamp
Greene In North Carolina is perhaps
the most diverse that could be found
In any regiment In the American army.
Its function when it goes abroad Is
surmised by the fact that it is a hend
I quarters regiment and that nearly all
of its members speak French.
The working of the melting pot In
America is exemplified in a study of
the regiment. Every European nation
Is represented In its personnel,, in
cluding peoples with those countries
now at war with America and men
who are at l^ast descendants of peo
ples of the central empires.
Among the French-speaking mem
bers of the regiment are many French
Canadians from the border between
the United States and Canada and
many "cagans" from the French
speaking parishes of Louisiana.
RED CROSS ON TRANSPORTS
I Workers Will Look After Comfort of
Soldiers.
At every turn the American soldier
!s finding the Ked Cross representative
on hand and ready to serve him. The
latest development of this service' Is
upon the transports which carry our
boys to Europe.
Every transport leaving for England
or France Is to have nboard a trained
fted Cross worker whose special busi
ness will be to look after the comfort
of the men. These representatives
»vlil learn the anxieties of the soldiers
as regards their home affairs and will
undertake commissions from them to
adjust conditions to a satisfactory ba
sis.
What's in a Name?
What's In a name? One block at
'JSvan«svil!«\ I ml., is a veritable menag
erie. limisitv two cranes, a wolf, rt'fsx,
a stork untl a crow. But they're hu
uitins. Si.1'1; -i furniture dealer: Ju
no* \\ !- l!"i': P. H. Crow,
il.-ii' -. .*• v'■ Mother Crane are
To '■ r'
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CAPT. AND MRS. BOSANQUET
Esther Cleveland, daughter o£ tlie
late ex-President Cleveland, and Capt
WiUUfm S. B. BOsanquet, D. S. O.
leaving Westminster abbey after their
wedding. Until her marriage to this
distinguished officer of the Cold
stream Guards Miss Cleveland had
been doing volunteer nursing In
France.
. We have engaged talent to take over all
orders pertaining to
Upholstering, Painting
And all branches of interior decorating
* £'.
For limited time of six weeks from date
April 12 1918
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Store closes 6 p. m. Saturday 8 p. m.
L.A. HARRISON Co.
TELEPHONE 55
Pom pme pmjicE
GEORGE MOWL. Proprietor
iTJir ill IV i/ Wednesday and Thursday ; j | | ,'iji
Triangle Fine Aits presents Dorothy Gish and Wallace Iteid In
Old Heidelburg
Music by Violin, Piano and Drums.
8-30 p m. Sharp Admission 25c. 10c
Pack Train Restaurant
The Delmonica of Alaska
Charley Karaman, John Clecak, Proprietors
Where You Can Get What y0u Desire Cooked as it Should Be
Wo Mate a Speciality of Bjanquets and Private I>tn.ner Parties.
A Refined and Comfortable Place for a Supper After Bhe Show
or Dance—Sea-vice in Cozy Private Booths if Dcsred.
SUGGEST CUTTING
CLAWS OP CATS TO
1'HOTIl T HERDS
. Two eminent ornithologists and.
nature lovers, Dr. R. W, Shufildt,
of Washington, D. C., and Dr. Wil
jiais H. Dall, of the United. States
National museum, advise tine owners
a* ca's to trim their front claws
with sharp jawelers' pliers or siuii
Jar Instruments, applying the cut
ting edges to the sidies of the
claws and removing a trifle more
than half the claw.
Cats catch, their prey, by; seizing
with, outstretched front claws. When
th?8e «rc trimmed—and trimming
nails is on more painful to the
cats than, to ub—they cannot hold
the bi.rd or animal. Also they can
not climb trees .where they destroy
so mmy nestlings.
Th* King County Humane Society
asks local cats owners to adopt the
manicuring pliers and thus enjoy
the sight and sound of many; mor»
bird8- ; : Li Ujfc.l
WANTED
.Gentleman and. la d'ye to manage
hotel and road house. The hotel
situated in a beautiful town, ideal
climate, summer resoTt. The road
house some miles ajway in a beauti
ful valley. The scenic point of Al
aska. Continuous sunshine, where
hunting, fishing and boating can
not te surpassed'. Must be cour
teous and capable of pleasing' the
guests. The gentleman must be
able to run auto at times between
hotel and road house. Address
wi'h particulars P. O. Box 855,
Skagwayr Alaska. 5"14-3t.
M"HITEHORSE TENNIS CLUB (
PLANS TOUBX AMTCNT
At a meeting of the White
horse Tennis club held orf Thurs
day, Dr. A. P. Hawes was elect
ed president * and) W. D. Mao
Brid*, secy-treais. The annual
dues will be, mien. $4.00, ladtfes
$.2.5<^ The usual tennia tourna
ment will be held on celebration
day, and it is hoped) that the coast ^
c'ties will be well represented.
The courts will Tie ready for use
in sbo.u* a week.—Whitehomse Star.
DYKA ANNIVERSARY
I April 4 was the 20th anniver
sary of the most disastrous snow
elide ever known in Alaska, sixty
five Ui'uplo having been swept from
the byea trail on the morning of
Apr'l 3, 1898, and carried down
the steep hillside to £'eath, several
of the bodies being buried under
inar.£ ieet of snow and; not recovered
until the snow; melted weeks later.
Tiie weather had been Quite warm
fo.- several days and a warm rain
rain had fallen most of the preced
ing • gut The slide occumred'short
ly aiter 7 o'clock on Sunday- morn
ing. . f
The first account of thfe disaster
to reach the outside world was an
Associated Press message sent by E.
J. White now ot JX>ug]as. The dis
patch was carried from Skagwayj by
the steamer Disoovery to Comox,
B. C , and thene put on the wire,
.the Discovery stopping at Comox
for coal. ; i '
Six years later hte steamer Discov
ery wit' all her crew and from
twenty to thirty passengers sailed
from Lituya bay on the West coast
Alaska and was never seen again,
having gone down with all on hoard.
Toe same spring the hi® snow
slide occurred', but % January and
six woekp earlier, the steamer Clara
Nevada with her crew and nearly
100 passengers was lost in Lynn
Canal when not a soul escaped'. In
dian camped on 'the beach told' lat
er of naving seen something at
night which indicated that a mighty
explosion had taken place On the
water, (here being a bright flash
which appeared to rise high in the
air and wTiieh was( followed by
cries of distress. — Douglasj Island
News. (
PUBLIC HEALTH NOTICE
All citizens of Skagway are here*
bv notified' <o proceed at once to a
thorough clean-up "of their yards
and alleyways and to remove all
ash piles, tin cans and other gar
bage completely from about their
premises. This work should be
completed before May fifteenth for
oa that date the Health, committee
shall begin, a house to ihouse inspec
tion of the entire city.
\ W. G. GABI3,
5-7-Ct. Health OfflceF. 1