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No. 53 EIGHTEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1915 PRICK 10 CKNTS
BATTLE RAGING"
in craw
Geneva, April 6—A d««perat<
battle Ls reported to be aw raging
iu the Carpathians, the mc-st de»
iterate lighting being in the neigh
liorhtHKl uf Sarso.
was Mngled
IN SPECIAL NET
I'aiis, April 6—A German »ub
n-ariiie has been entangled in a
net e>i>eoiallj- constructed for that
purpose and placed in the water
off Dover. The contrivance acts
similarly to the gill neta used by
l'ishcnuf n. 4
IS EXPELLED
ri e Hague, April 6—C. if ford
•'itu hut, acting special American
iment, was expelled from Belgium
by the Germans today. His sister
i> the wife of a former BritUh min
ister to Denmark, now in the Brit
ish diplomatic service.
London, April 6—King George i»
enforcing strict U-etotaliam among
the members of all his households.
Copenhagen, Apr. 6—The Swedish
steamer England, was seized by
the Germans in the Baltic Sea to
lay. .she was loaded with maize
n nd bran.
GENERAL VILLA
HAS HEAVY LOSS
Laredo, April 6—It Is reported
here l hat General Villa lost two
thousand men in the fight which
tool, place yesterday south of
Tamplco.
ARE VIOLATING
NEUTRALITY LAW
New York. April 6—Collector
of Port Mai one charges that the
British cruisers patrolling along
the Atlantic coast are violating the
neutrality laws by coaling and tak
iug i n board auppliai from vessels
leaving hsre.
TWENTY-SIX ARE
i FOIl GUILTY
Indianapolis, April 6—Mayor
RoVerts of Terra Haute and twenty
six of the others who were indict
ed by the federal grand jury for
frauds at the November elections
In that city, were found guilty to
day, and ordered to return home
and report oa next Monday for sen
tence.
AN EAWePLY
IS NOTEXPECTED
WaahiLgtoo, D. C., April 6—An
early reply to America's note to
Great Britain In relation to the
enforcement of the blockade as
anuounced by the latter, le cot ex
pected for some time by the admin
'strnfJon, according to information
givei' out here today.
CALLED FOR APRIL 10.
Syracuse, April 6—The Barnes
Roosevtdt libel case is Milled for
the 19th of this month.
We are now showing the Largest
Line of New
Spring and Summer
Wash Goods
ever shown in Skagway consist
ing of Plain and Figured Crepes,
Ratinas, Frenoh Ginghams. Mer
cerized Plisses, Peaoales, Flaxons.
Etc. Ladies' and Mioses' and
Children's Ready Made Wash
Dresses at 75c to $2.25. The
newest things in 36-in silks at
75c per yard
[If you want to see something that ia
real nice come in and look the goods ov«r
H. J. LYNCH
Up-to-date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furaishar
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phane 41
Juneau, April 6—The colored men
of Juneau and Douglas were clean
ed cut of seveiral thousand dol
J lars as the result of the Jchuson
J Wlllard fight at Havana yesterday.
Manager P. R. Bradley of Tread
well purposes to establish a farm
near Juneau, if a suitable locatk-h
can b* found. It will be for tho
benefi1 and recreation of the em
ployes of the company who work
underground.
James A. Smiser, the newly ap
pointed district attorney for tho
First division, in an interview pub-1
lished iu the Juneau Daily Dispatch I
today, says he wants above all j
things to be an Alaskan. That |
he came here, not with any new i
theories of government, but to get
acquainted with tho people and |
learn their needs and become one
i of them. He says further, that
from what little he has seen of Al
askans he konws them to be people
of fine Ideals and high aims, and in
dependent.
There proinlseg to be- a great bat
tle in the legislature tomorrow
when the resolutions for statehood
and fuller territorial powers come
:ip, led by Senator Hubbard of
Seward and Senator Sutherland of
Ruby.
The Cache Creek Dredging Co.,;
a Washington state corporation, has
applied at the local land office for |
a lease of coal lands on Cache i
rreeek In the Yentna country. The
company in its application states i
that !♦ uses about two thousand j
tona of conl anually.
It is a three-cornered municipal
fight in Juueau today—Old Council,
Valeutlne and Socialist tickets be
ing voted on. Although there is a
registration numbering 1272, every
thing is going off very quietly and |
smoothly.
I0DM
OF LOST BOATS
London, April (>—The British I
steamer Olivine and the Russian
hark llermcs are reported to have j
been trunk by a submarine off the
Isle of Wight today. The crews j
of botn vessels were saved.
Tho British steamer Northlands, j
loaded with Iron ore, was sent to
the bottom by a submarine off:
Beachy Head today. Several (raw- j
lers are also said to have been j
torpedoed In the British Channel.
Berlin, April 0—The British
battleship Lord Nelson was destroy
ed by the Turkish forts In the I)ar- j
danelles, according to late re|K>rts j
from there.
Rome, April 0—The Italian j
steamer Parodi, from Baltimore |
with coal, was sunk l>y a subnia-1
rine today.
TO DRAFT A NEW
CONSTITUTION
Albany, N. Y., April 6—The
N'.'W York state's seventh constitu
tional convention opened here to
Jay Francis M. Hugo, secretary
of state, called the meeting to or
der. The convention's purpose is
the revision of the state's constitu
tion. important questions to be
considered include "votes for *o
meu " the re-organization of the ju
diciary and the s'.iort ballot. Other
issues which will be brought be
fore the convention are the sim
plification of tiie election system,
hr.i'Jv) rule for cities, commission
fern; of government, old age pensions
mid !lie conservation of natural re
sources.
The republicans control the con
vention. The delegates number 168.
Fifteen of these are delegates-at
large, all republicans. Of the re
maluiii" 3 53, 101 are also republi
cans. The rest are democrats, A
special election held April 7, 1914,
provided for the convention. The
delegates were chosen at the regu
lar election last November. Each
of the 51 senatorial districts is re
presented by 3 delegates.
imucauuiis are lurmer scuuwi
Ulilui Root, delegate-at-large, will
li»- naaiod chairman of the conven
tion. Senator Root wr.s the floor
leader of the republican majority at
the convention held 20 years ago.
Joseph H. Choate, afterward ambas
sador to Great Britain, was its
prcsfdcut.
Resides Senator Root three oth
ers among today's delegates gave
service at the 1S94 convention,
riicse are Louis Marshall, delegate
at-large, Charles S. Mercness and
Delaucey Nicoll, district delegate.
Associattd with Senator Root
and Louis; .Marshall as delegates-at
'.nrg« to the present convention are
Henry L. Stimson, George W. Wick
ersham, Seth Low, William Beri,
Herbert Parsons, Jacol- Brenner, A.
T. C learwater, Edgar T. Brackott,
trick \V. Culliuan, Jacob Gould
Schurman, Adolph J Rodenbeck,
John Lord O'Brien and Charles H.
Young. Serving as a district dele
gate is William Barnes, former
oh''.';'man of the republican state
coun.iittee. Numbered among the
remaining district delegates are
many members of the 11)15 leg
islature. These include Republican
Majority Leader Harold Hinman and
Democratic Miuority Leader Alfred
12. Smith of the assembly, and
Democratic Minority Leader Robert
F. Wagner of the senate.
The convention will not get
down to active work before the end
of April. Organization committee
appointments and the adoption of a
routine plan are programmed for
the next few days. Adjournment
will he taken then until the latter
part of this month, probably the
2fth or the 27t'n.
TUNAS KNIGHTS TEMPLAR MEET
Galveston, Texas., April C—Bath
ing and fish fries on the beach
are some of the entertainment fea
tures arranged for the 62nd con
clave of tlie grand commandery,
Knights Templar of Texas, which
opens here with an informal recep
tion tonight.
New Stock Albers Bros.
Progressive ChickFood
Now on Hand
Price 5c per lb.in small quality
501b. sack 4c per lb.
Fine lot Oregon Yellow Onion
sets just recieved price 17c per lb.
P. H. GANTY
THE MEETING OF
TGI COUNCIL
At the regular meeting of the
Ska-- ay town council last night
M> n: were present Mayer James
Kennedy, Councilmen H. Ashley,
W B. Batson, O. Selmer and A. C.
Blanchard.
Roll call. Reading of minutes
of previous meeting read and ap
proved.
Councilman Ashley of the P. W.
and P. P. committee, reported hav
ing put in a new sidewalk in
front of a piece of property own
ed by Max Gutfeld. Ho stated
that the work had already been de
cided upon, to be take nup at a
later date, but as the owner want
id it nut in at once, and was will
ing to turnish the labor for laying
it, he had taken advantage of t!ie
rffer and ordered it constructed.
He also had ordered put in a
board cross walk on Second street,
between State and Main.
uuiiBvuman Asuiey men pre
sented ..wo estimates for .sidewalk
material, one of which had been
furnished by the St. Paul Mill Co.,
of Tacom.i and the other by the
Stetson-Post 1,umber Co. of Seattle,
calling for approximately t>7,000
""eet or lumber. As there are oth
er lumber manufacturers to hear
from, the council accepted the re
port on street imurovements ami
laid over until the next regular|
meeting the consideration of the
purchase of sidewalk material.
The report of the town treasurer!
for the month of March was then
read, accepted and ordered placed
nil file.
Councilman Selrner on li-alth
and nolice, reported several cases j
of measles and rcommended the
appointment by the town council of
a health officer. By request l>r. i
Gabie waited upon the council, and
on being asked if he would accept
the position of health officer stat
ed he would gladly do so. Asked
the amount he would charge for
his services, he said they would
be free in the eases under dis
cussion. As the present council
has only one more week to
serve in this term it was decided to
apDoln* Dr. Gabie town health of-1
ficer 'or that time, with the under
standing that when the new board
took charge of affairs some defin
ite arrangements as to the future
would be made.
Dr. Gabie was then instructed,
with the assistance of Marshal
Page, to enforce the town or- j
dinanee in relation to the placing
in quarantine of all persons af
flicted with contagious diseases.
DALLAS CITY
HAS ELECTION
Dallas, Tex., April 6—Dallas vot
ers went to the polls today to de
ride issues involved lu tlie warmest
campaign waged here since adop
tion of the commission form of
government, eight years ago. The
Citizens association, led by Henry
I). Lindsley as candidate lor mayor;
tiie Peoples Independent party, with
James J. Collins at the head cf the
ballot, and the socialists with Geo.
Clifton Edwards as mayoralty can
didate have carried on a thre'v
sided political battle for the last
month on platforms more radical
than any ever proposed iu this city,
and which approximate each other
very closely in their main features.
Handling of the franchise prob
lem is the principal difference over
which the fight has been made. The
Citizens association demands an
(xamination of public utility corpora
tions by experts while tho Inde
pendents favor suitable regulations
on the present basis and elimina
tion of the question from politics
as far as possible. Socialists want
the utilities municipally owned.
The campaign has been unusually
free from personalities. The Citi
zens association has been in con
trol of municipal affairs since the
present charter was adopted.
VALE BULLDOG MEETS PEXXSV
Baltimore, April 6—Vale's loot
ball team played the University o
Pennsylvania nine here today.
The town clerk was also instruct
ed to . otify the principal of tho
public sci:ool of the appointment
of Dr. Gabie, with a request that
the priiuinal notify that official of
any pupils attending school who
had rash or eruptions on their faces
or hand3, or who had been forced
to quit school through illness.
The following bills were read, al
lowed and ordered paid:
P. McNlchol $ 17.50
John Johnson 1-51
D. NT Hukill 30.00
Alaska Gen. Elec. Co. . . 9 00
Home Power Co 277.40
Daily Alaskan 7-65
J. A. Nettles 9-33
Chas Fors 3.00
Und^r new business Bert Towne
and V. A. Peterson were appointed
clerks r£ election, and Robert
Eville, R. M. Becker and H. C
Putnam, judges.
The council then adjourned until
Monday, April 13th, at 8 o'clock
p. m.
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