Xo. 304 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
SKACtVVAY, ALASKA.
PRICE 10 CENTS
WO HUNDRED SURVIVORS OF
GERMAN CRUISER 6LEUCHER
Li>tult*u, Jan. 127—It is officially
iiununi'nl here Unlay that the Brit
battle cruiser Uon was tin*
fdoed. and the British destroyer
IcHvr badly damaged in the re*
lit naval battle off Heligoland,
nt have Inith reached port safe
Two hundred survivors of tlie
miian cruiser Bleucher, which
as sunk in the engagement, were
mUtl this morning.
It is claimed by the British thjvC
>th the tiennan cruiser Dere
iuger aud Moltke were afire when
>ey made their escape from tlie
ritish fleet into the sea zone pro
* t«xl by (ieruian mines.
rhe survivors of the Bleucher say
um a great naval battle has been
ught iu which the death toll was
■ivy and the damage inflicted on
ii« vessels engaged great.
USER RELEASES
1Y PRISONERS
i'erlin, Jan. —7—The Kaiser today
!• !>raU-d his 56th birthday by re
ing :;I! prisonei-s who had been
n mart ijled whose sentences do
! exceed six months. He also
.i:Ked tlie prosecution of all sol
's whose offenses had been com
o '■ previous to the call to arms.
J ATTACKS
ABE DEFEATED
tirrlin, Jan. —7—It is given out by
v i\ar department today tliat all
irks made by the French in
.: Ik-in Argoane against the Cier
iis have been defeated.
'i'here is little news from the
:-s:ar. battlefields, there l<eing
iliing more important to report
n cannonading at long range.
Malmoc, Jan. 27—The German
protected cruiser Gazelle was tor
pedoed by an unidentified subnia
rine nftu* the island of Kuejjeu yes
terday, and badly damaged, but lias
arrived at Sassnilz, Germany.
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London, Jtui. 27—News tvas re
ceived in this city this morning that
a Zeppelin airship had been brought)
down by the Russian guns at Libau,1
Russia, and the crew taken prison
ers.
Paris, Jan. 27—The bombard:
nient of Thaun, Lanlvack and Sua
thain is still in progress.
ACT IS STE1I)
I
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Hugo Ungrefroren, steward of the
Elks' club of Skagway, has b'.v.i
summoned as a juror at the Feb
ruary term of the district court in
Juneau and during his absence J^>.in
Wood will look after the welfare o."
the members of that organization
in his stead.
SUITS
Made to
Your Measure
400 Spring Samples
to choose from. We guarantee
the fit. Suits delivered in 30 days
from time of leaving order. If not
right in every way we will not allow
you to pay for them. You take no
chances when ordering from us.
H. J. LYNCH
Up-to-date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 4!
'J.W.80YLE HERE
01 if 001
J. \V. Boyle, owner of the big
placer concession o£ the same name
on the creeks near Dawson, upon
which tie 19 at prudent operating a
Miniber of dredges, two of tuein
being the largest machines of their
type in the world, is here on his
way outside. He will probably go
as far east as Chicago.
Mr. Boylee made himself locally
famous in the Yukon territory a
short time ago by the recruiting and
equipment of a contingent of volun
teers for service with the British
forces in the European war. The Yu
kon buys were given an ovation on
tneir departure from Dawson for
the front last fall and at all in
termediate points between there
and Victoria, B. C., were received
enthusiastically. They are a fine
body of men, and it is expected
they will give a good account of
themselves when the time comes
for theia to take part in conflict.
T0URNA1ENT
The Skagway bowlers in the In
ternational tournament in the three
sanies of the series played on the
Elks' club alleys last night made
a score of 2573, which still leaves
them in the second place in the
contest, tlie Treadwell team being
: :i the ieaa .
Scores ciado by the other con
testants last ni^ht were:
Tread well, 2U;>4.
Juner.u, 25S1.
WhUehorse, 247i>.
IHiwsoti, not reported.
The ;iu:il game-: of the series will
tome off on Friday night next.
ffliSCESS if
The Princess May got in at 11
o'clock tills morning with 13 pas
st ngers and 32 tons of cargo, be
sides four horses for the \V. P. &
V R. She will sail south at her
usual time tonight with J. W.
Doyle, Mrs. R. L. Vinlng and daugh
ter, and Messrs Nadeau and Bou
l.-.nger as passengers.
II
II GUILTY
New York, Jan. 27—Harry K.
Thaw was arraigned this morning
and pleaded not guilty to a charge
of conspiracy. His trial was set
fr>r February 23d.
HE QUESTION
IS HOWSETTLED
The question having recently bee.i
brought up In Skagway as to wheth
er or not H. D. Clark, owner of the
"Sunnyside Farm," had a right to
deliver wood within tho corporate
limits with his farm team without
lirst having procured a license, iiaa
been decided by District Attorney
Reagan of Juneau, in answer to a
query sent to him by Mr. Clark bat
ing the case and asking for his
opinion, who rules thai Mr. Clark is
exempt from the tax so long as he
confines his activities to the work
' above mentioned.
LOCAL BRIEFS
Mayor Huntley of Cowley is in
town today.
JootpU Wilson, purser on one of
the W. P. & Y. R. river boats,
camc up on tho Princess May.
Ernest Tuttle of Ft. Wm. H. So
I ward, who has been in Skagway for
several days, returne i home on the
i Peterson this afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Ungrefroren ro
celved .on the Princess May today
several letters and a post card
from relatives in Freising, near
! Munich, Germany.
I' William Barnes, night man at
the Home Power Co.'s plant, re
turned this morning from a short
visit to the outside.
Lovell C. Rousseau, of the me
chanical force of the Daily Alas
kan, returned from a month's vis
it to Sound cities this morning.
Alone.
Perry Askam and L.esiie u rseii
came up on the Princess May this
morning. It is their intention to
make a walking tour of the inter
ior. going as far north as Dawison.
Dikka Neumann, John Sewel),
Kennoth McLeod and Douald McKay
were all arrivals on the Princess
May this morning.
Mrs. F. Fisher cud little son
Rex, family of Cashier Fisher of
the W. P. & Y. R. at the dock, 're
turned on the Princess May from a
several weeks visit to the outside.
The Pa'.trson came in this morn
ing from Ft. W. H. Seward with
Mre. Capt. Lambie, from the post,
and Tim Vogel from Haines on
board. There were also a number
of enlisled meu who made the round
trip.
In Skagway today the weather
conditions are ideal for winter the
temperature being 22 above and
the atmosphere perfectly calm. At
Dawson the thermometer is at 5
above, which is the lowest of any
point botween here and there ex
cept at Ogilvie and Coffee creek,
which are also 5 above, and at Sel
kirk, .which is 2 abov6.
Mr. and Mrs. J. McKettrick, in
charge of the railroad eating house
at Bennett, who have been visiting
at Lyndon, "U'as'n, during the
w'nter months, arrived on the Prin
cess May this morning and are
stopping at the Dewey hotel.
SWEET
CIDER
We have just tapped another barrel
and it is exceptionally good. Price
50c per Gallon
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
wrm 5 * v. ♦ e v«TmrmimrnrmnnmTr»
PRISONER HAS-A
em no
| Edgar Maxwell, arrc-sted a short
time ago -for disorderly conduct by
Nightwatchman Carson, and afier
ward sentenced by Judge Martin Con
way to 90 days In jail, is proving
rather obstreperous In confinement
having since incarceration assault
ed a companion who was enjoying
with him the liberty of the main
room of the jail during the day time
and had it not been for the timely
appearance of the jailor would have
probably seriously injured the in
nocent cause of his wrath.
According to information in pos
session of Judge Cnway the prison
er is an Englishman who was re
cently released from goal at White
horse after serving a thirty daj'3'
sentence and at a previous time
had served a 75 days' jail sentence
in Cordova.
jig WORK MIS
EXTENSIVELY
TI10 Alaska Consolidated Copper
company, whose mines near Stralua
have been under development for
several years, and of which A. C
lies is the resident agent, is about
to begin work on its properties. on
a large scale. The company will
spend a large amount of mo nay
during the coming summer, bringing
the mines up to the shipping stage,
I aaid a large consignment cf machin
ery to facilitate the carrying out,
cf this plan is now on the way from
the factories in the East.
Under present conditions it is
cecessary to haul the ore several
miles to the railroad, and its is con
templated, if a railroad is not 300.1
constructed either by tlie government
or by private parties that will reach
ihe mines, the company will build a
branch line of its own to connect
with the Copper River & Northwest
ern railway.
The company has several groups
of claims, covering immense bodies
of very rich ore.
Frundt & Morse, attorneys of
Blue Earth, Minn., have written to
Phil Abrahams asking for informa
tion cr Ole J. Amble, who former
ly resided in Butte, Montana. The
iast hear of him was in 1904 when
he was making preparations to come
to Alaska.
THE MEXICANS
AGAIN FIGHTING
Galveston, Jan. 27—Advices re
ceived here this morning convey the
information that General Carranza
is preparing to attuck Monterey with
a force of 40,000 men.
Vera Cruz, Jan. 27—General Car
ruiza is reported to have won a
victory over General Villa at Apaai,
killing or capturing eight hundred
of Villa's men.
Seattle, Jan. 27—The City of
Seattle left here last night at 9
o'clock with the following passen
gers listed for Skagway: I>r. and
| Mrs. Gable, Mrs. H. S. Pullen, H.
| G. Austin, R. Campbell and D.
j Smith.
*L NOT CHANGE
ELECTION DATE
Juneau, Jan. 27—Governor J. F.
A Strong has refused to consider a
change in the date of the special el
' ection in the Second Division from
Feb. 27th to Feb. 20th. The elec
tion is called for the purpose of
, cLoosing a successor to Senator El*
wood Bruner of Nome, who died a
' few days ago in California.
Interior Weather
Skagwar, cloudy, calm, 32 above.
Whitehorse, clea>*, calm, 12 above.
| Lower LeBarge, cloudy, calm, 10
above.
Big Salmon, fog, calm, 10 above.
Carmacks, cloudy, calm, 8 above.
Yukon Crossing, cloudy, calm, 8
above.
Selkirk, fog, calm, 2 above.
Coffee Creek, cloudy, calm, 5
above.
Stewart River, cloudy, calm, 6
above.
Ogilvie, fog, calm, 5 abover
Dawson, cloudy, cslm, 5 above.
Who's Your Tailor?
J^ever mind if the robins haven't
arrived yet--Spring is on the
way, and you'll be wise to leave
your measure for your custom tail
ored clothes today—then they'll be
Ready When You
Need 'Em
Get the first choice of Ed V. Price
& Co.'s exclusive woolens and have
the clothes delivered when you want
them—at a price you'll like to pay.
Will Clayson
The Clothier