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T uiriHWAV AT.ARTTA MiWflAV APRIL 2, 1917 PKICE 10 CENTS
No. 50 TWENTIETH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, APKIL 2, 1917
CONGRESS MEETS IN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
TWO KILLED III AUTO WRECK;
ONE OTHER SERIOUSLY INJURED
Taccma, April 2—Mrs. Charles
Runquist and Frank Pridmore are
dea l ami Mrs. Pridmore seriously in
jured as a result of au accident
which occurred when the automobile
w hie Pridmoro was driving: tore
tlxrough the railing of a bridge over
the XisQually river yesterday, pre
cipitatinjr the four occupants of
tli6 car into the river.
Mrs. Runquist w£s a bride of
Dui c-nc jveek, and in company with
her husband and the Pridmorea'
:were taking a pleasure drive.
Id an effort to make a turn on
to the bridge from the approach..
Pi IclmcTC, who was driving the nia
chine, evidently lost control, and I
ttie machine tore through th« rail
ing and fell bottom up, pinning the
four occupants down.. When a
passing car saw the accident, help
was at once rendered, and when the
four people were taken out it was
found that J Irs. Runquist and
Pvidmcrc had been instantly killed,
and Mrs. Pridmcro severely injured.
Washington, April 2 — Saturday !
afternoon the Danish flag was low
eied over the Danish. West India
Islands, and tie Stars and Stripes
raised as the former was being
lowered. Simultaneously •with the
raising of the United States flag'
over its new possessions, Secre
tary ot State Lansing banded Min
ister Brun, a treasury -warrant lor
the sum ol twenty five million dol
lars. This F3® dona to pave the
vast charge for transporting this
mon'y from the United States to
Denmark.
The transaction, literally meant
that Secretary Lansing handed tk0
Danish Minister forty eight tons
ot gold. —
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Juneau, April 2—Saturday morn
ing the House committee reported
back the bill providing that resist
ing an officer yrho endeavors to J
bring a person^ before a territor
ial committee as a witness be
learned guilty of a misdemeanor,
and recommended it for passage.
The measure providing for a
bounty for the killing of Jiair seal
was killed.
A memorial to the United States !
Congress was drafted, asking that
the money received through the!
sale of lots in townsites along the
new government railroad be used j
for 'he improvement of towns thru- I
out the district.
A 'elegram was read which, had]
been received from Chairman Meara
of ttie Railway Commission ia
whinh ho asks that the Territorial
legislature invita the Congressional
Committeo on Territories to visit
Alaska this year..
RUSSIAN m
ftLL SATISFIED
Loudon, April 2—According to a
report which was received here this
morning spates that President Rod
sianko has advised tJiQ members or
the Puma that the government was
In receipt of advices from authen
tic sources all along tho Russian
trout that everything there is har
monious to the new government and
that there is nothing more to bo
desired from that source.
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ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 4
Clark Elected Speaker of House. Pres
ident to Deliver Message Late Today.
Gardner of Massachusetts Introduces
Resolution Providing Straight Declar
ation of War.
Washington, April 2—The Unit
ed States Senate and House of Re
presentatives was called to or
der this morning In extraordinary
session promptly at 12 o'clock noon.'
Senator Martin of Virginia, an
nounced in the Senate thiat the or- ■
ganization of the upper house of
Congress would be perfected not lat
er than three o'clock.
It was also stated that President
Wilscn had expressed the desire* of
addressing a joint session of the
upper and lower houses as soon, as
the organization of both branches of
Congress had been completed.
It was stated by the leaders of
the congress that they wished to
have 'he President's message de
livered this afternoon.
Representative Clark was elect
ed speaker over Representative
Maoui by a vote of 217 to 206.
Representative Augustus Peabody
Gardner, Republican from Massa
chuselts, introduced a resolution,
ch&'r»1ng Germany with trying to
destroy the liberty of the world,
and was defying the laws of God
and man and providing that a
straight declaration of war be made
by the United States against the
imperial German Government.
SENATE BEGINS
11 III IEN
Juneau, April 2—It was decided!
la'o Saturday afternoon that hegln
ning this morning: the Terriotrial
senate would meet at ten o'clock
in «iie forenoon, instead of 11
o'clock, thus providing- more time
lor the consideration of measures
that may com© before it.
The juvenile court bill and all
other measures, six in number, will
be taken up today; for finaj action..
lONGiOilS
BYSTANDER
Seattle, April 2 — In a battle
which ensued between, the warring
Tonus of this city, which took place j
last night between Chinamen be- j
longing *o the two belligerent f*c- I
tions. George McLaren, a white !
man, nineteen years of age, was (
phot and severely wounded by a j
Dullet fired by one of the fighting
Chinamen. , !; > -J
EX-POSMTER
KILLS HIMSELF
Portland, April 2—E. R.. William
sou, Tormer postmaster in this city,
committed suicide this morning on
boarl a +'rain nearing this city by
shooting himself in the head with (
la pistol. •
Juueaj, March 31—No changes
will lie proposed in tlie mining
lavs at this session of the legisla
ture The committee on Miming met
last evening with Representative
Dalv iu the chair tp secure opin
ions ^rom the public and to inform
ally discuss the mining laws.. No
suggestions for changes were made
end 'be cimmlttee adjourned af
ter it was found that the con
census of opinion is that no chang
es ai necessary.
Denver, April 2—Mrs.. Smith,
the wealthy society woman who has
been on trial her© charged with
the murder of her husband, John
Lawrence Smith, was Saturday cleai>
ei of the charge when the Jury
which heard her case returned a veij
dijt of not guilty.
Guntamala City, April 2—Advices
which have been received here to
day states that German, reservists
are concentrating in Mexico along
the Salvadorean frontier.
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....$IO.OO Per Case....
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P. H. GANTY
BRITISH IKE GAINS AGAINST
GERMANS ON WESTERN FRONT
London, April 2—Advices receiv
ed 'bis niOTiiinf states that heavy
fighting has bean, in progress along:
the British hue west of St. Quentim,
and as a result the British forces
have captured Savy, a village in
the center of th« German defense of
St. Quentin.
Shortly after the capture of Savy,
the British attacked the German
forces stationed in. the Savy Woods,
which is only three miles fronk St.
Queiitiu, and after several hours
of hard fighting succeeded Ja dis
lodging the Germans from thi3 po
' slt'on,
j The position, was immediately oc
cupied by heavy artillery and the
' guns were trained on thg German,
1 positions at St. Quentin.
Washington, April 2—Alexander
Canuwart, one of th<j coustitua-nts
pf Uo Pacificist cause, got Into an
altercation with, Senator Lodge in
tae corridor of the National ca-pitol
today and Senator Lodge struck the
former such a Wow that he was
felled to the floor.
In a rag« the Pacificist arose to
his feet, and was pummelling the
Senator good when he was pulled
oft by bystanders.
Bannwart, according to the re
ports of those w-ho bad witnessed
the fight, had called the Senator a
ccward lor his refusal to vote
against any war resolution, and
the Senator from Massachusetts hit
him. , .
WILL SELL i
MORE SUES
Juneau, March 31—Andrew Clrris
ten*en. manager of the Lands and
Industrial Department of the Alas
ka Engineering Commission, yester
day appeared before a joint com
mitUe meeting to show why Anchor
are, Nenana and other towns along
tt-e government railroad should be
supplied with funds by the terri
tory to support their schools, and
in the course of his statements to
the committee he declared, that the
government intends to sell no more
town lo*s in Alaska as the work of
railroad construction is progressing
sr wo.l that the necessity for gov
ernment-owned to'wns will soon
oass. He also stated that the
drastic dry law enacted for the
♦arritcrv removes one of the rea
sons why the government desired
to ha ye complete control of the rail
roal cities. Mr. Christensen ar
rived on the Northwestern to ap
pear before the committee. Be
stated to the committee that the
government has no authority to tax
the property holders of Anchorage
or ta-> other government-owned
towns for school expenses. They
are assessed far fire protection,
sanitary improvements, sidewalks
an I other necessities but, it is stat
ed, such assessment were provided
for in the bargain with the govern
ment, or commission, when the lots
were purchased.
It is calculated that the. schools
'n the government towns would re
quire seventeen thousand dollars
from the territory. Mr. Christen
seu made one of the usual strong
talks vhich mada him famous out
wes* as the most successful of auc
tioneers..
PIONEERS MEET TONIGHT
There will be the regular month
ly meeting^ of Skagway igloo of the
Pioneers of Alaska at Arctic Bro
therhood hall tonight at 8:30
o'clock. All members are request
ed to be present.
WALK-OVER
SHOES
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Have arrived and are Now on Display
JAMES KENNEDY