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SKAGWAY, ALASKA. THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1915 PRICE 10 CKNTS
No. 352 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
t L BREASE BEETS DEATH"
III 6ATILEMT IN FRANCE
Passenger* arriving In Skagway
on the Princess Maquinna yester
day brought word of tlie death .it
the battle front In France on March
J 2d a* YV. ii. Br ease, who about
eight or tea years ago spent $200,
000 la trying to deveiop the placer
properties oil Bullion creek, iu the j
rUuane mining district, Southern Yu'
Kon. t
Blease svas from a very wealthy I
.New York family and about tae j
time he reached his majority came j
.jorth as a big game hunter, and •
was the first man to take a wagon ,
across the country betw een White- '
horse and Kiuane lake, blazing out1
the trail at bis own expense. This
was shortly after Joe Smith and his
partners had dlscoveied gold or.
lti'llioa creek.
While hunting in the Kluane lake
region, which at th.it time was a
paradise for sportsmen. Brease niot
Or. h. S. Sugden of Whltehorse,
who was the owner of and working
several claims on Bullion creek a :
mile or so t>?!ow discovery, and hav-!
ing struck stood prospects was in j
cDusequence exceedingly enthusiastic
over the future of the camp as a
producer. *
Sugden finally induced Brease to ;
take hold of the property and the
ktter later secured every claim on
Bullion creek, either by option or
purchase outright, bought hars:s,
wagons, etc.. lasta'lecl a freight
Mne Into Lake Kluaite from White- I
horse, over which he shipped at |
en« rmous expense a complete hy- i
druulic plant, a steam saw mill
pl?nt and large Quantities of sup
P'ies for his workmen. He was ea
i.aced In th»s venturo for a ^oup^e
of years, ard during that lin.e j
spent a fortune from which lie re- 1
ct.'ved no returns whatever, final
ly abandoning the whole outfit, and
it probably now lies just as he le?t
it. The money loss was, however, |
ot staall moment to Brease, as It
•I'd not represent his income for
even one year.
After leaving Whitehcrse, Brease
returned to his home in New York,
aad a year or so afterward was ,
1 larried to a daughter o' or.e of the j
"Idest and most prominent families
o that city.
Six years ago he went to Lon-i
don as secretary to Ambassador!
L'ase and filled that position un-!
t.l the breaking out of the Euro
pean war, wl en he applied for na
taralization as a British subject in ;
order to procure a commission as
: a officer in tlte British army. He
*-aa commissioned aa li«ut«uant it
tha Royal Hot* Guards, and latoi
sent to the front In France, wher<
he is reported to have met hl« deat]
gallantly on last Monday.
NEW YOHK building
AT 'FRISCO DEDICATE!
San Francisco, March 22—Th(
New York building tt the Panama
Pacific Exposition dedicate*]
Friday with elaborate ceremonies at
tended by the governor of Californi:
tse mayor of San Francisco, all th<
high Uignataries of the exposition
company and more than a score of
p.-ominent New Yorkers.
Seth I/Ow, president of tie Nation
ai Civic federation represented Gov
eruor Whitman at the exercises,
and was the speaker of the day. H«
was accompanied to San Francisci
by Adjt. Gen. Stotesbury, or th(
New l'ork National Guard, a)
aide.
Naarlv all the 18 «ommis»ionan
from the state of New York wars
present when the ceremonies open
ed. Norman E. Mack, Buffalo
ihairma.i of the New York State
commission, presided. He spoke
briefly and introduced president
Charles C. Moore, of the Exposi
tion Co., who formerly presented to
tUo exposition commissioners tl»€
plaque showing their participation i
the big affair. He also voiced the
i!iaaks of the exposition manage
meat for tho Empire State support,
Mayor Rolph of San Francisco nnd
Gov. Johnson of California, then
spoke briefly, as did Wm. B. Lamar
Cui.'.mau of the federal commission
to the fair.
The ceremonies took place in
tront of the New York building, one
of the handsomest cn the grounds.
Gov. Whitman of New York and
tis staff are expected to visit the
exposition in May.
Ottawa, March 25—According t<
advices received here this morning
.ram the battlefront in France, ov
er two scoro Americans who hat
cuJistcd with the first Canadian cor
tinjjent, had been killed in battle.
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We are now showing the Largest j
Line of New j
5pring and Summer j
Wash Goods \
i
•i
ever shown in Skagway consist
ing of Plain and Figured Crepes,
Ratinas, French Ginghams- Mer
cerized Plisses, Peacales, Flaxons,
Etc. Ladies' and Misses' and
Children's Ready -Made Wash
Dresses at 75c to $2.25. The
newest things ir. 36-in silks at
75c per yard
If you want to see something that is
real nice come in and look the goods over
H. J. LYNCH
Up-to-date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
TERRITORIAL
LEGISLATURE
1 Juncfcu, March 25—The following
' I lesolutions have passed the house:
' I A Joint memorial praying congress
1 for the appropriation of $125,000
I for the construction and maintenance
J of hospitals in each division.
Joint home rule for county form.
A bill levying an assessment of
' taxes for school and municipal pur
poses.
An eight hour bill for placer
mines.
Memorial cxercises ns a tribute
to the late Senator Elwood Brunei'
of Nome, will b« held Saturday at
I 2 o'clock.
Senator J. M. Tanner of Skagway
! has Introduced a husband and wife
! bill for communal property in which
each is independent of the other in
all property acquired before mar
rigae. The wife may aiso receive
j wages for her individual labcr.
NINETY DAKS
MOHIl
El. Paso,. March 25—The Mexl
j can provinces in the territory over
which General Villa holds sway
| have declared a ninety days' mora
J torlum, according to late advices.
ARE GUARDING
TRE BOUNDARY
I London, March 2o—Fifty thous
j and Austrians are reported to bo
| guarding the Italian boundary.
Mine »weepers alone, are now
> active in the Dardanelles.
The Czar's troops are rej>orted to
have pusheu their way through the
I Dukla pass in the Carpathians, and
to have entrenched themselves with
in fifteen miles of the Hungarian
' town of Bartfa. It is said the
Czar will shortly go to the front
in person.
A largely increased nnniber of
German submarines around the Uiit
| ish Isles Is predicted at an early
j date.
INDIANS AND
PEDNS REBEL
j
! Hermosillo, March 25—Mexican
! i eons and Yaqui Indians are in re
bellion against the rule of Governor
Maytorena of this province. The
> governor Is said to be a prisoner
» in his palace.
I
Geneva, March "5—The Austrian®
admit the loss of seventy thous
and men at the surrender of
Przeiuysl to the Russians.
Washington, D. C., March 25—
An investigation of American ship
yards to ascertain whether or not
there are submarines building for
any of the belligerents in the Euro
pean war, has been ordered by the
government.
Senator Atlee Pomerine of Ohio,
claims that the federal primary law
for the nomination of candidates
for president, violates tho constitu
tion.
Secretary o£ State W. J. Bryan
has filed a protest in regard to Ger
many recently firing upon the Bel
gian relief ship Efianri off the
Dutch coast.
Tl'RNS DOWN OFFER
FROM GERMAN BUYERS
U1190I11, Neb., March 25—A re
quest that his firm of horse buyers
bid on a contract for furnishing the
! Gorman government 30,000 horses
for sen-ice in the European war has
been ieceived by George Woods of
the firm of Watson, Woods Broth
ers & Kelly, of Lincoln. This is
the first request from an agent of
the Gorman government received by
the film, though both the English
and French governments have had
representatives confer with the
horse men. Woods was also re
quested to meet the German gov
ernment's agent in New York. How
the animal were to be delivered into
the war zone was not discussed in
the messages, as that part of the
problem. Woods said, would be up
to the purchaser.
The firm will not bid on the con
tract, Woods says, because it has
been found that the government's
ogents resort to a sharp practice
which robs the transactions of the
profit. The animals are contract
ed for subject to inspection, he
says, and when delivered a large
Percentage of them are declared tc
be below standard and so refused.
Then these culls are later bought
up by men representing themselves
r.s being railroad contractors, who
pay a considerably lower price, the
owners being obliged to accept the
lower figure to get rid of the ani
mals and stop heavy feed bills. But
these alleged contractors, Woods
says, are in reality also buying hors
es for service in the war zone, and
the entire shipment of horses reach
es the purchasing government,
though at a lower figure than th€
original contract price.
NEW PERISHABLES
Extra Fine Quality
Just Received Today on Humboldt
Fancy Asparagus
Rhubard
Cauliflower
Head Lettuce
Green Onions
Cucumbers
Tomatoes
Bell Peppers
Large Head Lettuce
Celery
Grape Fruit
> Grape Frut
Bananas
P. H. GANTY
WELL KNOWN INTERIOR WOMAN
IKING 1 EXTENDED TRIP
KANSAS TO SEE IP
PROHIBITION PAYS
Lawrence, Kansas, March 24 —!
I i
I Can Kansas be used as a shining ]
j example to prove the contentions of j
, both the prohibitionists and the brew-'
| ers;? Is Kansas the happy, content
ed state the prohibitionists picture
| it? Is prohibition a failure, taxes
high and crime rampant, as the
United Brewers association assert?
To definitely settle the question
as to the welfare of the Jay hawker
state, Professer P. F. Black mar,
head of the department of socio- 1
logy in the Uiiivecfiitv of Kansas,
I has been asked by the International -
j Temperance society to investigate
| these conflicting statements.
Professor Blackmar will fintl out j
liow much liquor is consumed in
Kansas in a year. He .will make a ;
study of the relation of liquor, j
crime, Insanity, pauperism, imbeoili
ity, dependent and neglected chil
dren and the depreciation of lataor
power. A history of the political
and legal aspects of prohibition in
Kansas, including the decisions of !
the courts, and the social and ed- j
ucational past, will be laid before j
the anti-saloon element. The asser-!
tion by the Brewers association that j
prohibition lessens the demand for j
the grain crop will be either disap-1
proved or sustantiated.
Concerning the investigation, Pro-j
fessor Blackmar says:
"Zealous advocates of both
sides often assert what they can- |
not prove to bo true. We shall !
| find out the exact status of these
| statements and have available in
j formation as to the welfare of
| Kansas.
I
j ERSTWHILE "RUBES"
BECOMING EDUCATED '
I Chicago, March 25—Newspaper
publicity has forced the profession
al "con" man from criminal life
throughout the United States. This
is how, according to Captain of De- ]
j tcctive O'Brien, Chicago, once the
crime center of the west, is now
freed of confidence gangsters.
"Once the farmer would become
the immediate victim of the man
who could sell him either the Ma
! sonic temple, the Lincoln monument,
| Jackson park or the Gary 6teel
| works," he said. "But newspaper
i stories, breezily written, have been
j widely read r.nd the erstwhile *rube' |
'has become a Willie Wise."
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Mrs. Harry Hoaklnt, of Miliar
creek, which la located about 90
miles down the river frciu Dawson
and comprise* a big placer conces
' ion that is being worked by the
•Valuer Fork Dredging Co., of which
Harry Milvain is the manager and
Mr. Hosking an employe, was an
cutbound passenger on the
Princess Maquinna last night,
having been a guest at the Golden
North since Tuesday, when she cam®
out from the Interior. In 1903
Mir. Hcsking (at that time Mrs.
Bud Harkin) run io Whitehoree,
what was known as the WindBor
hotel (now the Whit6 Pass) res
taurant.
In the summer of "that year
Hud Harklns, Oene LaRos* and a
young waitress In the Windsor res
taurant tried to run Whitehors*
rapid:: in a canoe, tile eanoe being
awamced at the lower and of tha
rapids and Harkina and the girl
drowned, svhile LaKose escaped to
meet death in company with ihis
brother, Al. I^aRose, in the same
place several years afterward.
Shortly after the tragedy of the
Whitehoree rapids, Mrs. Harkin
went down to the mouth of the
Stewart river to taks charge of a
loadhouse and It w:w there she
met and married h»r present hus
band. Later they went to the Mil
ler creek country, and have been
there for several years.
Mrs. Hosking contomplzten an ex
tended visit on the oatside before
h«3r return. She will first go to
Vancouver, B. C., where ahe ex
pects to meet her son, Joe Harkins,
a young man of 22, who enlisted in
tile third Canadian contingent, as
well as her brother-lu-law, Arthur
J. Hosking, who left Dawson last
fall with the Boyle contingent.
Prom Vancouver Mrs. Hosking
will go to the Panama-Pacific In
ternational exposition; thence on,
through the Panama canal to New
York; thence to Chicago, and from
(here to Michigan to see her old
mother and visit with relatives and
the friends of her girlhood.
When she again turns her face
t.-ward the great northland she will
come west to Minnesota and spend
a time with the family of a brother
of her husband, E. R. C. Hoeking,
city editor of the St. Paul Dispatch,
from there taking up tho first stage
of her long return Jcurney to the
Pacific coast.
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