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No. 315 NINETEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1917
GERMAN CONVICTED OF IN
• SLAUGHTER RAO ALASKA CHARTS
New York, Feb. 16—When, a
search was made of tho room form
erly occupied by Ji^rbert Sauer, a
German who wag recently sentenced
to imprisonment for manslaughter
in thU city, for having killed and
robbed a woman here, among his |
belongings complete government
obaTtg ©I the Anchorage harbor, j
channels and other harbors aloiiv
the AJastra coast were found.
When i>e man was questioned sis
to what purpose lie intended ?ut
Unp these charts to, he replied that
he wanted to make a name for
himself when he returned to the
Fatherland, where he would turn
the charts over to the German gov
ernment for its use.
NEUTRALS WILL
SAIL SHIPS
New York, Feb. 16—It wa# an
nounced here today by the big
steamship companies of the United
States and aiso at the offices of
the s'eamship companies of other
countries, that companies from ail
<n«utral countries would soon re
sume their sailings to European
aorta. .ii 4;jkiiil1 • j
Paris Feb. 16—Americans are
arriving in thig city from various
portions ot Austria, and say that
they Lad received warning from
Washington to leave that country
u toon as possible. Those who
have already left state that a great
sn*nj more Americans now in Aus
tria ar« preparing to leave at an;
®ariy date.
Seattle, Feb. 16—Detectives were
called to ths Marci apartments,
401 23d Aveuue south at an early
hour this morning, where the dead
body of Mrs. Ella Grandall Wodow
was found in. h§r room. There was
little evidence by which the wo
man could be identified, and tie
police are frying to find out who
■she is and where she came from.
KAISER GIFTS OF
GOLD WORTH $25,000
Berlin, — Emperor William don-1
ated to th© "Gold Purchase Bu- j
reau," which is buying all kinds i
o| gold jewelry in order that the
gold supplv of the nation be in
creased, three valuable items that
are worth about $25,000.
The list includes a handsome
yachting cup, donated a few years
ago by a wealthy; American as a
Kiel regat'a racing trophy, and
which the kaiser won; a heavy gol>
cage presented to his majesty by
an eastern potentate, and a 31-inch ;
high cup or vase, which, is the gift
of a German financier. |
Berlin, Feb. 16—In an order Te»
ceatly issued by the Kaiser in re
ference to the impending naval bat
tle, which It is claimed will be a
decisive event in the present world's
war, sis majesty; characterizes the
British ag Germany's hated au-d
obatina.'e enemy.
In. Breaking of the German sub
marines now operating. Emperor
William said that he expected the
German submarines to be bo de
veloped with na very short time so ,
as *o take first rank in the list of ■
fighting ships. '
SPECIAL SALE
-OF
LADIES'
Hats
AND *
Coats
FOR BALANCE OF WEEK J
4
See Samples ia Window Display
ALBERT REINERT
* —Successor to H. J. Lynch—
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
Berlin, Feb. 16—All Americana
who were captured In the -raid made
on merchantmen ia tfiQ South At
lantic. and who ^ere brought to
Germany on the pteamer Yarrow
dale, "were today set at liberty by
order oX the Imperial government.
It is believed tha,t all these Am
ericans will Igave for tie United
States within a few days.
Hahita, N, M., Feb. 16—L»m
SpilLsbury, one of Gen. Pershing's
ecoute, haa returned to head
quarters, where he reported having
ifound »he bodies of Andrew P. Pet
erson, Hugh Acord and Burton Jen
son, and that there were indica
cations that fhey had beeu killed on
the American side of the line and
afterwards the bodies carried into
Mexico. ! <
The bodies when, found, had been
stripped of all clothing, and from
wounds it wag evident that the men.
had been shot, many times, which
would indicate that they had been
either surrounded by a band of
bandits who all ehot at the men be
fore they could off$r resistance, or
else after they; were dead, the
murderers ihad emptied their guns
-at the prostrate bodies.
Germans Gain
at Champagne
Berlin, Feb. 16—Reports given
out nera at the Wftr Office Btate
tuaf German forces made an, attack
oa the enemy ia the region of
C.hampayn.e and that a tract of
ground half a, mile deep and. one an
one half miles long wag captured.
856 prisoners were taken in the
struggle.
KIDNAPS OWN DAUGH1KH
Seward, Feb. 10 — Jack Smith,
[c-irmeily of Seward, is under ar
rest at Anchorage on the charge of
kidnapping; his own child, which
Iws been, awarded to the custody of
'he mother foliowing a divorce suit. i
Smith's wife secured a divorce last'
year v. hile in Montana end later |
married Jas. 52. French. Mr. and
Mrs. French are living at Mile 98
on fuinagaju arm, near Potter
creek where he is employed as
timekeeper on the U. S. railroad. I
V; t kidnapping wad not unexpect
ed as i* was known that Smith, was
at wot a at Camp 66 as barn boss,1
and he had repeatedly said that he
wag not satisfied with the divorce
and would tajco his daughter* who is
now four years old, at th|e first op
portunity.
Recently Smith, went to the
French home at Camp 98 and on
same pretext or other got Mrs.
French to leave the hom® and he
tock the child during her absence.
Smith brought the child to Anchor
age and took her to the home of
Mrs. Mat*- Button as Mrs. Button
was a friend of the family. Mrs.
Button had previously kept the
child for several months and did
not anticipate there was any trouble
connected with, the affaiT,
The child was turned over to Mrs.
French following the arrest.
Smith and his wife lived here last
year urior to the time that Mrs.
Smith went to the states and secur
ed the divorce. Matt Button and
his wife lived here at the same time
and took care of the little girl for
a time. They left for Anchorage ac
companied by Mrs. Smith last spring
Logan Billingsley
Was Not Broke
San Francisco, Feb. 16—Logam
Billingsley, who was recently con
victed of bootlegging in' Seattle, and
who was supposed to l>e broke, to
day withdrew from tfcfl Union Trust
Company this city, $85,000 in cash.
GERMAN TROOPS WITHDRAWN
Berlin, Feb. 16—German troops
which have be^n holding a posi
tion between the Serre River and
the Somme river have been with
drawn from their advanced position
and have taken a stand some dist
ance to the northeast.
The Womans Church) Auxiliary
will hold a cooked food) sale at
Harrison's store on Saturday, Feb.
17 at 3 p. m. at which cakes, pies
aud chiefly doughnuts will1 be on
sale. We take this opportunity to
ask the womui of the church to
kindly help us by sending their
donations as early aa possible.
Tee merchant* of Skagway will
observe the anniversary of the
birth of George Washington next
Thursday, February 22, by closing
their stores at noon.
This announcement hie been made
bv L. A. Harrison, "Albert Reiner!,
James Kennedy, P. H. Ganty, C.
W. Ask & Son, and it is presumed
thaf a number of the other mer
chants will do likewise.
Probably tho most complete as
sortment of office, desk and library
neuessitieg every in Skagway was
placed on display yesterday in Kel
ler Bros. Drug Co., window. inks
of all colors, and in all sized bot
tlt-s, library paste and mucilage,
in tubes, jare and cones, pens and
pencils, paper fasteners, blotters,
ink wells, ink eradicators, erasers
and rulers, and all kinds of sta
tionery and other office paper.
Prices are right. tf.
COMPLETE.
Line of
Perishables
on the
Spokane
P. H. GANTYjj
POWDERS WILL AGAIN TRY
10 INAUGURATE S. S. SERVICE
Portland, Feb. 16—C. A. Bark-,
hardt and his associates, who own
and operated several largo salmon .
canneries in Alaska, are working on ,
plans to; establish a direct steam-,
ship gtrvice from tills port to south
eastern Alaskan, ports.
Several attempts have been made j
by the merchants of this city; to
establisa such, a service, but as .
it would require some years to
work the business up to a paying
basis, after a few trips the scheme
has bteu abandoned.
The Burkhardt-s cl&j^Jhat they
can secure enough fisli. sh'&ments to
make t.he project a pitying ong from
the start, and if the merchants of
of this city will again enter the Al
askan field, it is believed that di
rect service could, b.e maintained.
11330,000,000 F08
POSHFFICES
Washington, Feb. 16—The post
off'ce b'll, carrying, an appropria
tion of $330,000,000, and a pro
vision which prohibits the importa
tion cf liquor^ into -dry; states by
means of the United States mails,
passed the senate this morning.
PALLING TREE
NEARLY CAUSED
DEATH OP CHILD
Seward, Feb, 7—Baby Enatrom,
three year? old, daughjter of John
JEnstrom, living up Lowell creek is
slowly recovering the use of limbs
after an injury last week whichi
threatened for a time to result in
complete paralysis. The tot toddled
ouf to a place quite a distance
from the cabin where its father was
cutting d.own a email spruce tree
and was struck. Enstrbm did not
now; +hat his daughter was near un
til too late. At first the child could
not mr7e but it hag since regained
th<? use of all of its body excpet one
leg.
The House Committee of the Elks
club have decided on giving tin in
formal dance at the club hall Sat
urday; night, to w.hichj all are cor
dially invited to attend.
CUBANS READY
FOR REVOLT
Washington, Feb- 16—A report
frort Minister Gonzales sent to (.lie
State Department from Havana,
states that the entire eastern end
of Cuba is in a state of great ex
citement, and that a revolution is
threatened by the people there.
SEATTLE STREET OAR
KILLS AGED MAN'
Seattle, Feb. 16—Z. C. Young,
I while attempting to cross a street
in the congestod district of this
j city this morning, was struck by
' a passirg electric car and before it
; could be stopped lie was dragge d
under the wheels and. frightfully
mangled. Death, wag almost in
I stantaDeous. The dea-d man was 74
i years of age.
TOWAGE LOSS DECREASING
London, Feb. 16—According to
reports given out at the War Office
! *hig morning tlie total tonnage lost
| Thursday due to submarine activity
is placed at less than eighteen thous
and tons. This is a great reduction
over any previous day's report since
the beginning of Germany's new sea
warfare policy has become effective.
Washington, Teb. 16—The Webb
bill, which was introduced in Con
gresa aa an amnedment to the con
stitution of the United States,
and which provides tor National pro
hiibtion, after having been referred
to tlie judiciary committee, has
been reported back to the House
of Representatives, the committee
reporting favorably ou the mea
sure. i
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