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No. 65 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 21, 191ft
PRICE 10 CENTS
GREAT Evens
1AIG PLACE
Berlin, April 21—From the «trlct
censorship that Is beic." maintain
ed at Constantinople It la beltered
that grtat operations by the al
lies are In progress. It is stated
that 20,000 Britisn aud French
troops have been landed near Eros,
.11 European Turkey, oa the north
side of the Gulf of Saros, aad that
heavy cannonading has taken place j
between the Turkish land batteries
•uid the allies warship*.
A Russian aviator today dropped
.'orubs in Intersburg, Germany, ]
killing several people.
ARE i GAINS
Loudon, April 21—Late dispatch-1
i s from the French battle front
Indicate that there are no gains
being made by either side Just at j
present.
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Paris, April 21—Cannonading of
s< me violence is taking place today
in the region of Arras, while Bel
gium aviators are said to have bom
jaxded the German arsenal at
Uruges and the German aviation
j. rounds at Llssevegh.
FIF1T BOMBS
BEEN DROPPED
Geneva, April 21—Is is sanounc
■? i in today's dispatches that fifty
icendiary bombs have been drop
; d in the city of Rhelma within
the past few days,
Honolulu, April 21—The b«l
weather that has prey-it led here for
the past several day* haa halted
the work or raising the United
States submarine F-4, which went
down at the entrance to this har
bor a few days ago, and owing to
soma defect lr the machinery failed
to come up, her crew of 25 men
being carried dow* with her and
drowsed.
TO MEET FRIDAY
III AFTERNOON
The Mothers' Circle will meet in
the assembly hall, Friday after
toon April 23rd. The subject will
be "The Bettw Babies" movement.
The last regular meeting of the
Parent-Toacher association will be
May 7th.
It is especially desirable that
both these meetings be fully at
tended as the policies and pro
grams for the next year will be
discussed.
The school recognizes the right
of the oublic to a hearing on all
educational Questlona The special
needs of different communities vary
with their location, climate, and
Industrial conditions. For example,
a mining country would naturally!
hare interests differing somewhat ■
from those of a farming or manu- [
facturing community; though the |
staples of reading, arithmetic, and j
language are the same in all.
The Pareat-Teacl>er associations
are organized for this purpose.
They are the people's for
um, not only free to all, but all
are urged to come and express their
ideas. In Skagwsy every member
and every parent of a child in
school receives an invitation by mall
to every meeting. Every one who
will sneak Is given a courteous hear
lag and every member has a vote.
Many Questions have been thrash
ed cut and decided by vote and
many more are yet to be worked out.
It is the American way and we
can devise no fairer way. What
the public works out in this way
the teachers stand ready to exe
cute to the best of their ability.
Come and join ub for mutual bene
fit and mutual progress.
We are now showing the Largest
Line of Nrw
Spring and Summer
Wash Goods
ever shown in Skagway consist
ing of Plain and Figured Crepes,
Ratinas, French Ginghams. Mer
cerized Plisses, Peacalei, Flaxons
Etc. Ladies' and Misses' 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 is
real nice come in and look the goods ovar
H. J. LYNCH
Up-to-date Haboidaahar
and Ladias' Furnisher
Broadway betwcaa Third and Faurth Phone 41
Syracuse, April 21—The trial
of the libel suit of William Barnt-s,
Jr., against ex-President Theo lore
Roosevelt is progressing today, "'it
latter resumed Ills testimony this
morning but the judge barred all
evidence dealing with poliitics, po
litical methods, and conversations
on the ethics of bossism. Titos.
Smith, secretary of Tammany for
twenty years, has been called as a
witness by Roosevelt.
The Whltehorse Slav of April
16th publishes the following from
its Carcross Y. T„ correspondent:
Editor E. J. White ct the Star,
was here a few hours last Friday.
Miss Gladys Simmoiu- returned
Tuesday from a visit with friends
In Whitehoree.
Hundreds of fine white fish are
being taken in nets in this lo
cality these days.
Station Agent Harris who hu.s
been outside for the past six weeks,
is expected back the latter part of
the present month.
Mrs. Watson and little daughter
Norma, returned to Whitehorse Fri
day, after a two weens' visit with
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Ik w Watson at
this place.
"Gus" Muirhead, chief clerk in
the office of Supt. Gordon of the
river and lake fleets of steamers,
at Whitehorse, was litre between
trains last Friday.
Fully fifty returning Atlinltes
have been here during the past two
weeks on the way in to resume sum
mer operations on the various creek
of that district.
Howard Crosby of Great Falls,
Mont., who has been litre for the
pact three weeks on a visit to his
aunt, Mrs. E. W. Gideon, may de
cide to remain indefinitely.
After a quiet winter, the most dis
tressingly quiet in tht history of
the town, Carcross is coming out
with the pussy willows and awak
ening to the fact that spring has
come.
Landlord Gideon of the Caribou
hotel, la busy with beaverboard and
paint and that popular hostelry
now presents a better Interior ap
pearance than ever tefcre in its
hktory.
George Sinclair who was in from
Atltn the latter part of last week
for a load of freight,reports the
lake ice as being unsafe for travel.
During former years the lake ice
has been safer than at present from
three weeks to a month later in the
season.
Captain and Mrs. Alexander re
turned last Friday from a ten weeks
IDE ITALIANS
Rome, April 21—The Austro-ltal
ian negotiations are at a standstill
and the people of Italy are jubilant
us they believe a deciaratiou of
war to be inevitable. Both the
army and navy are fully prepared
to strike ou the side of the allies
whenever commanded to do so.
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New York, April 21 — T'irea
large cruisers of some loreigu oowr
«.r are reported to be lying off ne
narbor eutrance today.
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Ft 10 ENTER
Constantinople, April 21—Six
i.llied torpedo boats made unsuccess
ful attempts to uenetrate the Dar
danelles on Monday nigbt.
University of Washington, April
-1—Drink a glars o' water from
Lake 1'niou and you get. 5,000,000
micros.-opic organising at the
same lime. Drink a glass iioin
Green i.iko and vou reduce the
number 2,ou0,000. Take a drink
from l.:;ke Washington and the ad
i dition to your internal population is
hut 130,000. Such is the discov
ery of the class in sanitary analy
sis in tiie university, working un
Ocr the direction of Dr. John Wem
ziri, professor of bacteriology.
.->c.i water, the analysts found,
contained 2,000,000 mlrroorganisns
<vhen the water was taken ten f«et
from tl'.e shore and a foot beneath
the surface. Water from the Ra
venna park sulphur springs was
tound to be almost sterile.
trip down the Alaskan coa6t. They
spent several weeks at the Sitka
hot springs, and later visited at
Ketchikan and Juneau The form
er announced while here that he
will resume operations on his valu
able quartz property between here
and Atlin in the near future.
"Not lighter does the swallow
sklrn
Along the smooth lake's level
brin"
than docs Dick Hill with Ills Aero
thrust propelled boat, the only ma
chine of the kind ever shipped
north. With it a speed of eight
mile." ner hour can be made and,
as the blades do not come in con
air he is never troubled with brok
tact with anything more solid than
air lie is never troubled with brok
en propellors. He intends to ship
his engine to E. J. Hamacher at
Whiteliorse in the near future for
the purpose of having it tried out
en the river to test its ability
against the strong river current.
Perishables
Extra fine lot fresh Vegetables
and Fruit due on ilCity of
Seattle". Our prices' are
lowest and Quality the
BEST.
P. H. GANTY
From the Daily Empire of April
19th:
The local land ofl'ice is in re
ceipt of a patent from tne general
land office at Washington, D. (J.,
for William Austin, to a scldic. s
additional homstead tract of laua
ou the shore of Anchorage Hay; al
I so a patent for the Yankee Gii-.
placer claim located in the vicinity
of Valdez and belonging to John
A. Hazelet.
C. C. Miller, a miuiug man from
the Qoeur d'Alenes, Id;.ho, left
last evening on the gas boat Al
ta, in company with Fetfe Loreut
zen, for the Lynn canal country,
whero he is reported to have locat
ed some excellent mineral property;
one ledge being fifty feet wide and
assaying something like twenty
two dollars to the ton.
Articles of incorporation were tliia
morning filed in tho territoral sec
retary's office by the "Seward Ab
stract &■ Title compan)." 'ilie capi
tal stock is given at ?.r.,u00, being
divided into 50 shares of $lo each
N. N. Nuzum, G. Beuj. Poindexter
and B. R. Laberee, all 01 Seward,
are the incorporators an.! the first
board of directors, v. ho are to
serve as such for one year.
J. W. Bell, clerk of the district
court, has called for bids for the in
stallation of water works at the
court house. The bids, which must
be in by Saturday, call for the lay
ing of a 4-inch pipe from the street
below to the court house—about 30
feet in distance—and for a 3-inch
pipe from there to the top of the
building. He will also install a
hydrant if the city can be induced
to furnish it.
Word was received in Juneua Sat
urday that the Alaska-T reasure &cid
mine at Nevada creek on Doughu
uland will be developed, and that
work will begin almost immediately.
British capitalists have joined with
the California owners of the pro
perty and will furnish the money
to develop the property and work
it. It is not stated just how many
men will be employed this summer,
but the information is that there
will -robably be a lirgv? force.
The governor's office this morn
ing issued hunting licenses to Dr.
D. W. Smouse and Mr F. C. Hub
bell, of Dee Moines, Iowa, who
were passengers on the steamship
Admiral Evans, enrouie tc. Kodiuk,
where they will endeavor to se
cure some record specimens of the
great brown bear of that section.
Nome April 21—Lecnard Sep
pala, the uew quantity in Nome
dog racing, defeated "Scotty" Al
lan by nearly an hour and a half
.11 the famous All-Alaska sweep
takes dog race. He finished at
.•.'erne at 3;:44:37 p. m.. last Sat
ir.iay making the final total
.ime in 18 hours, 44 minutes and
>7 seconds. Allan passed Fort
Jeff Davis at 4:45 o'clock, and
iCskimo John with the Council City
Kennel club team was third.
Let nard Seppala, the winner of
ihe All-Alaska trweoi)^takes dog:
race ending Saturday afternoon, is
:i5 yea it of age, a native of Nor
way, and present manager of the
Pioneer Mining company of Nome.
Mrs. Seppala, his wife, was desig
nated queen of the carnival, and
-tarted the race.
"Scotty" Allan, the veteran rac
er who lost to Seppala by a
little over an hour, la 58 years old,
:md has competed la lucre races
than any other driver. As the
driver of the famous Allan-Darling
team, he has won two races, tha
first J»s 1909 and the second
in 1912, In 1908 he drove one
o£ Jake Berger's team, winning
first, orize He has three races
to his credit, and would undoubted
ly have beaten Seppala had his
leader not lost tho trail at Fox
River Friday night, and compelled
Allan to travel 25 additional miie^.
The All-Alaska sweepstakes, from
the year 1907 to 1915 inclusive,
have been run over the same course,
from Nome to Caudle on Kotzebue
sound and return, a total distance
of 408 miles. The list of winners
of thes* races are as follows:
1907 — Albert Fink, a Nome at
torney at law.
1908—Jake Berger's team, driv
en Hv Scotty Allan.
1 £>'19 — Scotty Allan, with the
Allan-Darling team.
1910 — Fox Ramsey, an English
nobleman, who introduced the Si
berian wolf dogs aa racers for ths
Tirst time.
1911—John Johnsr-n with his Si
berian wolves.
1912 — Scotty Al'.au. with the
Allan-Darling team.
1>»13—Fay Delzene.
1914—John Johnson.
1915—Leonard Seppela.
Messrs. Smouse and Hubbell visit
ed Kenai Peninsula in the fall of
1911 on a hunting trip and secured
some fine moose trophies. They
are enthusiastic in their praise of
Alaska as a game country.
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