®he Oailv) Alaskan
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No. 85 NINETEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1916
PRIC'KI 10 CENTS
THREE SURVIVORS
REICH SHORE
8«uvi>t»ra Drift Into Shoio In Life
J<UK tn exhausted Condition. All
Others »«t Thought to be '-o t.
Battled With St win Until Too
and Fell In. Faint.
SEVENTY MILK GALE SWEEPS
OOAS1
dtorw BtolIls I'pun California Coast,
Shipping Endanger**! all Down
U.e Caa«C Boats Sent to Find
Mis»lz« P*8awn/;ers.
i*ar Luis Obispo, May 11—The
atttuat* Roanoke after baffling I
*ri'h lao waves and stormy weather
a** the coast of California has J
foundered. A life boat with three I
»mTiror» has drifted ashore with |
thi details of the disaster. All
otfctm have been lost is the be
lief c* shipping men. up and down
the coast.
A raging storm striking ud a gale
o| over seTenty miles an hour has ,
*■ j» sweeping she coast for two j
A»m The boat left Sau Francisco j
>are# days ago enroute for south
era port. While out to sea a ter
ilbl# storm broke over her bows
>id bravely St battled with the
d<aib dealing elements but of no
ataU. The purmpa were ordered
it»»a ^Deration but could not get the
water oat of its hold.
Life boats were swung and the
•n»p abandoned. The whereabouts
•f the other missing ones is trying j
tr. be Ix&ted by boats ?ent out in
to toe Storm but wireless flashes
htdteatus that they hive not been j
let# so pick up a tracer. It is
feaied that they nave all found ]
a wa«»ry grave. The exhausted sur-|
vlvws have bten placed under me<li-:
cat attention. Long hours of ex- j
boeure la the elements has had a
grave «"ffect upon their mental ajid
physical condition.
Ta» Roanoke had a gross lounage
0' 2354 tons, net 1654. It was
S<7 teet in length, 4 0 feet wide and
k»d a depth of 16 feet. It was
ball* <»s 1882 at Chester, Pennsyl
v*ki« ind came abound the horn in
11>0. It had 1900 horsepower. It
~w»e covered hy mAri&e insurance.
Tse boat ueed to be on a run be
tween Portland and San Francisco.
EXECUTION STAYED UNTIL DE
BATE
lioj'al Commission to Study Condi
ficn:.s an island iind Bepoit t<
Parliament. Ordered to Prepar*
For Trip at Once. Wqrk ai
Dublin Among People.
London, Jlay 11—A Royal Com
mission, has been appointed to in
v&stigate tha Irish rebellion. Th<
ccuiraission bag bean instructed tc
go to the bottom of the reivolutior
iind out the needs of the people,
the social trend of the leaders in
the movement and make a detailec
investigation of all of the elements
necessary for the presentation ol
true and unbiased conditions whicli
com rout the British Empire.
Premier A«qu>th has promised tc
stag, all further executions on the
Island until the matter comes ui
for rebate :u, the House of Tar
liament.
The fcelitii; is somewhat adverse
to »' e action taken by the military
officers in the stringent execution
>'r tue letters on the Island. The
con»tn.ssion has been ordered tc
prepare r.nd leave immediately for
the Iiish capital.
FRENCH STOP
Paris, May 11—The French have
stopped the onrush of the Ger
man tr-joi>s at Vaus with bayonets.
The m«?n clashed la bodily encount
er. The order "Fix Bayonets"
was issued by the French commiand
sr wlu-n he saw that the rush
would break through their line de
fense. The Germans charged thru
th- lines and met the second line
iefensc with their bayonets fixed
and the hand to hand encounter
Occurred. The Germans were re
•ulsed.
COPPER
Twcoia, May 11—At twenty nine
.h *y sevcr> p.nd a half.
Thursday, Kriday, Saturday
SALE
ON
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SHIRTS
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MISS MOLLA BJURSTEDT.
Norwegian I* Champion W«*
man Tannia Playar of Warld.
Photo by American Preaa Association
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| Washington, May 11—Ama.icaai
I o i. n t>u It; throughout Metiico have
j 'wen instructed by the Mexican gov
I eruin'jEt to cajl the attention of
I tho American State Department to
tit repeated warnings that the
j Mexican government has issued to
tat m.
The warnings issued by the Mexi
can government have called the at
| tcution of the American, consuls to
*Ue fact that their presence on
IMtxicr.ii soil is undestrable.
ORDERS KENT SHOT
TOR TREASON
London, May 11—Thomas Kent,
a leader in th9 Irish revolution has
been court mortialed and shot for
treason. In all fouitoen have been,
found guilty And shot for treason,
seventy three have been sentenced
to penal servitude.
KRAl'SE POUND GUILTY
OP ALL CHARGES
Juneau, May 11—The jury af
ter being out half an hour last
night found Krause guilty of the
charge lodged against him of using
the. mails to defraud
ADMITS GUILT
TO GEM
COMMANDER IS PUNISHED
Commander laired Upon- Sussex i
Disobedience to order of Nava
D.*i;artm«{Dt. Germany Admit
Guilt of Unwautpn, Attack.
Washington, May 11—The stat
department lias received a Ion;
cable from James Watson Gerard
the American ambassador, li
Btrlin announcing to the America
uatTon that Germany lias admittei
that she is guilty in the sinking o
the Sussex.
This is the first time that the of
fktalb at Berlin bave ajctmitted ti
the Amorioaa representative tha
shb was guilty of the attack am
that her naval officers oPenl;
bV'ke Ihe international laws "wHicl
have existed between nations fo'
so winy years.
The acknowledgement |by GenflJff
of JiT guilt also makes it ver;
plain that she lies openly brokei
her promises to tbo United State*
in xv merchant sihlppiiig.
Tli" cpmmauder ol the submarin<
which fired upon the Sussex hsu
I em examined and it is clear tha
ba disobeyed tho Uistructions o
(he German Naval Department. Foi
his act of openly overlooking thi
orders issued by the departmen
K" lifts, been punished.
EDISDnTeAOS
- BIG HE
TO SPEAK ON SUBJECT
New York, May 11—Thomas Edi
sen, the Inventor, wizard) and fathei
»f modern elec'rlcal appliances,
viU lead a parade in this city on
Saturday wbich has as its express
.'ounidation the laying of the prin
:iples for national preparedness.
The preparedness parade will
narch down Broadway at noon
'reparations are now being made
or the occasion. Decorations have
>ee»n placed in the streets, stores
.re Heing trimmed in patriotic col
>rs and everything is to be pre
wired for a large gathering.
Mr. Edison, will make an address
>a the principles of preparedness
aid the necessity for both industiiu
md army and navy preparedness.
IYDRO MACHINE
FALLS INTO PATOMAG
Washington, May 11—A large
ydro aeroplane operating between
• ewport News and thin city fell
ato the Patomac near Mt. Vernon,
hree of tha occupants werq badly
iurt, two of them arg missing.
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IN BALANCE
THOOJ'S REMAIN IN MEXICO
t No Agreement Can be Reached foi
L the minor Detail? by Embassy.
9 Neither Side it) Wishing to Give
In, Obregon Waits for Instruc
tions from Comuiza.
I . /
El Paso, May 11—No definite
agreement can bo rtached by the
coiiieiees in Jaurez. Major Scott
I and General Obrcgon have been in
, conference over the Mexican situ
a'lon fir a week aad still the mat
t'r: hangs fire.
. i The American, representative hae
been instructed as to his ground
j I ap(> tuc kind of an arrangement
. that the executive will endorse, ne
L j has held to his instructions. Gen
. eral Obregon will not g?ant the re
J quests of the American embassy un
• '.I h.* hears from President Car
r' «««- ; I fl lip |f|
i'hug the disposition of the Am
, erican troops is at a standstill un
til Carrr.nza informs the Mexican re
, presc.itative of the wishes of the
| Mexico n leadrs.
Both governments agree on the
, general plan to bo followed but the
, minor details of the handling of
i tr iors and the amount to be allowed
to cross over the border are still
unsettled. American troops will
stay south of the Rio Grffnde un
til the matter is settled and a de
finite program is drawn up. Mili
tary authorities seem determined
to stop the lawless raids which have
be?n promulgated by the bandits.
The Mexican government has not
b>t'ji able to check K
CAM CROSS
BORDER USE
Marathon, May 11—Major Lang
borne with two troops of the eighth
cavalry has crossed the border in
to Mexico. He is rapidly proceed
. ing southward. The mission of his
rapid movements is not known to
outsiders and is kept a secret by
the wai department.
I
G. O. P. CONFERS WITH
LEADERS
WILL Support Republican Party if
Man is of PrtJgressivo Typo and
Stands foil Progressive Ideas. Will
Not Insist on Roosevelt.
New York, May 11—The progres
sive party has announced its re
cent dacision that it will not insist
on the nomination of Theodore
Roosevelt for president of the Un
ited States, providing the republi
can party will name a candidate who
Will stand for progressive ideas.
They have also mad© clear to the
leaders of the republican party that
they will not stand for the mere
naming of the candidate but that
r they must be able to put those priu
civle1' iu writing and get them
through their executive committee.
The progressive party jvants " it
understood that their principles
roust be advocated by the republican
lea deis and that the man named to
bead the republjcan ticket must be
of wide and broad powers, fully
capable of representing the people
in modern ideas and thought.
Mi". Roosevelt is the only man
to the present date wJiq has been
suggested for leadership on the
progressive ticket. They jyill not
definitely decide to enter the field
uutil the pulse of the republican
P«»rty is fully felt and its principles
inu leaders determined.
VAIDI5Z WILL 15E WET AT
LEAST ONE MORE YEAR
Tho enumerators appointed by
the commissioner to take a census
o' *hs town on Mie question of the
eale of liquor in Vaidez have com
pleted their work and rendered their
report to the couit.
Pour hundred and ninety per
sons expressed their choice on the
que»,t'CB.. Of these 330- persons
werv in favor of granting liquor li
eonifct; 106 expressed their disap
proval and 54 did no* care whether
tr cot licenses were granted.
As those withou' choice in the
ua ter are counted as against li
censes, the vote stands 330 for li
• ene to 160 agal.ist, or more than
a to 1 for "wets."
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