CONFLICTI REPORTS OF THE
BOMBARDMENT OF DARDANELLES
Constantinople, March 5—Award
ing to advices received here only
two old forts in the outer ildensts
of the Dardanelles have fallen so
far through the boiubai iliLC.it by
Uie allied fleet.
l.ondou, .March 5—The ai nuula of
the allies is still trying to force
its way through the Dardanelles
and is still battering the foris 01'
ivilduahlr and Chasuak. While the
lire froiu the big guns of tlie lat
ter fort are becomign perceptibly
weaker the British Admir.Jty do. s
not expect, according to iui an
ouncewent made this morning, thj
lull of Constantinople without a
prolonged resistance.
The recent appeal by the Turks
for an Austro-Gernuui fleet t
fi'iue to their assistance has bee..
deuied, it is understood, because it
is not thought the time is yet ripe
for such a movement.
Amsterdam, March o—The Brit
ish cruiser Zephyr, badly damaged i
iu the bonilwmlment of the Dardan
elles, tuts been taken to Salonika
with 150 wounded on hoard.
Athens, March 3—The Turkish
fleet that won assigned to Uattie
with Unit of the jillies in the Dar
danelles, has slipped under cover
m* a heavy fog into the Sea of Mar
mora, according to teports from
allies' aviators.
Berlin, March 5—Advices have
been received hero front Turkey,
iu which it is declared by the Turks
mat the Dardanelles is impregnable,
and that the allies will never l<e
able to enter the Sea of Marmora.
Athens, March 5—An expedition
ary force from Cairo is being mai'.e
ready to attack the Daidauclles iu
conjunction with a land force firm
K»pt.
Amsterdam, March 5—Advices re
ceived neie this morning claim
that the allied fleet has not yet
reached the real detenscs of the
Dardanelles.
Mexico City, March 5—A 6peui.il
decree was issued by the govern
ment this morning, making the opei>
oI stores and other busine s
mouses conditional on the acceptance
by theru of constitutional money.
Lon<l«n, March 5 Ttig Hritish
government has announced its in
tention to make known in a short
t me thfc details of Its policy in the
enforcement of the embargo ou
foodstuffs and all kinds of freight
to and front German i>orts «s w«.il
as to neutral ports where contra
band supplies can be tranship; cd to
(iermany.
ms liic
Florence, March 5—A s is'1 -
earthquake shock which took place
today caused a panic in Tuscany.
Paris, March •">—ll'i (icimaii
submarine U Eight was sunk to
day by destroyers of the British
flotilla. The members «.f tlie crew
of the submarine were rescued an«l
taken to Dover and inijrisoned.
The Elks will give a ball on the
evening of St. Patrick's day. The
Elks' entertainments are always suc
cessful, and efforts will be made to
make this a specially enjoyable one.
It will be an invitational affair.
SPRING MILLINERY
Ladies: We have a nice lino of
S-prins: Millinery now cn display
consisting of the larf st in I adies
and Misses Tr.mmed Hats. Also
nntrimmea Shapes, Wire and
Buckham Shapes. Hat Braids and
Straws as well as Trimmings.
We take Your Measure lor Suits
Coats. Dresses, Skirts. Etc. A Big
line of spring samples to choose
from made to your measure- Style
the Latest: Fit Guaranteed. Come
and look them over.
H. J. LYNCH
Up-to-date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
Broadway between Thud and Fourth Phone 41
Washington, D. C., March—(De-:
layed)—Congress adjourned at noon
i yesterday and Delegate James "Wick
ershaaj at once started for .heme
via San Diego and San Francisco.
In recognition of his services ia
: Panama, Col. Geo. W. Goethais, gov
ernor of the canal zone, lias been
nominated as a major general in j
the United States army.
The impeachment proceedings
which have been pending against j
Federal Judge Dayton were finally
. dropped yesterday after he had been
given h slight reprimand.
COMMISSIONERS CANNOT
CHARGE FOR SERVICES
Fairbanks, Feb. 15—It' ail cpin
s ion recently rendered by DLirict
I Attorney R. F. Roth, o. i /juri-i,
Division, is approved by the alter-'
' ney-general of the United States, U.;
j S. commissioners iu Alaska will1
| have their perquisites cut to tome |
j extent. The district attorney as- '
; serts that commissioners in Alas
ka have no legal right to charge
fees for recording vital statistics, I
[collecting poll tax and doing some1
other duties imposed upon theiu |
| by the first session of the legisla- !
1 turb.
It is held by Mr. Roth that the
Alaska legislature has no right to ■
I pass a law requiring people to pay I
| for recording vital statistics, such ]
as birth and death records and that
it has no right further to impose
any fee or expense upon the United
States, but if it wants its recent law
made effoctive it must provide the
funds for that purpose.
At 1"<J sauio iimc, 11 i
out by Mr. Roth, that as congress
iias passed a law requiring federal
officials to perform certain duties
imposed upon them by the local
legislature, they must make the re
cords required by the legislature,
though they cannot receive pay for
them.
The opinion of Mr. Roth's will
have the effect of reducing the in
come of most of the commissioners
of Alaska, and it is expected that
ihey will remonstrate against it,
provided it is upheld by the atto;-- j
ney-general.—Fairbanks Times.
JUL THEATERS
CLOSED APRIL
Berlin, March 5—All theaters in
Germany will be closed after the
first of next month, accoi ding to
official announcement made tcday.
Win. Achison, who was arrested
yesterday by Deputy Marshal Frank
Cook charged with vagrancy, was
tried before a jury in the commis
sioner's court this afternoon, and
the accused found guilty, with a
recommendation for leniency. He
was fiued $50 and costs and gave
notice that he would appeal.
SKIM ELKS
•ELECT OFFICERS
—
At the meeting last night of Skag
way I.odge No. 431, Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, the follow
ing officers were elected for the en
suing year:
Exalted Ruler—Howard Ashley.
Leading Knight—Henry Friedea
thal.
Loyal Knight—W. B. Batson.
Lecturing Knight—Oscar Selmcv.
Secretary—F. J. Van de Wall.
Treasurer—P. H. Ganty.
Tiler—J. C. Wood.
Trustee—James Kennedy.
Delegate to Grand Lodge—James
Kennedy.
Alternate Delegate to Grand
Lodge—j. m. Tanner.
The installation will take place
t'ne first Thursday night in April.
Past Exalted Ruler AV. C. Blanch
ard has been elected to act as in
stalling officer.
Following the meeting a sumptu
ous lunch wrs served.
\L\SKA MISSION ARV
DIES IX THE EAST
llrs. Eugene S. Willard. G3 years
old, and one of the bc-i-T known of
Alaskan pioneers, died o.i Feb. 15,
ai. her home in Chicago, according
to a telegram received recently by
a son in Seattle.
Mrs. Willard was born in New
castle, Pa., and wi'-li hei husband
came to Alaska in 1SS1, where they
founded the first mission in the
Chilkr.t country, at Haines. In 1SS6
they fcuuedd the first mission at
Jineau. They stayed there 13
years and then went to the outside
in ed"cate their children.
ilie author of "Kmda Shon's
Wife," published in 189}, Mrs. Wil
lar'3 attracted considerable atten
t'ou a.(long ethnolosica'. experts and
her beck received tlie first prize
at the Alaska-Yukon Pacific expo
sition ps an autliorltativ? volume on
the habits and characteristics of
the Urskan Indians.
Juneau Empire: It has been as
serted by those who liave looked
into it that the fact that there
will K only seven senators present
until file arrival in Juneau of Sena
tor Thomas JIcGann, of Nome, may
make it so that it will require all
tho votes except two in the senate
to jass a bill through that body.
That would make it possible for a
minority of the members present to
prevent favorablo action on a bill.
Section 13 of the Alaska Organic
Act r^ads:
"That a bill in order to be
come a law shall have three
separate readings in each
house, tho final passage in
each house shall be by majori
ty voto of all the members to
which such house i? entitled,
for the Lenten Season
We have a large variety of the finest
canned fish in the market.
Salmon [salt and kipperrd]. Norway
Mackerel. Boneless Codfish.
Strictly Fresh Eggs, Skagway and
Washington ranch
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
takoi by ayes and no.-s and en
tered upon tliQ journal."
An authority speaking of this
section today said:
I "The Alaska senate is entitled to
j eight members. Five members are
V majority' of 'all the membe.s to
• which such house is entitled,' and
while there are but seven lnembe t,
present, three members could block
| all legislation."
Speaker Ernest B. Collins pas3
| ed on this question in the house at
j i.'ie 'ast session of the legislature,
I and his ruling was sustained. One of
| those elected to membership in the
| last house of representatives, J. J.
M'lllaly, of the Fourth division, fail
| el to appear at the session, leaving
i but 15 members present. A bill
j which had received eight affirmative
I votes was declared to have been
I passed. Representative N. J. Svin l
seth raised the point that the law
required nine affirmative votes to
pass a bill through the house.
Speaker Collins sustained the point
ai!d the bill failed.
SITS IE!
Dr. Gieuseppe JIusso, inventor of
the ocean cable ph.oue, was in .lu
neeau a few days ago for a short
j time, having gone there from Val
dez.
Dr. Musso was a classmate and
j co-worker with the noted wireless
inventor, Marconi, for many years.
He has been working so quietly
and unostentatiously on his ex
periments at Valdez that few are
aware of the startling successes he
has had. That he will be talking
by fihcne over the military ocean
cablr between Valdez, Sitka and Ju
lie a u in a short time is almost cer
tain, according to statements made
by him while in the capital city.
UKEMEN WILL MEET
AT HALL SATURDAY XIGHT
Thare will be a meeting of the
members of the Slcagway Volunteer
Fire department at the Fourth av
enue hose house, Saturday niglit,
March Cth, 1915, at 8 o'clock. A
full attendance is requested.
JOHX BENDER, Fire Chief, s
At a short session of the terri
torial senate at noon Tuesday, Chas.
E. Davidson, territorial secretary,
submitted his reports on corporation
taxes and vital statistics, and the
appointments to offices in" the cham
ber were announced and ratified.
Employes of the senate selected
are Alfred E. Maltby, chief clerk,
Miss Agnes Williams, assistant
clerk and J. C. Dieringer, sergeant
at-arms, as made known yesterday,
am1 Fvau S. Bruner, messenger, C.
F. Cheek enrolling clerk, Miss
Gladys C. Swenson, engrossing clerk.
Miss R. McLaughlin and Miss C.
Fa hey as stenographers. The Rev.
J. B. Stevens was appointed as chap
lain, for the session.
In his report on ths registration
of vital statistics, Secretary David
son asked that the law be changed
so (hat the registration of vital sta
tistics should be mad;! in one of
fice. He also asked that a special
appropriation of ? 1500 bo made to
cover the fees earned by various
commissioners in the First and
Secon'' divisions, Who had complied
with the law, and to appropriate
r.icit»ys for future compensation. The
report pointed out the lack of in
terest taken in the enforcement of
the measure and urged that steps be
taken to make the law euforcable all
over Alaska.
After a committee of three had
been appointed to notify the house
thpt it would meet at 2 o'clock in
the afternoon in joint session, the
senate adjourned.
In tile house a committee of
three reported there were ten can
didates for the five remaining po
sitions to be filled, and a secret bal
lot was ordered.
Miss Hiuzauein ntnu vi juuwu,
Miss Una Korth of Valdez, Miss
Uleanor Fa hey of Juneau and Miss
Rose Penglase of Douglas were el
ected.
Mr. Slionp asked that a ballot be
taken to determine the fifth em
ploye. Miss Mattie O'Brien of Seat
tle was chosen on the ballot.
Other employes of the house are
Harry Keown chief clerk, Prank
Pierre messengeer, and R. L. Hunter
iiL-r?eant-at arms Miss Eleanor
Fahey will be Mr. Keown'e assis
tant.
The W. C. T. U. will meet tc
morrow (Saturday) afternoon ia
t'ie annex at 3 o'clock. Business of
importance will come before the so
ciety and a full attendance is de
iivsd. .
Who's Your Tailor?
j^ever mind if tb^: robins haven't
arrived yet-- Spring is on the
way, and you'll be wise*to leave
your measure for your custom tail
ored clothes today—then they'll be
Ready When You
Need 'Em
Get the first choice of Ed V. Price
& Co.'s exclusive woolens and have
the clothes deliverednvhen you want
them—at a price you'll like to pay.
Will Clayson
The Clothier