Mrs. Dick Brlttalu \ias an arrival
here from Juiteau on tlio City oi
Sou t tie.
The City of Seattle brought up
io enlisted men lor inti nrnu p_:>.
.11 Ft. \V. 11. Seward.
K-tuk Tuscher, traveler tor lae
......li'.vare Jepurtmeut of Stiiwaau^
or Pros. oi Scuttle, is in tuwu ui'Uiii
- . n up tradet
»'ae Northwestern is du« fro;a t..c
isiward at o o'eJc.i tonight, b-u
>v. iug to heavy weather ou tue
jutsido alio uiay not get iu u..Lii
later.
George C. llazelet, manager oi
the Cordova Power Co., and trus
tee o£ t!ie Cordova townsite, w.is a
westward bouud passtnger o:i th.
Mariposa lust night.
A slated communication of White
Pas* Masonl« Lodg« No. 113, wi't
te held touight at S:30 o'clock at
the Masonic hall, Fourth uv
cuue.
Thero were thrfr* Lower Yukon
river steamboat mea on the seat
lie wheu she came la this morn
las, who are on their way into the
interior.
W. J. Urquhart, employed iu t'-O
auditing department of t: o \V. 1".
& Y. R., will leave on the North
w-tstem tonight for a 'mou:h\ v.t
«at:on on the outside.
S. P. Sanford, traveler .'ur M. .J.
15. coffee, was an arrivrl o:i t'-e
<'itv of Seattle and left for :
terior t! is morning in cor:; .
L. Levy, the fur buyer.
The Mariposa came In rt 2 1:
night with 10 oa-i-cr-r s
. saa'.J amount of ireii t for th;
ro.t. She continued on to the v.osi
^-'ard at 12:30 this morning.
One of the worst wind storms f-\
rerienced in Skagway in years pro
vailed last night. The blow came
out of the south and was accompan
ied by a coid and driving ruin.
Geo. \V. Roberts ot Ruby, Al's
ka, a cartner of Senator lXiu Suth
erland of the Fourth division, came
up on the City of Seattle t'.i- morn
ing on his way. to the Interior.
James Fisher, the man who was
hurt some time ago while working
ct: the A. P. & Y. R. dock, was
on outgo;.ig passenger on the <"t-'
o" Seattlv this morning, his do ti
t bi-i-ig Sm Francisco.
James Wallace, chief clerk for
t.;j general agent at Skagway of the
U . 1'. & V. R., will be uu outgoimg
passenger ou the Northwestern to
night for a month's visit to the
outride.
TYe City of Seattle had 207 pas
sengers wueu she left Seattle on her
l-iib-cut voyage, among them being
. crcw of j 1 cannorymen for Hawks
lalet, another crow of 57 for the
nnery at Chatham and two for
Funter bay.
The LaTouche, which was in Ju
^ Wednesday unloading freight,
1 has ou board two pi tod rivers, their
boilers and equipments, and two
detached barges and a large con
signment of gasoline for the Alas
ka engineering commission to be
lauded r.t Knik Anchorage.
Yukon river conditions today:
Carmacks, no ice rrx.iilng; Yukon
C.-cs: ing, ice Jam broken, river
(!<-•.:r; Selkirk, small jam y#itur
afternoon, wate: rising; Cof
:ou c.v.-k, ks solid: Stewart rlv
v*.-, (". (it in s;)0ts ;OgiIvle, open in
spi i ■; Dawson, ice solid, water rls
: g slowly.
Tile Princess Maqi.imia is due in
;v. ,iv ,;t a o'clock tomorrow
• ing wi'L 31 passengers. SUo
. '•.a l.'.O tons of freight for
:t, in wliic'i ere included 1 t
- J of c ttie for the interior and
•0 to .s of coal lor Martin Itjen.
v.-::i sail at lier n?unl time to
"row aiglit.
> A. Creenlea and Max .T.
tile two Juneau musicians
ai;:e to Skagway a few days
t;> recuperate from the stre.iu
:iisl:t life they hnd been lead
. r mouths past, left this mom
i"" to work on the W. P. & Y. H. j
r.t Cowley, Y. T., hoping by
• ■ c- ■;til "or life to regain at least
:i potion of their former vigorous
i-ealt'i.
Tii Mary Bernhofer, of Ska^
u the wonderful Alaska soprano,
v. o recently completed a musical
cours ■ in Munich, Germany, but re
rcd to lier home in the north I
'••i t-'e break! ig out of the Kuro- j
■'-j -v.r, i< now in Portland, Ore-'
s•.* .-re she was announced to:
in con ert last nteht. Miss'
r-crr.aofer expects to co to Cali-I
fr-mia t'lis summer.
II ibert l>«nn, newspaper corres
l and magazine writer, who
. ri-.i came to Alaska to
We are now showing the Largest
Line of New
Spring and Summer
ever shown in Skagway consist
ing of Plain and Figured Crepes
Ratinas. French Gringhams- Mer
cerized Plisses. Peacales, Flaxons.
Etc. Ladies' -and Misses' and
• Children's Ready Made Wash
Dresses at 75c to $2.25. The
newest things in 38-ia 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
IDE ALASKA LIGOOR REFERENDUM
E
Hous« bill No. 52, introduced b>
Representative C. K. Snow of tin
Fourth division, as a substitute
ensure fcr joint house resoiutioi
' No. 7, was passed by tiie hou-e o:
j April 5th, by the senate cu Apri
>th and approved by Gov. J. F. A
Strong on April 13t!i, 1915. Thr
signing of the document was wit
nessed by Representative C. K
Snow, author of the bill, Seuator
Millard of the Third division, and
Representatives Burns of the
Fourth division and Shcup of tl:e
First division.
Two pens were used, both of
which were carved from native
ivory. One of the pens lias been
| sent to the mother of the Gov
ernor's secretary, Mrs. T. A. Shcrt
hill of Tacoma, who is abo the
nu ther of Mrs. L. A. Harrison of
this place, and who oi'sauir.e.l at
Skagway iu the late uii.e.its til'*
first TV. C. T. U. iu Alaska.
Tor an Act entitled "An Act pro
viding for au expression by the peo
ple of the torritory of Alaska ms
to whether or not Intoxicating li
quors shall be manufactured cr soUl
in the territory of Alaska after the
day of January, ltHS."
He it enacted by the logUilatu.c
of the territory of Alaska:
Section 1. That there s'::.ll i.e
siibraitted to the electors or the
territory of Alaska ;>t the next
general election held lor t'ic pur
pose of electing members of the
legislature of said territory, the
(luedf'on of whof her they are <•;•
are not in favor of the sale, manu
facture. barter or exchange of in
toxicating liquors within said te.
a Bii.r.
pet (lata for a series of articles en
volcanic formation, h:is been ma<!e
the target of the French pve.-a, for
nn act to which he confessed in an
t-rticle to a New York newspaper.
Dunn wrote his paper that while cj
a visit to the Bavarian trenches
near Lille, France, he took a sun
belonging to a German infantryrua.i
and shot two French infanirynmii.
The IHinn incident Ins been the
subject of bitter editorials in
many of the Eastern pape.s, al
though the New York Evening P<
editorially condoned his act.
Lieut. Frederick Clears of t*-e Al
aska engineering commission, who
was on board the Mariposa last
night accompanied by 50 men who
will be engaged in tho work of es
eablishing a supply base at Ship
creek for the commission, told
Ageut E. J. Shaw of the Alaska
Steamship Co that there would not
likely be much work done on the
uew railroad until along toward
the end of the summer. The main
object at present, he said, is to
get the supply base and the Alas
ka Northern railroad out of Seward,
which the government has purchas
ed, iu shape for the pushing for
ward of work when everything is
ready.
We stated in the columns of the
Daily Alaskan Wednesday that the
stars and stripes had first been
raised in Alaska at Sitka on Oc
tober 18th, 1867, but our old friend
R. M. Becker, who lives on the
corner of Eighth and Broadway, and
is one of the sourest of sourdoughs
in. the territory, says we were
wrong, as he had assisted at the
ritory jitter the 1st day of Janu
nr.., litis.
bi'tUo.i 2. There shall to printeu
in large type upon eveiy ticket or
1 ballot prepared for said geueral
election in each division of said
territory tlio words: "VOTE FOR
ONE" and the following ex
planatory note shall be printed ou
every ballot setting loith tlie
manner of marking the ballot:
NOTE: "Against the manu
facture or sale of intoxieal
iur liquors in Alaska after
January 1st, 191S, place cross
iX.i opposite 'DRY,' In fa
vor of same, place cross (X)
opposite 'WET'."
I'ollowing this explanatory note
'the words "UUV" and "WET" shall
in* printed, one below the otiior,
■jwiiu a marginal space in which to
I place a cross.
.Section a. The canvas of the re
turns of the will of siid citizens so
I expressed shall bo in the s.inie
(maimer as is prescribed for the
;.mmassing of the returns of the
; election of the members of the ter
i ritorial legislature, and the re
sult thereof shall be certified and
tr:i isniitUHl by the gr.\ernor to the
.11 ex; succeeding legislature on the
first day of the convening thereof.
Section 4. In the event the certi
i: • 'i• of the canvassing board shall
s'mw that tlio majority of the
voting upon this question j
declared against the rale,
:n n sfacture, barter or exchange of
intoxicating liquors in the terri
tory oi" Alaslc;'., as herein provided,
in: •.•':olesalc or retail license shall
V,e i- ued for the sale, mnnufacture,
barter or exchange of intoxicating
li Tiers in the territory of Alaska
'after the first day of January,
' IMS.
first raising of the United States
H::;; at Wrangell, Ahrka, two days
before the same ceremcny took
place at Sitka. It liud been ar
uinged, lie says for the raising tc
•I'Ve place at the same time at
bctli places, but for some reason
ti e affair ;>t Sitka was delayed for
t •••(.> days. j
Tomorrow night will take place
K:: ;lir. hall the closing informal
d i:.ce of the season given under tiie
pii-es of Skagwny Aerie No. 25.
i'or quite a time previous to last fall
t!'.<-• local organization of Eagles had
dropped out of the running in the
matter of public eatertainments,
t>i:t at the time mentioned new im
pulse was given to the members
in this direction and they have
since furnished the people of Skag
j way on several occasions oppor
tunity for enjoyment and a partici
pation in the sociability which is
characteristic of their gatherings.
The admission price is $1.00. Ladies
free. .Music by Selmer's orchestra.
I During the evening luncheon will
be served.
When Horace Geeley, the cele
brated American journalist, author
and politician had editorial charge
of the New York Tribune, it was
| said by the compositors who set up
j his matter that he wrote the most
execrablo and undecipherable hand
of any man in the United States.
However, we have a man in Skag
way who would have run him a
close second if he had been contem
poraneous with him. Dr. L. S. Kel
ler, a short time ago wrote to his
(Continued on last, page)
Don't Bother with Parboiling I
The perfect preparation of
"Swift's |
Premium'' Ham
Makes Parboiling Unnecessary
Before broiling or frying
and gives it genuine tenderness and excellent
flavor. We sell it whole or sliced.
P.H.GANTY
GER1ANY CLAIMS THE MEASURE
IS A REPRISALAGAIIST ENGLAND
Washington, D. C., April 23—
Advices received here from Berlin
this morning place aeroplanes, nau
tical instruments, coal, coke, and
pig iron 011 the contraband li-t;
they also provide that having such
articles on board a ve.-scl will
cause the remainder of the cn:;;o
liable to capture if con: tailed t
order or to neutral countries with
which the belligerents may tra;,e;
conditional contraband may also be
confiscated under like conditions.
It is claimed by Germany that
Mi is action is designed as a re
prisal for the decision made by
Great Britain contravening the de
claration of London iu February,
1909.
It is stated that Btlgium views
ha new move with much alarm its it
J believed it is the intention of
vie.'inany that all traffic on the soas
j uill be excluded from Belgian ports,
it being understood that the British
Admiralty has given notice that
(•"rtain ports in Gre:.t Britain may
be- closed without previous notice.
THAW GRANTED
I JURY Til
New York, April 23— Harry lv
Tj.iw was this morning grafted by
tlie court a jury trial to d •; ermine
His sanity.
London, April 23—Al! shipping
between Holland and ti.e United
Kingdom of Great Britain hag been
ordered stopped for the time 1 einp
Washington, D. C., Avril 23 Ad
vices received here today state
that while General Villa's army
may be temporarily disorganized,
the general is again concentrating
his forces and is by no means re
moved as a formidable factor in
Mexican military affairs. Lack of
nmmunitino, it is claimed, is the
chief reason for Villa's recent de
feats.
CZAR GOES 10
l'elrograd, April 23—The Czar
lett today lor the Carpathians io
inspect the Galicia and Carpathian
lines of the Russians.
L
FORCE AT EN05
London, April 33—A Britlsli land
force has been landed at Enos,
causing the Turkish commander to
evacuate tlio city.
BOMBARDMENT
DARDANELLES
l'nris, April 23—British war
ships are now bombarding t'ic
lOits along the Uardanelles while
the Turkish positions on Gallipoli
peninsula are being bombarded con
tinuously by ves-e!s oi the allied
fleet.
The City of Seattle came in at
5:45 this morning and left at 6:45
a. m.
Safe
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losing fabrics in your clothes or
poor wear if you'll choose
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or
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CLOTHES
Drop in and lood them over
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The Clothier