he JJauy Alaskan
No. SO ^NINETEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA TUESDAY. MARCH T, IH16 PRICK 10 CENTS
BLOODY BATTLE Of VERDUN
CONTINUES WITH LITTLE CHANGE
London, March 7—Further ad
rsaces. in tbt> Verdun resnoc are
eUimM by the Germans, accord in?
tc adricas from Berlin.
The latest messages from Paris
»'ate that the French war office
IS satisfied tbat tie assault ha*
spent lis force a»d thai, the fear
fa] Toj-ses sustained by Che Ge".~ni«ji6
in i tie past few day* will deter
th*m from continuing by the same
method of attack much longer.
Rio Janeiro, March 7—Four hun
dred iwd forty-five *<ere drowned
when the Spanish steamer Principe
de A»turias struck a rock off the
Brazilian coast and sank tn five
iainuifs, giving the creir scairely
aaj time to mac and lower the life
bear®.
ITALIANS WIN
IN MR ATTACK
Geneva, March 7—Ei#tt hundred
Austrian soldier* were killed >n
the>r barracKs yesterday by bom>
dropped from Itniian aaropteuies in
an attack on the Austrian lines tu
the Camic Alps.
$8,ooIooo1n
WAGE INCREASE
New Y rk, March T—"Ws^e in
creases which will approximate
tight million Uolters annually have
beer, agreed npoa by the operators
and miners in the bituminous coal
fields of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and
Wee Virginia.
J AMES TRKADWKLL
I>FAI> AT O VKl-ANTV
Oakland, Cal, March 7—J.-mi-s
Trcadwbli, discoverer ci the fa
mous Alaska mine vbUb t.a:> his
name, died 'n thte city Inst night of
h«ar< failure.
HO BATHS LIKE
U Faso, Tex., March 7—Twenty
killed and a score injured was the
result ex! a lire in 'he £1 Paso city
; u! yesterday. The victim* Wert
*>t::gnaa disinfecting baths and
the liquid exploded.
MolHKK LOOK SHIPS
ORE TO SMKLTKR
ht Moih<?r Lode CopperM inftf
k snipped tons ol ore to
tat- !••• aia smelter from Cordova
on the fs* trip of the steamed
A im- 1* was not the higJi gT&a#
o.rr>r ti-^t been transported
from t »e interior, although it ran
th.rty r (rout, which would be
si, . v-d ri* h ore in the States.
Tne shipment ta& a value of
«>, and this mine has a force
sH t \ er ."i:Xy mem working;, and ex
i is u >oon seoid another quantity
of ere it Cordova.
!Uam Brock. ® pioceer of Al
V ^ who had spent many years
• i r\ u- ikan died in a hosrital last
p - The Mi:i"ir-Procres*:ve states
that be was one of the tr*-il
bl.iser? of the north.
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Measure taken for Suits, Skirts and Coats
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GREAT NIL BHITLE IN
NORTH SEA IS LOOKED FOR
London. Mirch 7—P«wW«ct re
mor xre j*r*v*>pnt ibat « frrau t>»
ral Niltte to the Xortk Sos. If to
jvnciiif. The British a«Tr is im
patient for an opportunity to main
tain its tradition of former *•«*.
and I* to eMd thM the German
new whici ha* Veor bottlAd oj> In
Kiel to*rix>r aince tb* beptaartijr of
the war *ill soon, oudw Its a?*
ronamaadar, m&kr w. attvar.pi to
(tit iV opM dm, * b«* K <*a
pre- upon Br; list ecwnrnerc*
WELSH WIIIS
FROM WOLGAST
Milwaukee, March 7—In & bona*
match held before the Milwaukee
Amateur Athletic club }sst nijrtt
Welsh outpointed Woipast In tec
rounds.
NEW PfiESiOENT
TAOOMASMELTEFi
Seattle, March 7—F H. Browne:;
Cf Seattle lias been ejected presi
dent o: the Tacomc SmeJr.ng Co
axd wi;i ha \d the general supervi
sion oj the Guggenheim interests in
tlwfra.
FUGITIVE TALKS TO WIFE
BY OOI>E AD\"ERTlSl\t«
Xtnr York, March Grant Ly
maiv, «o«gh» by the federa* au
thorities in connect}©;: with the
elapse of a stock promotion ven
ture through which invee4or> are
alleged 10 have been swindled out
oI approximately fSOO.OOO, has
communicated with fnexids here by
oode advertisements it newspapers,
it »as intimated a: a hearing t-e
fort Cn.:e<d Staes Commission) r
Alexand.r GUohrast today.
Mrs J.vmao admitted a reoent ad
vertisement for an English valet
probab.v ma« intended for her ic
formati sn. She refused, however, to
disclose its significance, assertig she
would "dc everything ia her power
to protect har husband from every
body. "
Mts Lyman denied she was on
friendly terms with Mrs. EUen
Peck, tie aged "confidence <jn«*>n,
with whom she and her husbanc
lived for a time. The commissi anfr
Inquired why Mrs Lyman hsd Beat
Mrs. Pork her "lOTe" in a letter
she had addressed to Mrs. Peck.
"Vtoa't you know that love is
merely a figure of speech with
women."' replied Mrs. 1-ymaa. "It's
abou' time you did."
W. E. Pagett, of Tacoma, repre
senting the Western Dry Goods
Oompany of the saxae place, is reg
istered at the Golden North hotel,
having arrived on the Jefferson.
ALL-ALASKA
NEWS^ ITEMS
Fresh reindeer men is selling In
Nome Tor RITeac cent* p^r pound
aiy ih« csr«8f.
Jodgt Jeaniofa bv announced
that be will hold a term of fo»n
in Ketchikan in J!&r,
A ssJoor. license has been issued
:o Sbony Smyser to oo business lr.
the ~oiov*cx district
Gu£ Peterson, lie Toicvaji* min
ng operator, bat t^ken m heavy
afccticety tor next summer's op
erations
F. V. WoU&sd, a member «f lis*
Tur:cia city council, has declined to
,-vpni.it his ft ier.tis to Bommaie tia
'or mayor.
Good pay is reported- to bar*
been found on No. 16 Goldstrsur
a* a dr-ni. of S2 feet. Sam Dnm
bolUn cad Ray rorter are the luck?
miners.
UittBocw Inspector W. C Di
Srel le** K«chikaa recently for
Seattle where be *111 oversee the
repair*, being made to t^e ligbtboai
ae*r Kekui.
Traders on the Koskokwim rh-er
oomplaln tbat poods wt moving
very slowly th* winter as the min
ors do not appear to bav# much
money u> sperd on luxuries.
Wbe« the report reached Rroow
•ha- about 'treaty inches of fiv*
cent dir» bad beea discovered on
list creek, a tributary of H«*.
.bout H!ty mec stampeded tc the
reek and located i* from top ®
■>Ctt0IZL
The Juneau ct*y council has or
dered tbat the cRy dock be en
.urged so as to cover fifty fert of
„ro«nd which tie city recently pur
chase*:. The spaco will be covered
w ith a warehouse to coh I2SP0.
During the big storm in Perew
;*r the trestle tower of the Al
aska Lighterage company at Nome
was toppled ovPr. The Nome Xug
_~rt states thai the mood work was
• haltered like a match and is a to
tal lose
The government mail carrier
rrom Tan*»a to Ruby has met with
jiaoiher loss as be recently loot
ftr* valuable dors of his t«*n by
drowning They fell through a hole
in the loe and were rwept away by
the twift currant
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of Connnprr* fcwt nljrht {*•*«<: •
rwolut'on Asklcc costtom U> i*
fw SecrMKr RwlfWt!'! Nil «bie&
ii deslsneu to take from tfc« AJ«»
t* tfrtrncrl*! l«tf»Utaro th# »»
Ujorlty to tax «J cvtotb lb« fW»
UM fl Ik* »ortli wi tb«n
Mtlrrty \»4tr lb* coe<ro| of t>«
tarMi of fMmriwt
LANE TELLS OF WORK
ON GOVERNMENT HflD
In ui article Jo U* o«tiof>eal
Magazine, Pecr*rt*rr of Lh« I*t%4or
IJUie telh> something of th« nilw»r
lice leadlug f-tvos Mutinki Juar
aoo to the Y.itJlIiUak* oo*i r*l*
It follow*
' From KktuaaU Junction to tb>
ooai fieida the Use follow* prap- |
licallj tor the «&tir« Ulstaae* Lb*
d ruinate oj the MttusAi riT*r. i
This taream foe a «n*M«r»>Je part
ot th » ftotasce ts buk«d *7 cWts J
of cr*vw *4>d sand, la placer a
hnndnd f«el i-tgh or mora To w
tempt to cut into lUe^e baakn, la
ou,v p.aces. would ir.rita stores of
a similar nature to those crPMiae
difficulty eft Ila&ma »
'To avoid this drnpar ft it pro
joeed to build up the emb*akm*at
along the «lde of tbe rtrer b»i
aiaet tbe caff a, dlrerticg tbe
course of the etreaai wkb »!•»
dams As the Matanwska la
fed br glacier*, its flo* k at »
minimum in winter, and d*spit« U>e
short boors of daylight, much of
tbe wo'k of pr&dlrtj cculd be *e
compllstied with fewer obstacle* n£
*l kxrer cocft hi the skater tb*s
u tbe rummer.
"OvtrUoid trauportsttoat of rap
ping and equipment, *», tu be
made more east It and cbaaplr Is
winter The valley* and boUoan
nd« of Alaska are geweraltj'
fo .ir; ;. in rummer men sad
horses sink into tbe morse* at «sch
r'ep, while the <MfTVru)tiee of trarsl
throuxh new conatry enhanced
by the b»«*vy hscbaceou* growth,
which approximate trwptcs.1 ,'tw*le
undergrowth ta density. I'sAer
conditions pack bor»» are
; racticaUj- the orjr raec&s of car
ryine supplies, excepting ajon*
ccnstra ed trsilR. In »li*er, how- j
over, roads are *a*tty La
fse mow, and trM*porta*Jra ot
«u klad b*oon»«a a a»«cb BtaapW
»»i cbeapw matter.
■ Rmahing tta Mtianoak* coal
field* wlU a railroad at m e*ri? a
4a t* u poaajbl* vUl eat oa'y er,
oenrao «<Uck deraioftowt, but alv
will »p«k or a nxarcs of r*ei for
tk* um o» 1I4 cmaMrB ia rail
read operation, a»4 I* coa*trncti«.
work a king lb a aortbern part <f.
lb* Uae The iia'uuaka coai fWd*
fsraiak a bith enule at MtMUMW
ma I. «hiob b«e been r«7«a4
aaj*ra««7 for »»r«4 m*. The
rc*J oi Use Nana** flaMte, os U><
cibar (*rt of t*a railroad. i» a
tick cr*d« of lif&lta, wfclch it
expect** to fnrntah ebeap ar.d «x
cel!ert rn«9 for domestic and ia
d«« trial m* ia ti» Ifiterkr at tb«
ponctrr, atoax tb* Taaaaa and tb«
Ttske*
"No attsmf l 1* being »tde to
•<!<3 to lb* <•<*» at *b« road bf el
aborate or oraatc •trnetnraa. It
t< rttllnd mat tta prim* need
)■ for a road tb*t will w qaioklr
aa powfble lay opea tta riefcea of
AJ**ka for ««» as4 trr iar.da to
•*«<l*B«Rt "
Tb* Hawk laiet C*an«7 Com
r**r M» 1 »mi ii lb* oaanerr at
M«lak*kUa u* will «j»lp « «tt
tsarbtrerj- trftk a aapacitr of forty
1 wd eeae*.
Tba wboori^ peajfb quaratHln'
wfetcb ba# be** aatoitatrwcl Wma
Poaflaa a»e Trwadw*!] for aott*
Una p»rt baa bean lifted and tb»
rkfldm are a**!* a!!<*we<J U mln«!a
at lb* rwjmmia* teak
Capt J. B. L*at«rtnar. of Ana
«>rte», aoaortated witk H. R. F1n«b.
Of Seaiila, *04 Dr H E. FVX, of
Ai>*eort«a, will Jnatall a aalaon
canoe*? and BiM rorlnj plant on
Sore* Wu4. 9ovtkaaM«m Alaska,
ear'j thb spring.
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