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SEVENTEENTH YEAR SKA8WAY, ALASKA. MONDAY. .MARCH 2-2, 1915
GERMAN MWIN DRIVEN
INSANE By MUILIM FIIIE
London, March 23—It Is reported
that three hundred German infan
f jnun had to be jemoved to an
asylum alter the bottle of Xeuve
Cbppejle, having beea driven in
sane by the terrific artillery fir* of
the Rritish.
Major (ieneral William Robert
son has been appointed chief of the
Rt-ueral staff of the British army
to succeed Major General Murray.
No cause for the change ha» been
ns-igned. '
* The relations between Italy and
Austria are getting to an acute
sta«r% if late advices received from
the latter country are ta be ra
iled upon.
The steamer Cairntorr was tor
pe<ltied today off Bea.-hy Head and
immediately sank, but the cr$w es
cftptl.
Seven thousand women in Eng
laad, representing all clasfcos of
society, have responded to the
government appeal for women to
tale the places of men In the
business Industrie*, la order that
more recruits may be secured and
put In training for the opening of
the spring military campaign
against Germany, which it is
Lord Kitchener's intention to start
in May.
Paris, March 22—Two German
aircraft today dropped twelve bombs
into this city, injuring several peo
ple, but causing no fa" alities.
geime
DUTCH STEAMER
■
Amsterdam, > Larch 23—The |
Dutch steamer Batavier, euroute to
f.ondon with a cargo of beef and
merchandise, waa seized by the G«s>
mans today and taken tc Zeebrugge.
LOSESAFTER
6RAVEDEFENSE
Petro^rad, March ?3—It la of
ficially announced in this city to
day that th * Galician fortress of
Przemysi had surrendered to the
Russians after a sieg* that • has
been under way ever since the early
•lays of the war.
ARE DRIVEN OUT I
ClITDFHLj
Berlin, March 22—Official advices
have been received here of the
driving out of Memel of the Rus
sian raiders who captured the place
last week.
COL FABQUHAR
LOSES HIS LIFE
—
Ottawa, March 22—Word has
just been received in this city of
the death at the front of Colonel
Douglas Farquhar, commander of
the Canadian Princess Patricia rai
ment, x.-hich was recruited In the
Dominion earl}- In the war and was
among the first contingents to
leave for the defense of the Moth
er Country.
PRINCETON' ALUMNI TO MEET
Pittsburgh, March 20—Princeton
Alumni to the number of 600 will
gather at the Hotel Schenley to
right for the annual dinner of their
association. Assistant Secretary o!
War Breckenridge and Coach Jno.
Rush of Princeton, will be the prin
cipal speakers.
We are now showing the Largest
Line of New
Spring and Summer
Wash Goods
ever shown in Skagway consist
ing of Plain and Figured Crepes,
Ratinas, French Ginghams. 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 36-in 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 aad Fourth Ph*ae 41
SHOTS FIRED AI
THE EDENWALD
San Juan, March 22—While the
American-Hawaiian steamer Eden
wald was making an attempt to
leave port today, two shots were
fir«d across her bows from a five
Inch Maxim gun, which caused her
commander to turn the vessel
about and return to anchorage. The
OClketOr of customs had refused to
give the Edenwald clearance papers
and the vessel was trying to leave
without them.
Washington, D. C., March 22—
The Edenwald is being held un
der a recent congressional resolu
tion empowering the president to
hold steamers to prevent supplies
going from an American port to
ships at sea.
FARMERS SHOULD HAVE Ml'SIO
XEAB BEE HIVES AM) STABLE
Seattle, March 22—Farmers who
want better honey, richer milk, nnd
more' of both, should put phono
graphs near the hives and in the
pastures or stable. Dr. Alma Web
ster Powell, LL. B., M. B„ A. M.,
Ph. D., of New York and Columbia
university, is authority for the as
sertion. She declared to an audi
ence of the university recently,
while lecturing on "Music Is a Hu
man Need," that she herself had
tried the experiment ol her farm,
and that It had proved absolutely
successful.
No,- ore bees and cows the only
creatures Influenced by music. Dr.
Powell and her daughter keep four
it five crickets In their hearth, and
oveningB they attract tl.em forth to
a danoe In the middle of the living
room In their farm heme by sing
It* to them. Madam. Powell says
she has had many scientists as her
guests to witness the phenomenon.
Six little crippled girls, of par
ticularly unlovely natures, whom
she found in the slums of New York
were other objects of Madam Pow
ell's Btudy. She gave musical
training to thes^ children, putting
phonographs in their homes, and
not only succeeded in entirely re
forming their dispositions, but in ef
fecting marked changes in all of
those with whom they associated.
At Coney Island, she said she
ran a tent where mobs were incit
ed to riot t,very evening by radical
speeches. After a few months of ex
periment in this direction she intro
duced music at the meetings, and
though the speeches became more
fiery than ever, the crowds were in
variably peaceful.
She contended, as a result of
these experiments, tha* music stirred
ti© sluggish and tranquilized the
nervous person, animal or insect.
Madam Powell believes in ragtime
for all who like it, end she is one,
though a highly educated and suc
cessful T>rima donna soprano and
pianist. "A good ragtime piece
sots me beating time, and if I don't
show it on the outside I feel it on
the inside," she said.
Madam Powell is lecturing
throughout the country, at her own
expense, to advance the movement
for federal support for instruction
in music.
ACCUSE FORMER
NOME LAWYER
San Francisco, March 2—Charges
liave been filed against W. T. Hume,
a lawyer of Portland, Oregon, form
erly of Nome, attorney for Mrs, El
la Helm, claimant cf a share In
Nome mining property, located in
Ophir creek.
The charges are made by Joseph
Wright, former postmaster at Nome,
and were contained in an affidavit
filed by lvm.
Mrs. Helm, who is bulng for her
interest in the property, and a share
in the profits from working it, al
leges the value of the property to
bp $6,000,000.
Portland, Ore., March 22—W. T.
Hume denies that he attempted to
influence the testimony of Joseph
Wright in Mrs. Helm's interest in
Mi" attempt to prove tnat she grub
staked Jere Wilson. He admits that
he tried to get Wright to testify,
but only as to mail conditions at
Nome ten to twelve years ago.
PRTZMS
AT TO FALLS
W. J. Bledsoe several years ago
located a galena ledgo near Reed's
Falls, about two miles north of
Skagway, on the east side of the
valley, and bas ever since done
enough work on it at odd times dur
ing the year to hold his title to
it. I vast week Mr. Bledsoe, who is
an old Colorado miner, assisted by
Johu Wood, put in the whole of
Uif£r time in doing development
wovk.
Mr. Bledsoe has had many assays
ma le from the ore of the ledge on
which he is at work, as well as
frc m ore which he secur-d from a
bin quartz dike that shows up about
100 feet distant from the galena
ledge, the two of which he believes
wi.l finally come together when
depth is reached.
Tne lowest assay be has ever
had was a little over $1.00 per ton
in «o!d and silver, with no test for
lead, and the highest $23.60 in
goid and $8.4 6 in silver, or a to
tal of $32.06 per toe, with no
test for lead. Other assays range
nil the way from $2.00 per ton
,ip io several dollars per ton.
FIEiLlOK
PLACEJARCHI2
The funeral of the late Alfred B.
Clegg, who passed away a few days
j ago, while on the way from Daw
1 son to the Twelvemile power house,
was held from St. Paul's, church of
! England, Dawson, on Friday, March
12th. Mr. Clegg had been a member
of the cnoir of St. Paul's church
for years, and the choir led In the
singing of the hymns in the service.
SEEDS
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SEEDS
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reliable growers now on sale.
Will be pleased to assist you
in making your selection. Get
them before your favorite
variety is gone
P. H. GANTY
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FLOUR TAKES
GREAT TUMBLE
Chicago, March 22—The price of
four, wiiicli had been soaring be
fore the bombardmeut of the Dar
danelles by the allied fleet, look a
tumble of $1 00 per barrei today in
the tt-t-n market.
BRING SUNSHINE TO
LIVES OF WOMEN PRISONERS
Joliet, ill., March 22—The debt
which society owes to its unfor
tunates should be repaid by giving
?very oossible opportunity to lea/a
to live under normal conditions.
This is the theory ol Miss Grace
Fuller, superintendent of women at
the Illinois state penitentiary at
Joliet. Miss Fuller is putting her
theory into practice, and wittf gra-'
tifying results.
A group of white clad, smiliiig
women, stood today about their
leaders in a domestic science class
100m. They beat eggs, measured
out sugar and did other things, all
according to recipe written oa a
clackboard by one of them. Laughter
and talk came easily as they work
ed.
These women were prisoners at
the state penitentiary—but they
were transformed into new, happy
persons by the application of a
scheme of revolutionizing prison
methods. In this work, Miss Ful
ler has co-operation of Warden Al
len.
Dress making, vug weaving and
other domestic activities are in
cluded in the new rule of procedure
for women in this institution. Ev
erywhere is noticeable a senre of
contentment and absence of res
traint.
"It is to give these women, who
did not have adequate opportunities
before they came here, an opportuni
ty to qualify for normal society
that we are doing this work," ex
plained Miss Fuller. "Society
should feel that it has placed these
women here to nelp them, not to
take its revenge on them. This we
are trying to do in giving them
work which will fit them, as they
leave us, for fine, effective living.
Their lives have in so many in
stances leen barreu of all interests
before coming hero. We ought to
supply that interest.
WRESTLING PRELIMINARIES
New York, March 20—Eastern try
outs for Panama exposition wrest
ling championships were to be held
here today. Eastern athletic asso
ciations will send twelve men to the
coast.
E
DIES III EAST
Baraboo, Wis., March 19—Judge
Arthur H. Noyes, formerly U. S. dis
trict judge at Nome, died here early
ihls morning.
Judge Noyes, made famous as the
villian In Rex Beach's "Spoilers,"
was the first Judge of the Second
judicial division of Alaska. He plac
ed many of the famous Nome mines
in the hands of a receiver when the
titles of the original locators were
attacked, appointing Alexander Mac
kenzie, a North Dakota politician,
who accompanied him worth, receiv
er.
Noyes' actions were afterward re
viewed in the circuit court of ap
peals at San Francisco, and he
was reversed. He and Mackenzie
. ere sentenced to jail for con
.empt of court for refusing to obey
writs of the court of appeals. They
were pardoned by President William.
McKinley.
Judge Noyee has been in ill
health for several years.
HKRE'9 CHANCE TO KICK
WHEN" COOKING IS BAD
St. Paul, Minn., March 20—For*
years Rep. L. A. Lydiard ate in
| alledged boarding houses of Minne
11 ota and suffered. Then he began,
i to ascend the social ecale and final
ly became elected representative.
One of his first official acts was to
introduce a bill which 'will force
cooks in boarding houses and res
taurants to pass an examination
j and secure a license. Cooks not
j having the official document may be
j prosecuted for mal practice. Being
drunk for more than six continuous
mouths is sufficient ground for
revoking the license. Persons hav
ing a grievance against any cook
j >.iiv lay it before the board, which
liar tthe authority to call the al
losed culinary offender before It,
a.i < if the allegations of the board
er are proved, the cook's license
m'.y be revoked.
IODAY'8 ODDEST STORY
Cleveland, O., March 20—Johnny
Kilbane, featherweight of the -world,
hopt s to become a champion violin
ist. Johnny has had tile bug for
some time, but since defeating Abe
Attell in 1912 he has been so busy
he gave up his violin lessons. Re
cently he has revived his musical
ambition, his friends here declare.
He hopes to be the world's cham
uion Irish violinist.
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