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SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1917
iES CHASE 900 GUESTS TO
THE STREET III THEIR NIGHTIES
Angeles, March. 51—At an
hour this morning fire was
vered in the annex to the Ho
iosslyn, and so quickly did
unes spread that the nine
d guests were forced to flee
.lr lives, many of them jump
rom the windows, while oth
ers driven to the streets with
tiaving time to put on theiT
hes.
Many of them had to l>e carried
ouf, having been overcome by the
heat and smoke, >vhile a number of
those who pumped from tbe 'win
dows sustained serious injuries.
The fire almost completely de
stroyed the large structure, and
it is no* definitely known as to
whether or not any lives were lost,
although it is believed that all
reached the street in safety.
□SHIM
CENIER8F PLOT
"ashington, March 15 — Herman
arrested by federal
spicion of being an
i German government,
was lodged in the fed
rnade a clean confes
e federal authorities
re in the State of
. there is a group of
; who are conspiring to bring
olution in India. That
...ol for the instruction In
manufacturing is maintained
::.is place, and tJxat it is the
venter of a large Hindu population.
CFUN SHOT
■at tie, March 15—Frank For
a Herman, shot and killed his
v*i'\ Anna Forray, who had begun
•lvoice proceedings.
When C. F. Knight, process serv
er called at the home of the For
rays to serve the divorce papers on
Fcrray, he pulled a pistol from his
cket and shot his wife dead. He
?n turned the gun on Knight, flr
ng one shot. Knight did not stop
t> argu.6 with the infuriated man,
but turned and fled. Since the
shooting Knight has not been found,
ar.d it is thought that he is run
ning 3till.
' Firrray was arrested by police of
eers who were notified by neigh
us that shooting had occurred,
id he is now in the county jail,
•reed with the murder of his wife
WOULD FORTIFY
ALASKA COAST
Juneau, March 15 — Tfce Ter
ritorial House of Representatives
held a snort session this afternoon.
Representative Allen of the Second
Division introduced a bill providing
f«r a school system simlar to the
ones which were introduced, yester
day.
The Territorial Senate late yes
terday afternoon passed a resolu
tion asking congress to take such
Steps as might be necessary to for
tify the coast towns and other vul- j
nerable coast point against attack |
by an enemy.
WITNESSES^
STILL TESTIFY
Seattle, March 15—William H. '
Ptelow, Billingsley'g transfer man, j
V>'as DUf on the witness stand yes- !
te '.av, and he was again called j
this morning. The most import- j
ant evidence brought out by the
prosecution was the fact that he •
stated 'hat he saw Fred Billingsley j
pay Chief of Police Beckingham i
$600 (or sixty cases of liquor which !
were consigned to Bootlegger Mar- j
eetts. This liquor had been seiz-,
ed ov the police.
BIDS OPENED FOR
SIX FAST CRUISERS
Washington, March 15 — Bids j
were opened today by Secretary of
the Navy Daniels which called for i
the building of six cruisers of I
thirty-six knots per hour.
The awards will be made at once.
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RUMANIANS SEIZED BY
GERMANS AS SLAVES
London, March 15—The Ruman
ian minister of foreign affairs wir
ed to 'he Rumanian legation here
that Germany hag begun to trans
port for internment In Germany all
Rumanian males from 16 to 67
years of age. Although the French,
Russian, Italians and Portuguese
protected by the Spanish legation
are beir.p left in the country.
"This treatment so the Germans
say is because Rumania gave up
to Russ'a the Germans in Its pow
er and these were transported to
Siberia.
"I* is absolutely false," the
minister says, "that Rumania has
ever delivered German subjects to
Russia."
AIRMEN WITH BOMBS
hunting out divers
New York, Marchi 15—According
to a senior officer in the Royal Re
serves, who arrived yesterday from
London, there is no need for anx
iety regarding: the Increased ac
| tivity cf the German submarines in
British waters.
One of the most successful means
o* des'royins U-boats, he said, is
to drop bombs from aeroplanes or
torpedo boats which are fatal to the
submarine if they explode within
a radius of fifty feet.
The airmen fly out 150 to 200
miles from land and sweet) over
the water like albatrosses search
ing for fish.
(Subs-tribe for the Dally Alaskan)
GGIKim CLUB HOLDS
WELL ATTENDED MEETING
With the air permeated with en
thusiasm. Vice President Howard
Ashley called the meeting of the'
Skagway Commercial club to order |
at 8:30 o'clock last evening, and
from the time he called for order,!
there was not one dull moment.
About twenty business men were
X>resent, and all showed that they [
were interested in the matters whiclji
were to come up before the meeting*
The first matter of Importance to j
come up was the question, of enter
taining the members of the excur
sion as planned by the Alaska Bu
reau of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce.
After many suggestions fcad
been made, a motion prevailed that
the chair appoint a committee to
plan a program for the entertain
ment of the Seattleites while in
Skaguay, and J. M. Tanner, W. L.
Landsborough, W. B. Batson and
Albert Reinert were appointed to
tako the mattgrr in hand and re
port at an early meeting.
Vice President Ashley, speaking
for the town council stated that the
club could count on co-operation
from tne council.
The question of descriptive litera
ture of Skagway was brought up by
Secretary Abrahams, and this again
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■
Berlin, March 15—The Over
«eag News Agency gays that revolu
tion in Russia, due to the disor
ganization of the transport ser
vice is in progress in several cities
o" the Russian Empire.
It ia held by the population that
the government is responsible for
its sufferings, and speakers Bay
that the Russian Duma refused to
accept the Imperial ukase of March
eleventh dissolving that body.
The Duma still continues to
hold meetings, and has elected an
executive committee "which is pre
sided over by L. Rodzianks, presi
dent of the Duma, and this commit
tee declared itself to bo the head
of a provisional government to take
♦ he welfare of tliQ public order in
Its own hands.
All ministers have been arrested
au^ they have been sent to prison.
The army is supporting the exe
cutive ccmmittee.
LATER — A school revolution
has taken place in various towns
and cities in Russia. The reaction
ary party has been overthrown.
IEN MILLION
IS WAR TOLL
| Washington, March 15 — Ten
million recorded as killed, wound
ed, captured or missing In the
European war is the first complete
tabulation received here from of
ficial and authorized reports of
♦he various belligerents. Among
the military proper 1,441,200 are
reported dead.
SOI BUSINESS
Juueau, Mar. 14—'The House of
Representatives met this morning
aud immediately got down to hard
work.
Five bills were introduced, one
of which, makes provision for rais
ing funds for the maiaitentnce of
public schools within incorporated
towns by taxation of real and per
sonal property.
A second bill amending section
1204 of Chapter 39 as amended by!
Chapter 35.
Another bill introduced is an .
act. to amend section 1041, chap-|
ter 10. I
The house then adjourned Until
Thursday morning, after first hav-'
ing a looted resolution of sympathy
for Representative McCormack over
the lose of his baby.
There will be a regular meeting i
of Skagway Lodge No. 431, B. P. O.
Elks tonight at 8 o'clock. Turn
out, all ye gude Elks, and don't be
a piker.
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Paris, March 15—Fernando La
bori, who won world wide fame as
the attorney for Alfred Dreyfus,
died in this city this mornign.
IN 1 DAYS
London, March 15—According to>
advices given out by the Admiralty
•his morning British merchant ma
rine had suffered a loss of twenty
vessels during the week ending
with March 11th. These vessels
had all been torpedoed by German
submarines. The total tonnage was
not stated.
COMPELLED 10
SALUTE FLAG
Baltimore, March 15—Six boys
of foreign extraction, who. had re
fused to salute the flags in the
regular exercises this morning,
were brought up before the Public)
School Board..
Theso lads were compelled to sa
lute th» flag, and then recite the
Star Spangled Banner and My Coun
ty 'Tis of Thee, standing before
their classmates.
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