No. S4 NINETEENTH YEAR
sKAttWAY, alaska, Wednesday, may 10. i»ie .
PRICE 10 CENTS
Ills PREPARE
FOR ADVANCE
EUYIT IS THK1R GOAL
B rlin, May 10—Advices have
reached the war department of this
city to the effeet that the Turks
ate iga?n pUmui.ig another advance
iuto Egypt.
Tlx- recent victories over the Brit
ish and Russians has given the
Tiirkish leaders and troops courage
cod thty are preparing for the ad
vance. The Crescent Banner will
proceed across tue Sue* Canal and
down tte Nile river. The central
c|»y », hk-h the T'-rks plan on cap
turing is Alexander. With the con
•r ' of the River Nile and capture
of the c'u-ea Canal, leaders in mili-'
tary circles express the opinion
that th« British will be forced to
evacuate practically fill of their
posts in Egypt.
The surrender of the British
p- »• nt Kutelamata which carried
wit • it a vast aaficunt of ammuni
tion aud many guns and cannon lias
l-mi li-ken by tha Turks and added
to their equipment. With the in
crersing of their £rmy, naval fa
UHMes and adduictal munitions of
wer 'he Turkish rrmv ia in fighting
trim. i j ;■} |
ARflLLERr FIRE"!
IS LESSENING
Piris, May 10—Rt ports from
the uattie field coming to this city
ind'istt that the artillery fire
turned loose upon the city of Ver
dun is ceasing. A lessening of
hostilities all along the battle front
ij reported. The Germans claim
that they have made successes in j
the t.mrpaigu and the French deny
the s'atemeut claiming that they |
have within the last two weeks
oratt'ially regained all oftha ter-"|
rltorv recently lost to the German
Invrders.
AMERICANS FLEF
FROM COUNTRY
Washington, May 10—Admiral ^
Winslow reports to the war 3epart
men' that American citizens are 1
fleeing from Manzanillo.
GERMAN FLEEI
FIGHTING TRIM
l.ocdon, May 10—Diaoatches re
<eiv°d in this city from Copenhag
en a in; ounce that, vessels arriving in
'ha* tity report meeting a large
*qu"riton of German cruisers and
submarines.
The movements of the German
war craft have been watched very
diiiPtn-ly by the naval department,
but tr.ls comes as a surprise to
the navy department. They are
at o-e«eat trying to locate the squa
dron and determine its course.
All of !he British boats In the chan
nel been warned) and possibly
a gereral chase will be Instituted by
the f'ying squadron of the British
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BilSiTifF
ISJPGED
London, May 10—In a naval eu
couuier off the coast of Belgium
betwenu the British fleet and the
German toroedo craft, which last
ed for over two hours, a British
destroys was badly damaged. It
eougM shelter off a cove out of
batt'.c range and repaired so that
it could get into port.
STK1KF THROUGH SYMPATHY
OF FELLOW WORKERS
Chicago, May 10—Garment QUt
t*ra and tannery workers, togeither
with machinists have walked out on
a sympathy strike for the employes
o* th • International Harvester Co.
SHIP FIRED WITHOUT WARNING
Loudon, May 10—The American
consul at Queenstown has advised
tho officials of the White Star
Lino in this city that the Cymric
was torpedoed without warning.
Five of the crew wefe killed b"y the
"jtploeion. The position of the ves
sel was located last night oil the
coast ct England.
COPPER
Tncima May 10—At twenty nine
thirty seven and a half.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
SALE
ON
MEN'S NEGLIGEE
SHIRTS
HI I VM/ail THE HABERDASHER AND
• L# I 1\ W,f~l LADIES'FURNISHER
Broadway between fhird and Fourth Phone 41
MAJOR W. R. SAMPLE.
Of Twentieth Infantry, l« On# of
Officaro Watehing Mexican Bordar.
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Photo by American Fteas Association.
UE11MANV 18 BILEJfT—
LANSING AWAITS REPLY
Washington, U>y 10—No reply
has been received at Washington in
response to the last note eout Ger
many by the United States, Lans
ing is expecting to receive the re
ply at any moment.
SHII' TORPEDOED—CREW
HUSTLE TO GET OFF
Washington, May 10—'Lloyd's re
ports have been forwarded to the
State Department by a special page.
He rays that the Swedish schooner
a;w* French bark were torpedoed by
German submarines and the crews
were given only fifteen minutes in
which to get off the shijps,
UIUTISH WRITERS REVIEW
NOTE CONTROVERSY
«/
Washington, May 10—Loudon pa
pers are carryin™ Urge ItemB, edi
torial and of novo nature on the
German-America.a note issue. They
have regarded the ansjyer to the
American note as an evasion of
the real issue.
RETURNS FROM SHORT TRIP
J. M. Keller, manager of the
Daily Alaskan, returned from »
brief trio to Halnoi and way points,
lest night. Nipping the clock b0
fore it swung around to the busy
tourist season, Mr. Keller took a
Ihw (la>ia off} forgot all about ills
business in Slcagway and had a
general outing.
He has recuperated and is ready
to biwkel into the harness for the
preparation of a lively uummeil.
JUNEAU MAN
IS KILLEOl
Peter Lorenzeu was shot to death
at Cold Creek, seven milee north
O'r-fflNlam Henry Bay, sonietlijio
vesteiday by an unknown man and
the assassin was then killed by
Harry Lorenzen. This information
was received in Juneau lata yes
terday tnd furthei details wera re
ceive from the Jualfn Alaska Min- |
inn- Company today.
Hariy Lorenzeu surrendered r.t I
Juallu after requtuliug tho mine I
ptfltU'Jti to wireless Juneau, asking
fliat proper authorities he sent to
This wireiess message was re
ceived by the United States mar
shal's office, at nine o'clock
JLJnit'd States Commissioner J. B.
Mars^r.U and Deputy Marshal Mar
tkj^Klndall left on the launch. El
Nido fcr Jualin,
-.This afternoon, officials o* the
Jttaljfi Alaska M'niLg Co. advised
The Empire with the following
fact®:
I "Ilarry Lorenxeui arrivid at the
comianv's dock at 5:30 o'clock yes
terday -afternoon and phoned, ask
ing that a wi'reless bo seat to the
United States matsnal at Jufleau
that an unknown man had killed
Peter Lorenzen at Gold Creek. Har
ry killed the unknown, acting
in s&'f-defense. Harry torenzen
stated thai he believed the man
was urobably u desperado and was
a recfut arrival from Windham Bay.
"Commissioner Marshall arrive<
at Jval'n at 6 o'clock tfiis morning
and proceeded to Gold Creek with
Lorenztn."
Both of the Lorenzen boys are
well known in Juneau. They have
mines 'in the Berner's Bay district.
Harry Lorenzen formerly conducted
the Diamond . Mercantile com
pany's store in Juneau. At one
,t!me he ran for the city council on
.lie Socialist ticket.
SHOULD HELP Bl'ILD ROADS
Washington, May 10—Thq senaiJJ
has passed the Bankhead Good
Road till by a large majority. The
•bill palls for the expenditure of
eighty fivfj mllllou dollars in the
construction of post roads, but it
is based upon the contingency that
the various states spend an equal
amount for the maintenance and
building of the roads.
BlLI. meets WllH approval
Washington, May 10—An agree
ment between the contestants on
the army reorganization bill is now
in sight. A compromise bill is be
in? framed which has met with the
approva.5 of all of the conferees and
It is thought that It will be sure
to pas3 the law makera "by a big mr"<
Jorlty.
SOPHIA IN PORT
The Sophia, camu into port this
morr.ln>», at 6 a. m. with passengers
and 234 tons of freight. It will
clear this port at 9 this evening
with, outgoing passengers and
freight, ; . ; j , jj] 1J
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SOUPS
Due to the increasing popularity of ibis excellent product,
we have added the following varieties to our stock:
Julienne Mulligatawny Vermicelli-Tomato
Mockturtle Pea Oxtail
Asparagus Chicken Consome Celery
Vegetable Printanier
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P. H. GANTY
il)E TROOPS
FOR BORDER
Washington, May 10—The ww
demrtment lias issued order call
ing out eleven companies of the
coa.st artillery from Atlantic points.
They have beeu ordered to pre
pare for Immediate service and he
ready to leave their jjos-ts tonight
for San Antonio. Tha arttllerv; will
sarve as infantry wtth the border
patrol.
LONG RANGE B.VITLB
IX PROGRESS
Marathon, May 10—A long
ran^e lattle was fought 1 a>te yes
terday afternoon, between the Am
erican and Mexicans near Boquilias.
The battle was confined mostly to
fieli eim firing and trying to root
each other from trenches and
fortifications. No less fraa been
reported on the American side.. It
is reported that the battle is now
in progress at short range.
RIOTS CAUSE LOSS
OP MAXY MEN'
Loiidon, May 10—The revolution
ary riots in Dublin has resulted In
the killing of five hundred and
twenty one troops. The island is
now reported as under the control
of tu? British army and very little^
signs of rioting are occurring.
JEFFERSON CARRIES
LIVE STOCK
Tne Jefferson came in at 2:40
last night and ruil.d at 6:45. It
carried several passengers, forty
♦ons of freight and ten horses for
the interior.
Among the outgoing passengers
were Frank Cook. Ole Noremberg,
Mis. Durie and Mr. and Mrs. Car
rick. ' . ; L-jJ li i|J
IX CONFERENCE AGAIN
Washington, May 10—The) confer
ence between General Scott and
General Obregon was continued to
day, The ooints of difference in
regard to the handling of the Am
erican troops and the methods to
ue applied by the United States wax
depp.i irr ent have not been, "revealed
for publication.
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READY FOR
IDE UPRISING
BORDER HEAVILY GUARDED
Sin Antonio, May 10 — Military;
authorities haye taken extra pre
cautions against a general Mexi
can uprising which has teen ru
mored would come to a head today.
Th° rumor comes from good au
thority that a general movement is
on foot for an uprising of all Mexi
cans today against the presence of
foreign troops on their soil.
The border is being patrolled
with an additional force oi men. At
intervals a field artillery corps ia
located ready for instant service.
With this corps is also a troop of
horsemen to proceed to any raided
section reported to the officer in
charge, y
SULZER FOR DELEGATE
!
Juneau, May 10—Chas. Sulzer
has withdrawn as candidate for
Democratic national committee
man and announced his candi
dacy for delegate.
ALAMEDA REPORTS
FAVORABLE TRIP
Tii» Alameda came ino port from
the westward this morning , at
eight o'clock, reporting a favorable
trip both up and down the outside
coast. It carried 1000 tons of
ore for the smelter at Tacoma.
Mr. Little and family were the
only passengers for Skagway on t"he
boat. As outbound passengers it
carried Mr. Neiler and B. Leving.
PRIMARIES HELD TODAY
The democratic ' party meets for
its primaries todj.y from the hours
of 1 iuitil 7 p. ci. The election is
being held at the City Hall.. Five
delegates will bo chosen to repre
sent tlia Skagway district in the
territorial convention to be held in
Juneau on May 2 4tli. The nominees
on the ballot are A. C. Blanchard,
H. ,C. Putnam, Lee Gault, Max
Gi'l ■'*<!, Frank F«eio, J. M. Tanner,
Fbl' Abrahams a»u E. A. Rasmuson.
J. J. Hess, A. S. Jensen, W. D.
English. G. A. Doucher, W. Sailown,
M. B. Schiner and W. Wood were
passengers on the morning's train.
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CLAYSON