v. ; 7 SEVENTEENTH- YEA R SKA»WAY,,ALASKA. THORSPAT" FEBURARY 11, 19tS-I'RICK 10 CKNTS
Washington, D. C- Feb. 11—The
1'uiteil States government today,
i h rough their Washington, D. C.,
I'oiisu lates, warned both Great Britain
and (icruiany that a general use of
ihe American flag by either of
'hem to protect theii merchant ves
>"ls from destruction by enemies on
the high seas would be viewed by
i:»e administration with grave cou
cern.
The German government was al
s.i warned that the destruction of i
\ iierican vessels within the newly |
. escribed (iernian war zone would
1 id to serious com plications be
t .ten that country and the United
S ate*.
MS RIOTS
OUT CF BERLIN
t openhagen. Fel. 11—According
advices received l-ere this mora
» serious potato riots are in pro
c-s in the mark* V- of the city
"eilin, which the police are mak
^ strenuous effort.-, to suppress.
Si. Petetsburg, Feb. 10—The
• .shionable Kussian seaport town
. f Yalta was shelled a few days
. to by the Turks. The Russian
.t?et was alasent at the time but re
'.liated when it hiwd the news, by
i.otnbnrding the Turkish city of
5 robizound and sinking half a doz
ta steamers.
IHE KAISER IS'
VERY DEPRESSED
London, Feb. It—The Kaiser is
leported to be greatly depressed
since hio return from his went vis
it to the Eastern battle front over
the terrible loe.» of men Germany is
paying for the liroitetl advance tluit
Is being made fl gainst the Russians
in Poland.
It is stated that he has pro
tested strongly against the useless
slaughter ami will probably order a
transfei of tho fighting to some
point where Russia will prove less
tormidable.
KAISER RETURNS
10 THE CAPITAL
Berlin, Feb. 11—The Kaiser, ac
companied by General Von Falken
hayn, returned heie this morning
from a visit to the Eastern battle
fronts. Important developments
are expected to follow the Kais
er's visit to the front in regard to
the military movements around \Vai>
taw, as it is believed in official cir
cles here that the possession of
that part of Poland is one of the vi
tal points at issue in present East
ern campaigns.
ported evacuation o! Lodz, Russia,
by the Germans was today official
ly confirmed by the war office.
RIM
ENTER TIE WAR
Xish, Feb. 11—It is reported
here, and generally believed, that
Rumania may enter the European
var any day.
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SEIZE VESSEL
L
Falmouth, Feb. 11—The American
steamer "Wiihclmina, loaded with
foodstuffs for Germany, was seiz
ed by the British yesterday, brought
here and the car#, unloaded and
the vessel then released.
A protest has beev made by the
owners against the seizure.
E
Fetrograd, Feb. 11—According to
an official report made here today,
the European war is costing Rus
sia the enormous sum of $1,000,
iiOO per day.
FULL RETREAT
Vienna, Feb. 11—Tlio Russians
;u-e today reported to be in full re
. i-eat from the Bukowiim province,
the invasion of Hungary by them
heing thus frustrated.
ORDERS ALL THE
FLAGSL "
Amsterdam, Feb. 10—The Ger
man commander of Bnigge has or
dered all consulates in the city
to haul down their flags and to re
move t hedr caats-of arms.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 11—Af
ter 54 hours continuous session the
senate adjourned this morning. An ,
extra session of congress Is inevi
table.
CANADIANS DIE
London, Feb. 11—Only sixty-five
of the Canadian contingent, now
in training on Salisbury Plains,
have died since their arrival in
England. • * - " . I
OKE MEMBER HAD
CASE SILL-POX
Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 10—The state
legislature adjourned tcday on ac
count of one of the members hav
ing developed a case of smallpox.
The rest of the members have all
been vaccinated since the discov
ery was made and there will in all
probability be no spread of the dis
ease.
15
Shortly before 1C o'clock last'
night a small cottage ou Fourth
street, between Main and Alaska,
owned by Chas. Davis, the gardner,
was discovered to be on fire and
an alarm turned in to which the
department responded promptly, the
firemen arriving on the scene in
time to stop the blase, which had
already got a fairly good start in
the front room of the building.
At 1 o'clock this morning Fire
Chief J. A. Bender and Jack Greis
bach, a member of the fire com
pany, who had stayed to see that
everything was left ill a safe condi
tion, went home, but at 4:20 a. m.
were again called out by the alarm i
bell, and found that from some'
unknown cause the house was|
again on fire, but this time in
rear 'room. Again the blaze was j
put out without doing any damage
except to scorch and char the in
terior of the building.
Chief Bender is of the opinion
that the first fire originated in the
rolling of the front room and was
cajsed from soma defect in the
electrict light wir!r>g. For the
second ho has no explanation ex
cept that a spark smou'.derring in
some obscure place might have been
overlooked, and after ho and Grels
bach left been fanned into a blaze.
SPEND VACATION
IN 1SOOTH
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Shaw -will
lavee on the next southward sailing
of the Jefferson for an extended
trip to the South, the girlhood ,
home of Mrs. Shaw, who is an Ala
baman by birth. Mrs. Shaw's fath
er and sister live in Florida and
she has other relatives In Georgia.
They will visit in Tampa, Florida,
Macon, Georgia, and various other
Southern cities before their return.
Robert Carroll, the well known
sourdough steamboat agent, is com
ing on the Jefferson to relieve Mr.
Shaw c£ his duties as representative
of the Alaska Steamship Co. in
Skagway, while the latter enjoys a
well-earned rest in preparation for
his arduous duties during the ap
proaching summer and tourist sea
son. j
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P. H. GANTY, GROCER
Under the energetic supervision
of Superintendent V. I. Hahn work
on the new W. P. &. Y. R. dock
ia being pushed aheud rapidly and
it will only be a fev days until it
is sufficiently far along for ves
sels to land.
When seen by a Laily Alaskan
representative this morning and ask
ed about plaps for tho construction
of the dock, warehouses, railway
tracks, etc., Superintendent Hahn
said: |
"The new wharf will have a'
straight front 610 feet long with
a railroad track running down the
face for a distance of 520 feet.
This track will leave the bluff just j
behind the small warehouse on the
approach and cross the tourist plat-;
form and approach, reaching the
face of the dock where the old of
fice used to stand. It will be used
for unloading coal, machinery, hay,
and oats direct from boat to cars
and tourist trains will run down
there directly opposite boats.
"The new office w'll be located
along tho approach on the west side
Just north of where the wharf gate
was located; the stock pens will
all be located where the north pens
formerly were but will be enlarged
so that the same number of cat
tle can be handled that used to be
taken care of at both sets of pens; I
just souh of the pens will be a.
large domestic warehouse 80x200 ft.
with a baggage room built on the
north end of it; just south of that1
will be an open space 125 feet long
for lumber, machinery, and other
miscellaneous freight, below this
will be a bonded warehouse 8Ox
100 feet.
"The freight capacity of these two
houses will be nearly the same as
that of the five old ones. They will
be set back 10 feet from the
bluff side of the wharf and the
soales placed inside the houses in
the door-ways. This v\-ill facilitate
the loading of cars which will here
after be done to much better
advantage and with le.s switching.
The 10 foot gangways will be roofed
over. This wharf will average a :
greater width than the old one on
account of the straight front, the
old wharf front having been rath- i
er crooked and hugging the shore
line. For some distance the new
wharf front will be about 35 feet
further out to sea and across this
stretch we will use 110 foot creo
soted piles. The bottom here is very
soft so that the piles have a pene
tration of from 30 to 34 feet.
"The two tracks in 'he rear of the
wharf will be placed on a solid 1111
and a 6 inch water main run under
lie till next to the cliff, with a
auinber of fire plugs and hose
houses.
"The lighting system will he up to
date in eveiy respect. We now
have 150 feet of dock driven and
are fast getting it decked over so
we hope to be able to land the
Jefferson there when she arrives in,
Skagway next Sunday.
"The water system will have good
pressure and the piping system on
the wharf will be such that all boata
can quickly get all the water they;
want."
CITV OF SEATTLE
IN THIS Hi
The City of Seattle came in this
morning at 8 o'clock, an hour ear
lier than she was announced to
arrive yesterday. The following
passengers were on board: Mrs. L.
Lowe, J. A. Marcel, Leland Cairden,
A. R. Johnson and two second class.
The vessel sailed south at 10:30
a. m. with J. S. Moultou, commercial
traveler for a hardware firm, bound
for Juneau.
Rev. J. H. Condlt, of Juneau, su
perintendent of Presbyterian mis
sions for Alaska, who had been In
and around Haines for several days,
and is now on his way home.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Anderson Of
Skagway, enroute to Eureka, Calif.,
and later to the Panama-Bacflc In
ternational exposition at San Fran
cisco. " V* . . ■ jj j
«ill TO
ATTENDJOKIGHT
When the alarm of fire sounded
last night there were several of
the members of the department en
joying themselves iu the Popular
Picture Palace, and the call for
their services naturally caused them
to miss a part of the show. To
all such Manager Geo. Mowl wxtends
a cordial invitation to attend to
night's performance free of charge.
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