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No. 75 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1917
PRICE 10
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+ The meeting to organize the *
* home guard and elect officers +
+ will be held at S:15 o'clock *
+ tomorrow evening in Elks' +
+ hall. A list is now at Hern's *
+ cigar store for those who de- +
+ sire to sign. +
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T&robbiug with the spirit of pa
trio'lsm that marked men and wo
men of revolutionary days, an au
dience that filled Elks hull to
standing room only, listened to pa
trlo'ic speeches and patriotic music
las' a>ght and then while the hushi
of sober realization of the crisis
confronting the country fell over
the room, witnessed the offer of
seventy-four men and boys of Skag
way t0 form a h.om0 guard.
When the volunteers for home
defense had gone to the front of
Mie hall to sign tbe roll of the new
prgau'zation, few but women and
children remained in their seats.
Applause had followed the speeches
and the music, but those jvho vol
unteered their services for home
and country met the greater tri
bute of pulsing stlilness that comes
over those who are spectators of
deeds of duty and sacrifice.
Major >1. E. Savill, commandant
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U-BOAT MENACE MOST
THREATENING NOW IS
EXPERT'S STATEMENT
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♦ Washington, May 1. —Per- •>
+ sisteut rumors that peace over- *
❖ tures to President Wilson were *
+ sent by Germany this after- *
+ noon, are current hero l;ite +
❖ today. Tho reported over- *
•5* tures are said to have been *
*• sen* through tho Swiss minis- *
♦ ter. Tho rumors are credited ❖
* iu certain quarters. *
+ +
Washington, May 1.—Declaring
that the submarine menace is now I
overshadowing all other consid<?ra- j
'ions in tho prosecution of tho war j
against Germany, Lord- Eustace
Percy, British expert with, the Brit- j
isn war commission, today at a;
war conference informed tho Unit-1
ed States government 'hat the stand-,
a:dlzation of shipbuilding by the.
allies is tho task that requires im
mediate attention.
He urged tlia* England, America,
C-'.i'adi' and Japan at once work out
a plan, for the solution of this!
problem.
"Tho German subs,' ho said,
"aie sinking our ships faster thtwi
Nvo ca.ii build them. It is impera
tive that steps at once bo taken
to counteract this danger that
threatens the life of tho allies."
Lor-3 Percy said it wa<j of muc-h
grt-atbr importance th,at ships be
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piovided than that soldiers b« sent
to Frr.nce.
Commissioners Vivian! and Jof
fre of the French commission, earl
ier 1l the day, hud proposed that
the United States at once send
25.000 soldiers to France far the
moral effect It would have on Ger
many. The American general staff
oi'i'osed the suggestion ant} held
that troo.ps should not be sent over
u.itil Uiov wero properly trained.
ALL MESSAGES
HOW CENSORED
Washington, May 1.—Actual cen
sorship went into effect today whieu,
the war department tock over
the c-cntral of all telephone and
telegraph lime# and tho navy exer
cised similar authority over cables.
Only messages which have passed
the censor. It is announced, will
be transmitted.
The steamer Jefferson of the
Alaska Steamship company is due
to arrive tomorrow In Skagway. The
local offic«, np to late this after
noon, bad not learned the time she
would dock.
A dispatch to the Daily; Alaskan
from Seattle today stated that tlib
Spokane of the P. S. S. company,
s-'-iled north for Skagway at ten
o'clock this morning:.
The passengers for Skagway are
■Copt. Willliam Turnbull, T. L.
Jones, W. E. Lytle, Mrs. Margaret i
f"erby, Mrs. Elfrida MelUfch, Mrs
P, Crepeau and L. Orepeau. A. F.
Sbepberd ig a passenger for Haines.
ALASAK'S (JREETIXG SENT
TO NEW REPUBLIC RUSSIA
Washington, May 1.—It is hands
across the sea from Alaska to Rus
sia today. The greetings of the
territory to the new republic were
forwarded today by Secretary of i
State Lansing to the Petrograd. 1
HI OA? Silt
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WIDESPREAD
Loudon, May 1.—This is Eu
rope's critical day. According to
dispatches received here, workmen
iu Germany and Austria-Hungary,
whore the labor situation is report
ed »o be acute, are threatning to
bring about a general strike toi
show 'heir attitude in favor of im
mediate peace.
Iu 'he Rhin§ provinces more than
half the munition workers, it is
reported, ar0 on strike today.
l'rouble hlad before existed in
these districts and it is said that
action wag tiaken today to cooisoJir
date the separate strikes.
Extensive military precautions,
the correspondents say^ have been
taken by th© German government to
prevent any outbreak, but serious
disturbances are predicted before
the day is over.
BERLIN REPORTS
Berlin, May 1.—The severe de
Eea* of the British forces in their
lUempt to capture the village of
3puy on the Scarpe river and the
loss of 6,000 British soldiers In
:he attack, was reported today by
ihe German war office.
Nineteen thousand prisoners, the
statement added, were captured and
forty machine guns fell into Ger
man hands. Ten of the big Eng
lish tanks were destroyed.
The war office report says that
beavy artillery fire along the
Scarpe front continues.
CARRANZA IS PRESIDENT
Mexico City, May 1.—General Car
ranza today took the oath of of
fice as president of Mexico. He is
the first constitutional president of
Mexico since the assassination of
Madero.
The meeting of the Woman's
Churoh auxiliary, scheduled for
Wednesday, has been postponed.
Announcement of the new date for
meeting will b§ made later.
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Opportunity to apply for admis
sion as a reserve officer in the
United States war army, training of
whom will begin this month, yas
offered young men of Skagway last
night at the patriotic rally In
Ji'.ks' hall bjj Major M. El SaviLle,
commandant at Fort Wlliam H.
Seward.
Ten thousand officers are needed,
Major SaviUe said. Ha added that
fifteen noncommissioned officers
from the post will be sent to the
Presidio at San Francisco, where
the training camp for western states
and Alaska will be conducted.
A number of Hatnes men will al
so be in the party whtich is ©x- |
oected to leave this week on the
stefcm^r Jefferson, Among them
will be R. J. and Fred Shteppard.
Instruction at the training camp
will beeiA May 8. Tfliase Who de
sire to apply for admission, Major
SaviUe said, should send their
names at once to Kim at Fort
Seward so that the necessary ex
i mi nation may be immediately made
Lincoln, Neb., May 1. — Nebraska
lolued the column of dry states at j
midnight last night. The law that
:s effective today makes the state
'bone dry."
BANDSMEN
There will be practice tonight at
5 o'clock in the Firemen's Hall,
Fourth Ave., All are very earnest
ly requested to be present.
tSuDfierThe for the Dally 'Al«Bkan)
Confess Morgan's Of
fice First Objective
of Bomb Attack
New York, May 1.—Secret agents
of the United States today foiled an
attempt by two German employes
of the Boosevelt hospital to wr^ckf
Wall street.
When, arrested, the men had sev
.eiul bombs, containing explosives of
the most powerful type.
The admitted that they had plan
ned a crusade of destruction amon^J
the offices of the great money inf
teiests in Wall street and said that
their first attemp was to have been
pn the offices of J. P. Morgan
company.
Wolf Hirscli, a chemist, and
George Myiinger, both Gfirmanp.
and 1-oth employed in the hospital,
were the men arrested.
Hirscli, who is said to be an ex
pert in explosives and to have
made this line of chemistry a spec
ialty, is repoi-ted to have) construct
ed tl)e bombs.
Chicago, 111., May 1 — Alleging
♦ha* Mayor Thompson was guilty of
^disloyal statements in declining ta
invite tbQ British, and French war
commissions to visit Chicago, agents
of the department of justice today
forwarded to Washington a report
on tbe case.
The alleged statements were made
recently, it is said, when it waa
proposed that the Freixihi and
British commissioners should be
asked to visit Chicago and other
important cities. _____
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