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No. S3 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SKAWAY, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 191A
PRION 10 CKN'IS
CABINET UNNfiDIP PROVES
PRESIDENT WILSON'S POLICIf
Washington, D. C., May 12—The
:abinet at its meeting today unani
iousIv approved President Wilson's
oreigu l olicy and the president will,
vitU.u the next two days, send a
harp note to Germ^py demanding
m explanation of the series of ln
idents commenting with the sink
'ig of the Falaba, with one Ameri
ca ou board, who was drowned,
he dropping of bombs on the steam
•r Cushing, the torpedoing of the
'■ ult'ight and the torpedoing of the
.usitaaia. The president's note will
irmly maintain that Germany's
•lockade of British ports is no
notification for any of the above
cts.
If a satisfactory reply to the
tote is not made by Germany it is
;.rd to predict what course the ad
Jinistration will pusue.
Tii e state department made pub
ic today a sworn statement that
ho GuU'ight was flying the Ameri
ca flag when she was torpedoed.
Philadelphia, May 12—Former
r-sidout Taft, la a speech la this !
c<ty last night, urges tie people to
be calm and patient, as there were
many things worse than the pres
ent condition of affairs, and that
war is something not to be lightly
undertaken. "President Wilson's
' CTeat influence and the people's be
|lief in him," said Mr. Taft, "will
save the country, no matter what
policy is adopted."
Xew York, May 12—Former
I President Theodore Roosevelt, in a
June Metropolitan article, will de
mand immediate action by the ad
ministration on behalf of Ameri
cans, and likens Hhe neutrality of
the United States to that of Pontius
Pilate.
Berlin, May 12—Baron Schwar
zenstein, for years - in the German
diplomatic service, today roasts
former president of the United
States, Theodore Roosevelt, for his
vitriolic attacks on the Germans,
and says that he doubts the sin
lerity of the United States in their
professed neutrality.
Washington, D. C, May 12—Slx
-five thousand acres of land ly
^ in the Iliamna lake rggioa of
Aliska have been withdrawn from
".;::ket by the government because
>!' the prospective water power val
t'3*» of the streams located thereon.
oRiilii
RIVER MOUTH
uerlia. May 12—The Germui war
fi'i'ite, ia an official statement
r.'ud.* tcday, claims that a British
-emUer. was yesterday drlveoi from
tu-.fc uouth of the Thames river by
s-dropred by a German air
c'rlf't;
Same O'd Gams.
With the exception of tovemaking.
art many uew ways of doing old
<"hi.-.iL*" News.
MR5. CQKJUUA itnrL&lUN nAivno
territorial president of the W. C.
T. V. of Alaska, came to Alaska
fire, as a member of the
National Editorial association
iu 1909. She was then man
aging editor of "The Union Signal,"
official organ of the National W. C.
T. U., and president of the Illin
ois Woman's Press association. She
returned to Alaska In 1910 on a
lecture Itinerary for the National
W. C. T. U. and spent four months
In Seward as the guest of Rer.
and Mrs. L. H. Pedereen, now of
' oka^way.
I In March of 1911 Mrs. Hatcher,
^eta^e 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. PLadies' and Misses' and
Children's Ready Made Wash
Dresses at 75c] to $2.25. The
newest things in 36-in silks at
. ?5c per yard-1
If you want to see something that is
real nice come in and look the goods ovsr
H. J. LYNCH
Up-to-date Haberdasher
—... and Ladies' Furnisher
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
PARTY IF THREE
REPORTED DEAD
Juneau, Alaska, May 12—L. i1". J
Oreea, John Helry, and Tony Mao
were reported here today to have
been lost between Dry bay and
Yakatut on April 21st, by the wreck
Of the gasboat Edith G, on which j
they were endeavoring to make
their way from Juneau to Knik. |
Th*v were caught In the fierce j
southeast gale that swept the wat
ers of that portion of Alaska on
that d:ite and the boat swamped.
Three new pupils started to 1
school on last Monday morning, Ed- |
ward and Horace Wade entering
Alias Sowerby's room and Donald :
MUnes increasing the roll by one in i
Miss Keenan's room.
Miss Moffat's class> a have been 1
making lamp shades in the school '
colors by way of decorating the as
sembly room.
This morning in assembly the i
pupils started ishades of school
colors from samples; the choice bo
ing dark gold and bright dark
blue. Uniform ribbci knots were
approved.
As the result of a challenge is
sued by the fifth and sixth grades
to the pupils of the high school
room a spelling contest was held in
the assembly room on Thursday. At
the end of a two hour contest, all
cf the pupils of Miss Keenan's room
.were spelled down, Lester Moyer
and Ruth Pedersen being the last
ones up. Fred Blanchard, Bes
sie Conway, Beatrice Olsen and
Vivian Talbot wer the last up !
from Miss Moffat's roum, the first
three staying through the contest. I
Exercises were held in the as- j
aerobly room on Friday morning; I
Miss Sowerby's room entertaining, i
The topic wag "Mother's Day, '
which is signified bv wearing a I
white carnation in honor of our ,
mothers. Jack Kirmse and Virginia
Selmer recited and two songs by
the pupils concluded.
(then Mrs. Jewett) was married
to Robert Lee Hatcher, a sour
dough, jvho came to Alaska in 1S96
and is the oldest prospector in
point of service, in the Willow
creek district of Southeastern Al
aska, where he blazed many of the
trails and located four properties,
notably the Alaska Gold Quartz
company's mine, which is the best
producer in the district.
Mrs. Hatcher calls herself an j
"Alaskan J>y marriage," as well as |
by choice, and claims the title of J
sourdough, having wintered in the [
interior. When the Alaska W. C.
T. U. was organized iu 1913, she :
was chosen president, and will pre
side over the First Territorial con
vention which opens Thursday ev
ening at the Methodist church.
SERIOUS RIOTS
CITY OF LONDON
London, May, 12—Serious riots
ocrt rred In tlie South End of this
city last - night, where the doors
and windows in German shops w^re
broken in and smashed. While the
rioting was going on thousands of
people paraded the streets de
manding the internment of all
fliers belonging to hostile coun
tries until the war is over.
The Australian submarine A-2 iar
reported to have been sunk today
oy Turkish worships while she
wo? attempting to enter the Sea of
Marmora. The crew of the sub
mari 10 was captured.
BELGISNSGBOSS
1 RIVER YSER
Paris, May 12—It is reported
her* today that the Belgians
crossed the river Yser and are gain
ing ground at Dixmunde.
Local Happenings j
Tl i City of Seattle is due in I
S'taj'way early Saturday morning. j
Tomorrow being Ascension Day j
n.'.vs will be observed at the Cath
olic cliurek at 9 o'clock a. m. and
••vunng service at 7 o'clock.
M't. Cornelia Templeton Hatcher, i
•iuiLr the auspices of the local W. 1
C. C. U., held' a chi.dren's meeting <
this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in <
the Methodist church annex.
I
Mrs. Burkhardt, wife of the man- ,
aj; r of the Chilkoot cannery, and ,
Mrs. Ira King, wffe of the steam- (
sh:D agent at Haines, came up on
the- Peterson today to Skagway
and were luncheon guests at the <
Ptil'en House. '
i
The pure bred Irish terrier ad- j
vertised in this paper yesterday as ,
being lost was probably taken to j
the westward on the Mariposa by j
a man and woman in board, as
the dog was seen with them short
ly before the vessel sailed. Deputy
U. S. Marshal Cook cabled this
morning to the deputy marshal at
Valdez to look out for the animal
on the arrival of the boat there.
Frvo chechakos. Col. W. L. Stev
enson, i>r, T. J. Westermann, A.
\V. Newberry, A\'. 13. Hargrave and
W. K. Henson, bowed down with the
weight of heavy pacico, toiled wea;i
lv ov^r the Chilkoot trail, slid
swiftly ancl_ smoothly down the
southern incline of the coast 'range
and finally landed footsore und
weary on Tuesady night in the
beauifiul valley of Skagway, where
they were met and hospitably en
tertained by the members of Camp
Skagway Xo. 1, Arctic Brotherhood,
and ultimately initiated into full
brotherhood. Among the dis
tinguished sojourning brethren who
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Anola (Chocolate) Water Thin (Plain)
Nabisco (Assorted flavors) Cheese Tid Bits
Lorna Doone Short Bread Zweibach
Social Teas Graham Crackers
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Chocolate Wafers
Price 25c each; two for 25c
P. H. GANTY
Seward, May 12—The round
louse, machine shops, rolling stack
i> the railroad and several res!
lences were destroyed here yeator
Uiy afternoon by a forBt fire, fan
led high by the wind, which swept
hrough the northern part of the ,
ity.
Thf entire population fought!
the flames, which threatened at
times to destroy every building in
the town. Seamen from the vari
ous vessels in port assembled on
the wharf in readiness to care for
the women and children in the
event of the worst happening. Sev
eral narrow escapes from the flames
were reported.
/ere in attendance as guests at
he Camo on Saturday night and
vho joined hands with the mem- '
icrs of the local organization In the
eremoaiea Incident to the occasion, i
were Thos. Rlggs, Jr., of the Al
.ska engineering commission, and
lepresentatlve E. B. Collins, meal
ier of the territorial legislature |
mm the Fourth Division.
Mrs. Mar^ Craig and Mrs. E. L. 1
\ interbergerr of Haines, delegates
o the Skagway convention of the
V. C. T. U., which will formally
onvene here on Friday morning
:f this week, arrived In Skagway
his morning on th? government
loai Peterson and. are stopping at
he Golden North hotel. There are
low six delegates to the convention
lere in addition to those represent
np the local organization, viz.:
Ira. L. A. Harrison and Mrs. Mar
in Conway. There are eight other
lelegates who are expected to reach
ler before th opening date.
Miss Kate Pritchett, teacher in
he public school at Wraagell, Al
ska, who visited in Skagway last
ummer for a few weeks with taor
irother, Mr. Jas. Wesley Pritchett
if the Daily Alaskan, has written
lim that on the expiration of the
iresent school term, which will
iccur on the 21st of this month, she
ixpects to go to Japan, b'lt whsth
T permanently or simply tor a va
ation trio, she does not state.
Jiss Pritchett was employed at
ier avocation last year in Ha
waii, the largeat-tsbuid of the Ha
waiian group, from whence she
ame directly north to Wraagell.
The fourth Installment of "Lu*
ills Love, the Girl ot Mystery," wiU
i° given tonight and tomorrow nigh
t -he Popular picture Palate.
Ield at bay by" a" ferocious lion
* her jungle hut, Lucille Lore is
lardly free of one peril until she Is
ace to face .with one more dl&boll
al. Woman's ingenuity and man's
inception are the motives of rapid
ction and .thrilling scenes througii
his fctfrteh. Then follows plot
nd cotffiterplot until one ot the
aost spectacular bits of horseman
snip brings climax in Dlanned acci
dent, killing horse and stunning Lu
cille Love. Agents o£ Loubeque se
cure the papers from Lucille Love.
The series will hold you spellbound.
Music by Prof. 0. Helmer and Mr.
P. H. GoJity.
The House committee of Skag
way Lodge No. 431, B. P. O. K.,
has received inquiries from the
advance agent of the Juvenile Bos
tonians, a » musical comedy
company, in regard to their
appearance here in Elks' hall
on the nights of June
4th an.l 5th; also inquiries from
the advance agent of the Nellsoi
Opera Co., as to date# for Juua
7 th and 8th. .
A Sailor's Compliment.
Through all the yexrs they were ti>
gether Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont
Hred for her husband, as before her
marriage she had lived for her father.
Her brilliant mind, her heart and her
hands were constantly busy in her bus
bead's service, and a gallant sailor's
cottpllmeDt shows that her devotion
was widely recognized. During the
war, when Admiral Porter had com
mand of the Federal fleet on the Mis
sissippi. hi* flagship was the steamer
Benton." named after Mr*. Fremont's
father. The admiral named the Utile
tender of the flagship .lessie Benton
Fremont, and he wrote to Mrs Fre
mont Ills explanation:
"Yon have always sailed close to
your hwbotid and your father"
Did Their Best.
Judge Robert O Harris tells of a
rather embarragsju.a introduction which
former Ambassador Curtis Guild oueo
received when fie w«nt to speaU at a
politic** rally In the western part of
Massachusetts. According to Judge
Harris, it vrcjjt southing .after this
fashion: 'The voters dei Ided that the
towu committee ought to have a rally,
with the best speaker it could get.
We couldn't get Governor Robinson;
we couldn't get Senator Hoar n-r Tom
Reed, but we did the best uie could-,
and J iKiw have the hunor of introduc
ing Mr: Curtis Guild of Boston."—In
dianapolis News.
Highest Mountains.
The Ave- highest mountains In tfit
world are all to be found lu the Hima
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.The Clothier