PRICE 10
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1917
No. 65 TWENTIETH YEAR
Buenos Aires, April 19. — Three
German states of Brazil revolted to
day, according to reports received
here. On account of the censorship
thai is beiug tightly drawn by tne
jjoverumeut, it is difficult to get
details.
The three states are Rio Grande,
Panama and Santa Catharina. The
revolters are said to be well armed
and to have some artillery.
GERMANS DENY Sl*B
ATTACKED U. S. BOAT
Berlin. April 19—Report, that
a German submarine attacked the
American torpedo boat destroyer,
Smith, were declared here today to
be merely au effort to put on Ger
many the responsibility for opening
hostilities. It was further said
that no German submarine was op
erating in the western half of the
Atlantic.
The re-ported attack on the Smith,
ras made Tuesday of! Boston .har
bor. Washington dispatches yester
day stated that the report had been'
confirmed.
WORLDS GOLD OUTPUT
IX 1016 ALMOST RECORD
Loudon, April 19—The value of
'he wor!d's gold production in 1916
as shown in the annual statistics
just issued here, was 95, 725,000
Douuds, a figure which has been ex
ceeded only three times. The Brit
ish empire led the world with 60,
000,000 pounds, while the United
States produced 19.00,000 pounds.
Russia, 6,000000 and Mexico, 2.000,
000. The United States since 1874
has Droduced gold to the value of
»bout 779,000,000 pounds.
OIL STILUS BURNED;
WATCHMAN" ATTACKED
Whiting, Ind., April 19 — Fires
which are believed to have been of
incendiary origin destroyed a bat
tery of crude oil stills of the Stand
ard Oil Company's refinery. The
ni^ht watchman was found battered
and bleeding.
3-FOOT SNOW IX COLORADO
.Montrose, Col., April 19. — One
of the heaviest snowg ever record
ed in 'nis section of Colorado at
this lute date in the swing, fell
her«» yesterday and this morning.
The depth, of the snow today is
three feet.
Photo by American Press Association.
Brigadi"- General Hunter Liggett.
"KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT"
V. S. WARNING TO ALIENS
' Obey the law; keep your mouth
shut' is tho warning of tlie United
States to German aliens, issued by
tho department ol justice and re
ported to tho Daily Alaskan by Jas.
A. Sruis^r, United States district
at torn iv for the first division Dis
trict c»f Alaska. Tho warning states
'hat those who heed this caution
need fear no action against them.
The department's o.der follows:
"No German alien enemy iu this
country, who has not hitherto been
implicated iii plots aganst the in
terests of the United States, need
hjve any fear of action by the De
partment of Justice so long us he
observes the following warning :
"Obey the law; keep your mouth
shut."
ENLIST IN U. S. NAVY
Applications by Cordova boys for
eulistment in the United States na
vy, according to the Cordova Daily
Times, became so numerous that a
recruiting office was opened this
week aboard the U. S. S. Saturn
bv Lieut. Frank I.uckel, U. S. N.,
commanding the Alaskan radio ex
pedition. The navy is accepting
physically and morally fit men from
eighteen to thirty five years old.
BELGIUM GOVERNOR DEAD
London. April 19—Governor Gen
eral Von Bissing of Belgium, re- I
presentative there of the German |
government, died la3t night in.
Brussels, according to Reuters i
Brussels correspondent.
MIDDY BLOUSES
For Women and Girls at
$1.50 to $2.00
Complete Line of Tennis Shoes
NOW BEING DISPLAYED
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
SERIN LOSS IS REMED HEAVK
I
Paris, April 19—Seventeen thous- j
and unwtunded German prisoners
have been captured by; the French,
fprces since the beginning- of the
drive on the southern end of the
French line, according to the of
ficial reDort here today.
Seventy-five cannon are also said
tfi have fallen into French hands.
The Germans have launched num
erous strong counter attacks, the
report continues, but, |n each
case, have been thrown back with
heavy losses.
Washington, April IS.—Six thous
and Lewis machine guns wer$ order
ed today by the government.
The order was an emergency one
and the guns are to be delivered
as quickly as possible.
This is one of the largest orders
of the kind that has been. given
siuce the United States was declar
ed 'o bje in a state of war with
CJermauy.
illIielop
ALASKA MINES
Formation of a new company iu
Seattle to develop Alaska mines is
repoited in news received today in
Skagway. The concern is called
the- .W. H. Jeagrave company, organ
ized by W. H. Sea-grave and W.
E. Dunkle, consulting engineers,
aska. Mr. Seagrave has been man
Jtoih meu are well known in Al
agtr cf the Kennecott mine, re
cognised as one of the greatest
uioduccrs in the world of high
grade copper. Mr. Duukl0 was re
cently field geologist and traveling
representative in Alaska of tho
Alaska syndicate. ,
The new company is said to have
several important Alaskan proper
ties which will be examined with
a view to development as soon as
possible. < | i , i j | , ; .
WOMAN'S MURDER UNSOLVED
Seattle, Wash., April 19 — Mys
tery today still surrounds the
murder of Mrs. Florence Wehn, wife
of Jamts Wehn, th0 scuptor, whose
was found yesterday in a
gulch off West Wheeler street. From
evidence gathered at the spot where
the bod" was found, the police be
ijqvt thugs killed the woman but
all 'heir efforts to discover clues
that would warrant an arrest havo
so far been futile.
NAVAL FIGHT DENIED
Boston, April 19—Denial of the
reports yesterday of a naval en
gagement off Boston w&s made to
day by local navy yard officials. Re
volts of fighting at 6ea yesterday
followed heavy gunfire that was
said to have been heard at several
coast points. 1
Dr. Knickerbocker, dentist, is now
at the Golden North Hotel for a
limited time..
DYING BROKER
11[S SLAYER
Seattle, April 19.—While dying
1 from a knife wound this afternoon,
M. A. ftayfield, a diamond broker,
' accused N. L. Bailey, to whom he
is said ♦<. have loaned $60 on a ring,
of having stabbed him. Bailey,'
late this afternoon, had not yet
been arrested.
Rayfield was killed in. his office
in the Joshua Green, building. When
f. ai d, he was lying on the floor,
with an ugly knife cut in his left
side.
Washington, April 19 — Separate
peace will not be agreed' to under
any conditions by the Russian pro
visional government, according to
advices received hers today.
This is considered a heavy blow
to what are belie\ed to bo Ger
man lit pes >hat the new Russian
fwiiiuieii't would not further pToaa
cute its erd oj' the war and would
b0 amenable to consideration of
peace terms.
The provisional government, ac
cording to the advices, is determined
to favor no pea<?e that dees not
h-ivo the anproval of all the allies. |
DP.OPS DKAI> IN U. 8. SENATE
Wasnington, April 19. — T. J.
Mahoney a well known lawyer of
Omaha, dropped dead today of heart)
diseasi in the gallery of the sen
ai*-. lie had entered only a few
minutes before with friends to
hear the debate on some of the
war measures.
FORMER SKAGWAY MAX
O.N LONG TltH* TO STATES
Juneau, April 19.—Will H. Clay
son, Cordova merchant, and Mrs.
Clayson, were passengers on the
Admiral Farragut for a long trip
to «be States. Their son,, Willie,
who has been a cripple for many
years cn account of an accident
when coasting on a Cordova street
died last week, and his parents de
cid i upon talcing a long vacation.
Mr Clayson waa a pioneer mer
cnaui o<" Skagway, and only sold
his stor* there a few weeks ago.
For Rest Cleaning and Pressing
See Mrs. Krunibeigel. New Tailor
Shop. Opi>osito Pack Train.
4-17-et.
SPECIAL OFFER
Light House Cleanser
65c per Doz. Tins
Regular Price 10c, 3 for 25c
Sale Price Good Until Monday May 23rd
P. H. GANTY
Photo by American Press Association.
Chief of Militia Affair* William A.
Mann.
"BILL" WARD REPORTED
LOST OX WEST COAST
"Bill" Ward, on© of the best
known steamer men on the South
western Alaska route, is missing,
according to the Juneau Empire.
"Bill" made the last two trips from
biia::ic to the Westward oa the
Mariposa, being in *h© steward's
department. When the steamer left
V aides going west on th§ last trip
"Bill" wag missed. His cap and
saat, in fact ail of his wearing
apparel, except the clotheg ho bad
oa, were in his stateroom. When
the steamer returned to Valdez
southbound nothing had been seen
ar heard of "Bill." The crew of
the Mariposa arq now beginning to
believe that ha might have acci
flently fallen overboard and drown
ed. For years "Bill" was always
>a the same ship as Capt. Gua
N'crd, but lately changed to the
Mariposa.
ALASKA PIONEER DEAD
Joseph T. Field, who came to
Alaska from Missouri thirty years
igo, is dead at the Alaska Pio
neers' home in Sitka, according to
aews received b§re, by friends of
:be lata pioneer. Mr. Field had
lived several years in Petersburg be
fore going to the home tjvo months
xgo. Several children rqsid0 in
>au Francisco and! Oakland.
Among the passengers on the
Princess Sophia, which sailed for
Seattle last night, were M'rs. Mc
2ounell of Carcross, and M. Estrada
md W. Barber of Wh'tehoree.
ALLOW ALLIES
RECRUIT IN U.S.
Washington, April 19 — Recruit
ing iu tlie United States of tlielr
own subjects by the allies, Is per
mitted in a bill passed todajr in
botfc houses.
The measure is expected to fa
cilitate the effort to, bring to
gether the entire resources of this
country, in both citizens and aliea
residents, against Germany.
CRISIS NEAR IN SPAIN;
ENTIRE CABINET RESIGNS
Madrid, April 19.—Troubles that
have been fomenting for some time
between different factions resulted
today in the resignation of the
entire cabinet. Though some are
optimishc enough to believe that
the situation will be- smoothed over
quickly by the formation of another
calihe* others are disposed to con
sider tnat a crisis is near iu
Spain's governmental affairs.
L. BILLINGSLEY would
RETRACT PLEA 'GUILTY'
Seattle, April 19. — Logan Bill
ingsley, who was indicted in. con
nectjpn with. the alleged liquor con
spiracy, which has so la-r involved a
number of prominent 3eattle men,
today applied to 'he court for
oermission to withdraw his plea of
guilty.
WIHITEHORSE convicts
ARE TAKEN TO PRISON
•C'apt. A. C. Bell in charge of the
mounted police at Whitehorse, left
Skagway last night pn the Princess
Sophia wi'.h two convicts whom he
is diking to New Westminster to
serve their terms in prison. His
prisoners were A. J->. Mcinnes and
M. J. Noon. Mcinnes was given a
five-year sentence for robbery.
H\ . RAULIC EXCAVATION
UNCOVERS PAY DIRT
Discovery of light pay dirt in hy
draulic excavation, is reported in
the following item from the Peters
burg Weekly Report:
"The interest of local 'mining
men' wag considerably aroused yes
terday when W. H. Courtney, who
is engaged in hydraulic excavation
work to the rear of the building to
he occupied toy the drug store, got
gold to the value, of about four cents
from a pan of dirt. Authorities
claim that color9 are found in num
erous places hereabouts and that
energetic prospecting might uncover
placer ground yielding good pay."
WALK-OVER
SHOES
Our stock of
LADIES3
WALK-OVER
SHOES
Are Now on Display
JAMES KENNEDY