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No. 334 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1915 PRICK 10 CKNTS
POSTPONEMENT ACCOUNT OF
STORM GIVES TURKS II CHANCE
London, March 4—Tho postpone
ment <4 the renewal of tho attack
upon the l):trdanelle» furts on
account of a »e\ere stona ha* given
the Turks a chance to strengthen
their defeases, and largo numbers
of troops are now being rushed
there from Constantinople.
It Is understood the allies will
-hortly send landing parties ashure
above Bulalr to seize the Isthmus.
The captain of the steamer Thor
itls today reported that his vessel
t.ad rammed a German submarine
off Beachy Head and that ths lat
ter had been sunk.
I Turkish privunera captured at the
Dardanelles have just landed in
France.
Ruasia la reported to be taxing
lor war purposes all men under
forty-three year* of age who are
not at the front.
I The Turklsn forte at Khopa,
eighteen* miles eonthweet of Batum,
haa been captured by the Russians.
The people of Belgium have been
warned by the German military au
thorities In control of that coun
try to prepare for * large number
of German voldler* being billeted
upon then at aa early date.
ALLIED FLEET
Paris. March 4—Several Rus
sian generals are reported to have
joined the allied flMt at tha Dar
danelles.
K helms is again txdng boinbardsd
by the German*.
Athens, March 4—Xino battle
ships of the allied fleet still con
tinue to bombard the Inner fort# uf
the Dardanelles.
Warsaw, March 4—A Sen***
aviator passed over the dtj today'
and dropped several bombs into the
lesidetifiai section without, how- i
ever, doing any damage. 1
DOES NOT IMPOSE
ANY CONDITIONS
Vera. Cruz, March. 4—Provisional
President Qulterrez, ol the Mexican
republic, ka« minified his willing
ness to aurrtndor unconditionally to
General CwraiuHt, according to late
*drlc«».
ARE OFF FOR TIE
DARDANELLES
G«b«t*, March 4—Six Atwtro-Ger
nan aabauulnwi are reported to
:ar« Uf* Pola for tba Dardaaelles
ihtm nuontag.
RUSSIANS ARE
DRIVING TURKS
Tiflls, March 4—The Russians
□ said to bo driving the Turks
>«fnro than to larade Armeoin.
SPRING MILLINERY
Ladies: We have a nice line of
Spring Millinery now on display
consisting of the latest in Ladies
and Misses Trimmed Hats. Also
untrimmed Shapes. Wire and
Buckham Shapes, Hat Braids and
Straws as well as Trimmings.
We take Your Measure for Suits
Coats, Dresses, Skirts, Etc. A Big:
line of spring samples to choose
from made to your measure- Style,
the Latest; Fit Guaranteed. Come
and look them over.
H. J. LYNCH
Up-to-date Haherdaaker
and Ladiee' F umiak er
Broadway between Third and Feurth Phone 41
Seattle, Alarch 4—General Mana
ger Herbert Wheeler of the W. P.
J & Y. R. company left here last
1 night on the steamship Alameda
for Skagway.
From inquiries made at the Seat
tle office of the W. P. & Y. R. com
pany the indications are very pro
nouncedly in favor of a heavy trav
el to Skagway this summer, many it
the tourists having in contempla
tion round-trips into Dawson, Y. T.,
and Atlin, B. C.
The steamship Jefferson arrive!
in Seattle from the north yesterday.
BENT BACKS STRAIGHTENED
IX UNIVERSITY GYMNASIUM
Seattle, March 4—Straightening
crooked backs is the main business
of one class at the University of
Washington. This Is the class in
corrective gymnastics for girls. Last
j semester there were 22 enrolled and
when the class is reorganized, as it
will be soon, there will be one or
| two nev members.
These women do not find "Cor
rective Gymnastics" in their catalogs
as a requirement nor as a prere
I quisite. It is a substitute- for the
! eight hours of physical training tha
! university requires of all girls.
J Their physical examinations, taken
upon entering college, have shown
them to be In eome way different
from the normal and they are put
| in a class by themselves.
! Although there are five frequent
j ly reoccurring difficulties, SO per
| cent of the present class are dis
: qualified for tho regular gymnasium
j classes by curvature of the spine.
! Mrs. Prsd Bloom, not a member of
the faculty but a masseuse by pro
| fession. Mrs. Bloom is Swedish, and
usees the Swei.dish methods. Befo.e
j coming to America to be the wife
of the university's assistant engin
; eer, she won g~eat success in Copen
hagen and in London.
Corrective gymnastics are taught
late in the afternoon. The class
doe® not work as a whole, but
each individual has the work most
suited to her needs. The visitor
finds onee member swinging on
the bars, another practicing with ;
the dumb-bells or Indian clubs, j
those who find themselves tiring
recline in little chattering groups on
the outskirts of the big gym.
PROGRAM TOMORROW XIGHT
PARENT-TEACHER ASS'N'
At the regular monthly meeting
of the Parent-Teacher association
tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the
assembly room of the public school,
the following program will be gone
through with after the routine busi
ness has been disposed of:
1. Paper—"Child Labor," by Miss j
Sowerby, followed by a discussion by
the members.
2. Solo—"A Winter Lullaby," by
W. C. Blanchard.
3. Reading—By Mrs. Suffecool.
There were 13 head of horses on
board the Humnoldt, which are be
ing taken into the Interior by their
I own era.
Berlin, March I—Attacks recent
ly nuulc upon tlic Germans by tlio
French ill the Cluunpaigne district,
I]ave been repulsed while several
trenches have been captured by
Germans in the Argonne dsitrict
and decided advantages won in the
Vosges district.
According to official advices re
icived this morning, two Russian
forts at Ossowetz have been com
pletely demolished by the Germans.
New Vork, March 4—The attempt
yesterday to blow up St. Patrick'.:
cathedral with a bomb, and the sub
sequent arrest of two men accused
of committing She outrage, was fol
lowed by the announcement by the
police that an anarchist i>lot had
been balked, whereby Andrew Carne
gie, both the Rockefellers and oth
er prominent and wealthy men were
to be killed.
According to the police the anar
chists of this city and elsewhere in
the United States have been exceed
ingly active for several months,
and yesterday's fiasco was the ini
tial movement in a series of con
templated assassinations and depre
dations against existing conditions.
OLD TIMERS SRFI
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Lucavish, old
time residents of Skagway, return
ed on the Humboldt this morning
with the expressed intention of mak
ing this their future home. They
were around the streets .this fore
noon renewing old acquaintances
and looking over the changes
wrought in the past few years in
the appearance of the town.
Mr. Lucavisji when here before,
was engaged iu the express deliv
er)- business, but says he is not yet
fully determined as to what line of
endeavor he will engage for a live
lihood in the future.
He has been living near Wen
ate hoe, Wash., for some time past,
the region where the delicious red
cheeked apples of commerce are
grown, and has 'rather taken a lik
ing to the "back tc the farm'1 idea,
so it would not be surprising to us
were ho to procure a suitable place
and go into raising produce for the
home maTket.
In whatever work he decides to
follow he has the best wishes of
the Daily Alaskan for unqualified
success.
for the Lenten Season
We have a large variety of the finest
canned fish in the market.
Salmon [salt and kipperrd]. Norway
Mackerel. Boneless Codfish.
Strictly Fresh Eggs, Skagway and
Washington ranch
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
COMMISSION 10
IE CHARGE
Washington, 1). C., March 4—
The amendment to the deficiency
bill gives the Alaska engineering
commission authorization to main
tain a commissary to sell supplies
to employes, which indicates that
the commission is to have full
charge of the construction work.
Washington, D. C., March 4—
President Wilson will ask France
and Great Britain for an outline of
the policy they intend to pursue in
holding up supplies that are being
sliippe'1 into Germany by American
vessels, according to information
given out. in this city today.
President Wilson says that while
the British note outlined Great Brit
ain's ulans, it left undefined the
m ,-thod which it was intended to
i'.dopt 'n carrying them into effect.
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1-Interior Weather+
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»|« »|« *j( »% »|* *|« »% >|«
Skagway, raiu, calm, 35 abo\o.
Whitehorse, cloudy, s. w. 22 abov
Lower LeBarge, cloudy, n. w. 5
above.
Hootalinqua, cloudy, calm, 14
above.
Big Salmon, cloudy, s. w. 6 below.
Carmacks, cloudy, calm, 5 above.
Yukon Crossing, cloudy, calm, 9
ibove.
Selkirk, snow, calm, 10 above.
Coffee Creek, snow, n. w. 5 below.
Stewart River, cloudy, .n w. 6
above.
Ogilvie, cloudy, n. w. 5 above.
Dawson, snow, n. w. 13 below.
ARCTIC BROTHERHOCD DANCE
OX NEXT SATURDAY XIC.HT
There will be a social dance i'i
the Arctic Brotherhood hall, under
the auspices of the order, on next
Saturday night, March 6th. Admis
sion, $1.00. Ladies free Everyone
cordially invited. 3-4-3t.
ORGANIZATION
SECOND SESSION
The second session of the Alaska
territorial legislature was organiz
ed at Juneau yesterday by the selec
tion of the following officers:
Senate
Tern. Pres.—B. F. Millard.
President—D. A. Sutherland.
Secretary—A. E. Maltby.
Sgt.-at-Arms—J. C. Derringer.
Asst. sec.—Miss Williams.
House
Tem. Speaker—A. G. Shoup.
Speaker—E. B. Collins.
Secretary—Barry Keon.
Sgt.-at-Arms—R. R. Hunter.
Messenger—Frank Pierre.
Chaplain—Father Andrew P.
Kashevaroff.
FIELD SPORT
When you keep a boy Interested ia
focrball, baseball, tennis, and the
like, you lessen the chances that he
will geet interested in things not so
good for him.
Th»» Youth's Companion, since its
enlargement, gives generous spaca
to this matter of athletic training,
and gets the best coaches in the
country to write for it.
How to practice to become a
first-rate pitcher, how to train for
a nee, how to learn the newest
strokes in swimming—these and a
hunired other topics of the great
rst interest to boys—to girls too,
for that matter—are touched up
on in this important department of
The Companion.
And this is only a small part of
the service which The Companion
readers in any home which it enters.
It has points of contact with a hun
dred interests.
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one or two current issues free, that
yen may thoroughly test the paper's
•junlity. We will send also the Fore
cast fo* the current volume.
Every new subscriber who sends
$2.00 for a year's subscription will
receive free The Companion Home
calendar foT 1915.
THE YOUTH'S COMPANION,
114 Berkeley stre>J-, Boston, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs L. A. McAlister,
who hare been stopping at the Gold
en North since their return from
their visit to the outside a few days
ago, wiU leave for Summit tomor
row, where Mr. McAlister is inspec
tor of Canadian customs.
Who's Your Tailor?
j^ever mind if the robins haven't
arrived yet- Spring is on the
way, and you'll be wise7 to leave
your measure for your custom tail
ored clothes today—then they'll be
Ready When You
Need 'Em
Get the first choice of Ed V. Price
& Co.'s exclusive woolens and have
the clothes delivered«when you want
them—at a price you'll like to pay.
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The Clothier