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No. 28 NINETEENTH YEAR SKAUWAY, ALASKA. SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1916 PRICK 10 CENTS
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Awful Disaster Overtakes Pas
sengers on French Steamer
in Mediteranean—Probably
Causae _/ Torpedo.
Psrto, March 4 — The French
mini*try of marine announced today
th*» orer three thousand lives weru
loet la the »inkinf of the French
steamer Provence in the Mediter
ranean last Saturday. Details of
the disa»ter have been very slow
coming in. Four hundred of the
survivors have Teached the is
land of Malos and three hundred
were landed at Malta today; by
small steamers which "went to the
rescue when the distress call was
j heard. It is believed that the
Provence was torpedoed by a Ger
man or Austrian submarine. The
French admiralty claims that four
thousand persons were aboard.
SAYS TURKS
HIT PEACE
London, March 4 — Dispatches
from A'tens declare that the agita
tion la Turkey la fayor of peace
to pronounced and that the gov
ernment 18 trying to arrange separ
ate terms ■with the allies.
JACK TAYLOR
IN HOSPITAL
A cablegram was received In
Whitehorse yesterday noon stating
that Jack Taylor, who has been
with the Canadian volunteers on
the firing line for several months,
has beeu accidentally wounded ia
the right arm and was admitted to
the Canadian hospital at Etaples,
Prance, on Feb. 22. The message
va* immediately telegraphed from
Wh'tehorse to his sister, Mrs.
W. R. Hillary in this city.
STEAMER
lit DISTRESS
New York, Marsh 4—Distress
calls from the Brazilian steamer
Sergipe, bound from Rio Janeiro t0
th.Js port, are being received by
wireless. A British cruiser Is
standii.g by to take off the crew in
case other help does not arrive in
time to save them and perhaps tow
the vessel into a nearby port.
Yl'KOVS -NEWEST CAMP
IS MAKING PROGRESS
The Dawson News of recent date i
says tnat no developments of a J
startling nature have been reported i
from the new camp on Isaac creek, j
which empties into the Yukon about!
forty-five miles from Fort Selkirk, j
I a a general way it is understood j
ihat the creek, as far as it has
I'-en prospected, shows up satlsfac- j
tonly. Pay has been struck in sev- i
traj holes which have been b®d
rockcd and as there are several
boilers on the creek some develop-- j
ments may be expected before i
spring.
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GERMAN CUKE RAIDER
SIGHTED Off VIRGINIA COASI
Newport News, March 4 — The
British steamer Swiftwings arrived
here this morning, and her captain
reported haying heen twice fired on
by au unknown steamer off the Vir
ginia capes and that he escaped
only by the superior speed of his
boat.
GERMS SMASH THROUGH THE
rhENCH HUES NORTH OF VERDUN
Berlin, March 4—German troops
have broken the French front lines
a* Dcuaumont, and are now ac
complishing a flank movement, driv
lng southward to Verdun. All ef
forts of the French to retake the
trenches and pocltions which, have
been «aptured have been successful
ly resisted
IQQ INDICTMENTS
AGAINST THEM
Pittsburg, March 4—One hundred
indictments were returned today by
the federal grand jury against
brewers in various parts of the
state of Pennsylvania charging them
with conspiracy in the unlawful ex
penditure of money to influence the
election of federal officers.
From the Star:
C. S. Chinnery who, accompanied
by his wife, spent the winter with
relatives in Boston, returned last
Friday evening. Mrs. Chinnery is
still in the east, but will return in
a lew weeks.
Chas. Goldstein, one of the mer
chant orinces of Juneau, where he
first wen* as a boy 32 years ago,
was here from Friday until Tues
day on business. Mr. Goldstein has
the credit of having erected the
first reinforced concrete building
in the Alaska capital.
Frank Bigger, after five yeare"
absence from Whltehorse, returned
last Friday from Oregon City, Ore
gon, where he has been making his
home. He is in the employ of
the Mail Service department of the
White Pass company and left Sun
day morning for Dawson with a
load of freight His wife will ar
rive from their Oregon home in a
short time.
A1 Stewart returned Friday from
a two months' visit with relatlvee
in Victoria and Vancouver. He vis
ited the Whitehorse boys at Camp
Willows, neaT Victoria the day be
fore leaving for the north and
reportc that they were all anxious
ly looking forward to getting away
for Europe, for which place they
hare since started. Mr. Stewart is
I master painter for the B. Y. N.
| company.
Mrs. Bell and daughter, Miss Dor
is, the family of Police Magistrate
J. Langlols Bell, arrived yesterday
afternoon on the White Pass stage
from Dawson and have joined the
Judge here, where they will make
'heir future home, the Taylor house
being put in splendid condition for
their use. The Bell family will
find a hearty ' welcome in White
horse 'where the JJudge, who pre
ceded his wife and daughter toy
several weeks, has already made
many friends.
Social life was revived at the
Pueblo last Saturday when more
than thirty towa guests arrived in
stages for a dinner party at the
home of W. D. Greenough. After a
delicious dinner served in the mess
house the guests returned to the
home of their host for an enjoyable
evening of dancing. Refreshments
at midnight Interrupted the dancers
for a short time, after which they
continued until the sound of
sleigh bells outside gave tie signal
for departure.
XIXE RULERS IX EXILE
OK HELD IX DURANCE
The flight of the Montenegrin roy
al family brings the number of
sovereigns in exile ct held la dur
ance during the war up to nine.
King Albert and Queen Eliza
beth aie serving on the battle
iront at Flanders.
King Peter of Serbia, is under
going a complete rest cure in
Greece.
Kiug Nicholas is reorganizing the
Montenegrin amy.
Queen Mllena has arrived at Ly
ons.
Princo William of Wied, Al
bania's ruler, fled at the beginning
o' the war.
The Duchess of Luxemburg and
Shah of Persia are virtually pris
oners In their own castles.
Khedive Abbas Hilmi of Egypt
iias been deposed and asiled by
the British.
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MEDIATORS APPOINIED IN
ALASKA RAILWAY STRIKE
Washington, March 4—John A. <
Moffitt of New Jersey and Hymal
Davis of Kentucky hare been ap- j
pointed mediators in the Alaskan >
' railroad strike which was called on j
! Feb. 9, at Seward and Anchorage hy
| the Federal Union, a labor organ
ization including practically all of
, the lahorena employed In the con
struction of the railroad. Accom
panied by B. M. Squires, statistician,
the mediators will leave Seattle on
March 18 to investigate the con
ditions existing at the scene of the
dispute.
The general strike followed the ;
| walkout of sixty tracklayers work
ing at Peter's creek, on the Anchor- |
agcwMatanuska branch of the rail
road. The tracklayers demanded
CO cents an hoar instead of 37%
cents.
Officials of the. Alaska engi
neering commission state that tbe
minimum wage of 35 cents an hour
■with an eight-hour day paid com
mon laborers by the government,
wag much higher than tho scale
paid during the construction of the
Alaska Northern by private capital
several years ago, when common la
borers were uald 27 cents an hour
with a ten-hour day.
The laborers contend that work
ing conditions and expenses of liv
ing are such that the wages should
be higher than the increased figure
whiih they have demanded.
FIGHT IS FAKE
New York, March 4—A sensation
ha« boen created in sporting cir
cles here by the publication of an
interview with Jack Johnson, the
former champion, in which he as
serts that his fight with Jess Wil
lard was a fake. Johnson gave the
interview before Waving England
and It was considered of sufficient
importance to be cabled across the
Atlantic verbatim.
Johnson asserts that Willard waa
no match for him and he wished
>o retain the championship, but
that he was well paid for permit
tiung ine white man to win. He
says that h<j was barred from en
tering ;he United States owing to
: the charge of white slavery against
J him, that be waa unable to secure
a match and the title was usaia&f
' to him, and he needed the money.
The interview has created a sen
Isation here and U considered by
; many well knows sporting wrlt
■ era as confirmation of their views
ever since witnessing the movie plc
jtures of the fight.
Ten Rickard, who is promoting
the Wiilard-Moran match declares
that the big smoke is envious and
has made the charge in the hope
! that W.llcrd will give him a return
match. He does not believe that the
stcrv will detract from the intsrwt
in the coming contest in M*dl*>n
Square Garden on March T.
SPRING WORK
IS STARTED
The Canadian Klondyke company
started Its spring repair work day
before yesterday. The work will oc
cupy the crews practically until the
time of starting dredging operations.
The men Jast put to work are pre
parer dredges Xos. 1 and 2, and
by the middle of March crews will
be making repairs to dredges Nor.
2 and 4.
About sixty men have b®en put
to work at Boar Creek, Including
the men working on dredge No. 2,
which la near there. Fifteen men
additional hare beea sect to No.
6 below on Hunker, where John
Smacker, the dredge master, is batk
on the job. Stanley Scanlon took
the outfit to No. 6 below with his
car, and plowed the way through
the snow. It was the first auto
trip made that far up for weeks.
Most ot the winter aulas hare run
no further than the Arlington, but
the road has been fine for them to
t&at-i olnt.
Steam hae been put in the heat
lnr plants on Xos. 1 and 2, and
the Interior of the boats is ren
dered perfectly comfortable for the
boy® working there on the repairs
General Manager J. W. Boyle ex
pects to hare 300 to 400 men at
work bjr the time repair* are start
ed to all the dredges.
(Continued on page 4.)
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