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No. 61 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
GERMAN AIRMEN ARE VERY BUSY
ALONG IRE ENGLISH SEACOAST
Loudon, April 16—A Germaa aero
lilane early this morning dropped
bombs at Hearne bay, six miles
iroru. Canterbury, and a Zeppelin
■ luring last night dropDed bombs at
.Maiden Head without doing any
damage. At Heybridge Basin many
tuildings were set atlre, while at
Lowestoff cnsiderable damag# to
i esidences was done, but ao loss
(■I life has been reported from the J
i-arly morning raid* in Suffolk and*
Bsex counties, wiere the
occurreuce took place.
Aa organixed air raid by Germans
over tie British Islta is expected
daily by the Admiralty and govern
ment official* hare bee^ in con
ference with the fcritlBh aerial
corps with a Yiew to placing many
mors aeroplanes on the watch. Spec
ial guard* hays beau assigned to
duty to maintain a constant sur
veillance of thee air in the threate
ned districts.
MANY KILLED
Ai CAPTURED
Paris, April 16—Fifty thousand
Russians are said to h*v» been j
killed aud tea thousand captured!
utice the fighting started la th* j
Carpathians la Janu*ry.
F reach airmen today bombarded j
;li» German headquarters at ilez
lues, aud also the military buiid
i:itjs at Osteud, where ierloue dam
age is reported to have been done.
A German Taube showered bom bo
cn the city of Calais today, but
did little damage aad occasioned
j.o deaths. _ i
FEARED ALASKA BEAUTIES
WOULD GET HER BEAU
Eutte, Mont., April 16—Fearing I
he would see someone he liked bet
ter while he was in Alaska, a (
youi.g woman forced Charles Hy- j
Uud to enter a contract to mar- i
r„. March 1, 1913, providing he
teluo her $5,000 with an equal
sum. The latter provision was Hy
I;.nil's, who O'i not want to ac
< "it any money from his Jjrlde-to
'•e, and was going to "make his j
>'■ In Alaska. IJe gave har a
Vlain gold wedding ling to be wor
(or tUe first time March 1, 1918,
he Is successful In his chase for
>:old. The authorities would not re
vpal the glr'ls name.
BISHOP ROWE'S SOX IS
DEAD AT EDMO.\I>S, WASH.
Seattle, April 12—Cyril F. Rowe,
son of the Right Rer. Peter Rowe,
Episcopal bishop of Alaska, died at
i.is home n?or Edmonds, this morn
ing. The death was the result of
injuries received from turns sever
al weeks a go.
At the time of the accident it
was reported that the inJurleB were
not serious
Bishop Rowe wag in Southeast
ern Alaska when he learned of the
burning of his son from a gasoline
explosion. He was on bis war on a
trip through Alaska, and wired to
asc«rtaln th« extant of the injuries,
ascertain the extent of the injuries,
latendlaj to return to Seattle if
they proved to be as serious as they
were reported. His reply was reas
suring, and he proceeded on his
way from Juneau. He Is now In
the Interior of Alaska.
Bishop Rowe's wife has been dead
about a year.
Cyril Rowe was 2S years of age,
and has been in ill health most of
his life. In addtlob to his fath
er, he is survived by a brother,
Leo. F. Rows.
FOUR HUNDRED BUSY
ON' THE BOYLE WORKS
Dawson News, April 7: The Can
adian-Klondike Mining company has |
400 men busy preparing for the
season's dredge and .hydraulic work.
Meet of the men %re working about I
th» big dredges and at the machine
shop*. Some are installing the
new pumping station a little above
th* mouth of Hunkfr.
Resident Manager Charlea Boyle
state* that the dredges are expect
ed to start work In a weeek or ten
day*. No. 3 dredge, which is in |
Bonansa Basin, at the odge of J
town, and No. 1, on Hunker, and |
No. 4, near Ogllrie bridge, will be[
going soon. No. 2, which was
wrecked last fall, will not be ready,
until later. A force of men is
working on her with aid of consid-1
erable equipment.
Charles Boyle will move from the
city to his summer headquarter* at
Bear creek in a few days.
We are 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. Ladies' and Misses' and
Children's Ready Made Wash
Dresses at 75c to $2.25. The
newest things in 36-in silks at
75c per yard
i
If you want to tee something that is
real nice come in and look the goods over
H. J. LYNCH
Up-to-date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher J
Broadway betwean^Third aad Fourth Phone 41
London, April 16—The Britten
government has offered an apolo.ry
to tha Chilean government /or
sinking in the waters within its
jurisdiction of the German cruiser
Dresden, whose internment h;id been
ordered by the Chilean government.
beehIfair to
IDE MEXICANS
New York, April 16—In a long
statement published in a morning
paper in this city today, positive
ly denyink any knowledge as :o who
killed President Francisco Madero
of Mexico, ex-Provisional President
Huerta, who arrived on Wednesday
from a several months' sojourn in
Spain, declares the United States
government has been most unfair to
tha Maxlc&n governments.
UNIVERSITY WOMAN ASKED
TO MANAGE TOWER l'LAXT
University of Washington, April
16—Mrs. Leslie Wood, who is a first
year student in tie college of lib
eral arts, was recently offered a
position a6 superintendent of the
Saa Juan power plant, which sup
plies electricity for the whole is
land. She intends, however, to
complete her studies and then seek
a position as wireless operator on
an oceangoing liner, writing about
ber travels for magazines and news
papers.
Mre. Wood becam.> interested in
electricity seven years ago while
helping an uncle set up a telegraph
apparatus. While pursuing her
school work, she studied the con
struction of generators and motors
and has made numerous batteries,
models of electrical devices, electrl-1
cal elevators and transformers. She
is now learning the wireless code.
Fancy dancing, writing poetry,
playing the violin, horseback riding
and shooting are a few of Mrs.
Woods" other diversions.
New York, April 16—Former
Senator Nelson Aldrich of Rhode
Island is dead here today.
FAITH AND KNOWLEDGE
SECRET OF SUCCESS
University of Washington, April
16—"Faith In yourself, in your
fellow man, and, in God, buttressed
by knowledge, constitutes the open
sesame to success," said Dr. Guy
Potter Benton, to atudents of the
university at a general assembly
liiat week. Dr. Benton is president
of the University of Vermont He
came west to install a chapter of
his fraternity, Phil Delta Tlieta, at
Whitman college.
WANT BELGIANS
10 BE NEUTRAL
Home, April 16—It is privately
announced today in this city that
the German ambassador to Italy
tuis asked the Belgian government
if it would remain neutral pro
vided the Germans would evacuate
their territory.
Local Happenings
The Humboldt came in at 12
o'clock noon today and left at
1:35 p. m.
The Alameda came in rrom the
westward at 8:40 last night and
left for the south at 9:30 p. m.
Tlie Spokane is due in Skagway
at f> o'clock a. m. Sunday with 40
passengers and 20 tons of freight.
Mrs. J M. Hart of Juneau, who
ha.* be mi stopping at the Dewey
holol for several days, left for
home on th Alameda last night.
JO. A Friend, representing H. Iv.
Mul ford, Philadelphia chemist, ar
rived in Skagway from the west
ward on ihe Alameda last night.
An inmate of one of the houses
in the restricted district was
ill before Commissioner Martin Cou
wav this afternoon and fineed $100
and costs for au infraction of the
law.
G,w>. Da 11 bury, formerly local
agent of the Admiral Line of boats,
out now acting as purser on the
Humboldt, was shaking hands with
his Skagway friends today while
that vessel was in uort.
The Northwestern will be in to
morrow morning at 8 o'clock with
several passengers, a small amount
of freight and 45,000 feet of lum
ber for this port.
The P. C. S. S. Co. office in
Skagway will shortly be adorned
villi a new and un-to-date front,
ns workmen this morning tore out
the old cue preparatry to making
the change.
W. J. Langdon and F. L. Noou
eiis of San Francisco; Wells John
son of California and Paul E. Law
iug of Seattle came up on the
Humboldt today and are stopping
at the Pullen House.
E. \V. Achison killed a fine home
grown hog today and will be around
torn' rrow disposing of the meat,
•so if the housewives of Skagway
desire something tempting in that
line for Sunday dinner they had
better keep a lookout for him.
The Dolphin left Seattle last
night at 9 o'clock for Skagway,
having on board for tliis port J. W.
Barker, .Mrs. A. L. Burns, Leroy
Mover, Captain J. McDonald, five
Yukon river steamboat men and
three second class. Daniel Alien is
also on board bound for Haines.
James M. Ballentine died recently
at the emergency hospital at Flat
City, Alaska, of tuberculosis, after
a long illness. He was formerly in
the timber business in Fairbanks
in partnership with James Hagen,
Perishables
Extra fine lot fresh Vegetables
and Fruit due on "Humboldt"
Thursday. Our prices are
lowest and Quality the
BEST.
P. H. GANTY
GREAT DPI® OCCASIONED BK
IDE SUING OF THE KIT1JK
London, April 16—It it, reported
here that a great uproar has been
made in Holland over the Germans
sinking the Netherlands steamer
Katwijk, loaded with corn and
bound from Baltimore to Koitei
dam. The crow of the vessel was
saved, although the steamer sunk
without warning in fifteen minute.-;
after she was struck by the tor
pedo.
Berlin, April 16—An investigation
was begun this morning by the gov
but in the Idita-rod country was in |
the employ of the Yukon Geld com
pany. He first came north in '98,
and has a brother, D. W. Ballentine, j
residing in Dawson.
Ed. Maxwell, who was released
from the federal Jail on the 11th,
aft=r serving a ninety days' sen
tence, was re-arrested yesterday
morning foi being drunk and disor
derly, but sentence was suspended
on his *. romiae to leave town, which
he did on the Alameda lust night.
Workmen are engaged in tear
ing out some of the old firetrap
buildings on the south side of Sixth
street, between Broadway and State.
It will be a good job when com
pletsd and if the example was fol
lowed in other sections there would
be a great improvement in the ap
pearance of the towit,
Clerk of the District Court Arthur
Lang of Valdez, recently received
from Iliamna word to the effort
that U. S. Commissior.ei Thomas
\V. Hanmore, of Iliamna, had com
mitted suicide on January 30th, by
blowing the top of his head off with
a big army revolve;1. Han more left
a note telling that he was losing ]
Lis sight, and, not wishing to he-1
come a burden on others, he decid- '
•,«d to take his life.
Henry Phillips, the native print-;
er and pressman, who at different |
times In the past 15 years has work
ed iu the Dally Alaskan, and oth- |
er print shops in the north, but j
who for several months has I
teen in charge of the native co
operative store at Klukwan, return
ed to his home in Skagway the
fore part of the week. Henry is
used to the strenuous life and
says that keeping store is too
slow work for him.
According to information receiv
ed by F. F. W. Lowle, local age.it
of the C. P. R-, the silver-lead ore
shipped out to the Trail, n. C.,
Who's Your Tailor?
rOME in- today and see those
^ handsome and exclusive Spring
woolens just received from Ed
V. Price & Co., largest tailors in
the world of made to-order-clothes
Get the Clothes 'Problem
Off Your Mind Today
by making early selection and
specifying a delivery date that
suits your own 'convenience.
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'The Clothier
ernment into the sinking of th«
Netherlands steamer Katwijk.
The Hague, April l«i—Minister of
.vlarine Rambonnet today commenced
;<n investigation of the nationality
of the submarine which sunk the
ivitwajk, which occurrence is re
garded, so far ag Holland is con
cerned, as the gravest incident since
the war began, as it is known that
the vessel was ridinp at anchor
when she was struck.
smelter last fall fror< the McWbori
er mine on Oaiena creek, Y. T.,
went over 500 ouncts in silver to
the ton. The low price of silv?r
is, however, against the shipment
out of any great quantities of o.e
after the present consignment of
1,000 tons, now lying at Mayo
j.anding waiting for the opening of
navigation, is taken out and dis
posed of.
For the fourth time within the
past 18 months P. H. Ganty was
last night made the victim of burg
lars, his wareroom on Fourth and
Main streets having been broken in
to and 150 pounds ol sugar, 300
jounds of beans and 300 pounds
of flour carried away. Entrance
was effected by the thieves break
ing the lock on tho stable door, in
the rear of the warehouse, ind
from thence making their ay in
to the front building. The robbery
was discovered early this morning
by Albert A. Rousseau, driver of
Mr. Ganty's delivery wagon, when
he visited the barn to hitch up
for the day's work. Officers are
investigating, but whether or not they
have any suspicions as to who are
the guiity parties, we are unable
to say. The quantity and weight
of the plunder carried away in
dicates, however, that there were
two, if not more, engaged in the
work.
The whole of the force in tha
auditing department of the \V. i'.
& Y. H. haB been transferred to
•mother and adjoining part of the
buildiug while extensive repairs aro
being made in the portion formerly
occupied them and to which they
will return when the work is com
pleted. The private offices of Au
ditor G. Herman Miller and Cashier
\V. k. Hillery, which adjoined tho
main office of the auditing depart
ment, have had the partitions tak
en out and will become a part of
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