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No 342 SEVENTEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA. SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1915 PRICK 10 CEN'IS
ARE GOING ID
'FRISCO FAIR
Washington, D. C., March 13—
Vice-president Marshall and Secre
tary of the^- Interior Franklin K.
Lai1.; are preparing to go to thj
i'anama-PaciXlc International expo
sition at San Francisco, which will
prove a disappointing piece of news
to the people of Alaska, as thoy
will not return to this city until
the tiret of April, and during Sec- '
rotary Lane's absence there will be
nothing doing in the matter of the
Alaska railroad, although th» acU- '
vities of the engineering commission j1
indicate that some construction 1
work will be done this year. 1
There was only one British resi
dent's house looted by the soldiers
yea tea-day during the entrance into
Mexico City of General Zapata, and <
there appears to be, according to |
reports received, great deal better j
conditions prevailing tiiar* than for
some time past.
THE 1913 YEAH BOOK OF
PACIFIC FISHERMAN
The Pacific Fisherman Year Book
lor 1915 has just come to hand and
is a credit to its publishers In the
quality and quantity of Its contents,
the first part of the magazine being'
taken up with a very complete Illus
trated write-up of the "Pacific Pow
fr Fishing Fleet," and the re
mainder devoted to the Pacific coast
fishing Industry generally and to j
statistical tables relating thereto,1
dirring the year 1914.
The magazine is printed on ax
pensive paper and both the front
and back cover pages are emboss
ed in red and gold in extremely
handsome and tasty designs.
ELECTRIC SOLDERING IRON'
AS SURGEON'S CAUTERY'
A St. Louis physician has discov
ered that the common electric sol
dering iron can he used successful
ly for cauterizing la surgical work.
^Electric cauteries have been made
for surgical use, but they proved ex
pensive and unreliable. However,
the electric soldering iron of good |
quality happens to have Just the
temperature that is so desirable for i
cautery work. It destroys tissue, .
turning it into a white, cooked mass
.vith hardly any charring and no j
\emorrhage, yet Its continuous un
varying heat makes It work rapidly.
A. 6. CLEGG
DIES SUDDENLY
A. B. Clegg, superintendent of
!he Dominion telegraph line in Yu
kon territory up to 1905, and well
icnown to the older residents of
Skagway, he having had his head
luarters at Whitehoree for many
rears prior to his resignation, pass
ad away suddenly Friday of last
veek while making a trip on the
,tage between Dawson and the 12
nile post on the government road.
When about half the Journey had
>een accomplished Clegg complained
o the driver of feeling cold, and
.he latter after wrapping his pas
«ng«r in a robe drove on, but on
ooking around a few minutes later
le discovered that Clegg was dead.
For the oast few years Clegg has
>een employed by the Guggenheims
n Yukon territory. He was about
>3 or 55 years of age and was a
nost congenial and likable man.
mm
NOI TOO COLD
Cariste Racine, formerly a hotel
:ee')er In Whitehoree and who still
twua the White Pass hotel there,
ras recently married at his winter
tome near Whittler, Los Angeles
ounty, California. Cariste ha3
;otten past the "spring chicken"
?•, being 60—or more—while his
rid* Is a tender, young thing of
1—or more. The bridegroom ev
iently thinks a great deal of the
ride, however, for it is his inten
lon to immure her in a convent
nring his frequent absences from
oma,.ostensibly that she may be
xught to cook "like mother did,"
ut In reality to preserve her from
ha machinations of designing,
oung men and the many temp ta
lons that always follow t£e foot
teps of youth.
Having known Cariste intimately
or the past 15 years we hardly feel
ight about "knocking" him, but
luty is paramount to friendship,
herefore we offer the suggestion to
tlrs. Cariste that If she is going to
Jlow her husband to wander by his
lonely" through the succulent pas
ures of the northland during the
ime she is in the convent learning
o cook. It would be wise for her
o make arrangements for placing
ome kind of connubial hobbles up
n him.
One-Half Off
i On Shoes
*
|
| All broken lines in Ladies/ Men's,
| Boys/ Girls' and Children's Shoes at
I Fifty Cents on the Dollar. Sale lasts
j TWO DAYS
I Saturday, March 13
Monday, March 15
This is your opportunity to get your summer supply
of footwear while two dollars' will buy vou a four
dollar pair of shoes. Come while we have your
size in the broken lines.
H. J. LYNCH
Up-to-date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41 *
1HE GERMAN
Newport News, March 13—There
are several British yrarshlps pa
trolling the Atlantic nenr hero to
prevent the escape of the German
cruiser should she be allowed to
depart.
THE FINAL SGI
London, March 13—Re-lnfarced
by six British warships front the
Dardanelles, Admiral l'ieise is pre
paring for the final bombardment
whidi it is intended shall l.inj;
about the downfall of Sinyitm.
Tlie forts have replied ( the
bombardment and it Is ivpoittxl
that the battleship Triumph wits hit
by their shells, but not badly dam
aged. Musselmans living in the
coast districts have fled Into the
Interior to escape the threatened
destruction.
The British Admiralty announced
this morning that the auxiliary
cruiser Bayano had been sunk,
while engaged in patrol duty, by a
German submarine off Corswell,
Scotland. Two hundred of the
crew of the British vessel are re
ported to have been lost, while
t>everal of the survivors reached
Iantf In an almost frozen condition.
ESE
The sympathies of the good peo
ple of Whltehorse are unanimously
favorable to Const. Stangroom of
the N. W. M. P., who reached that
place a few days ago from Daw
son in company with a companion
who had bought his discharge :tad
was1 then on his way to the battle
front in Europe. Stangroom als'»
felt the call of patriotism so
strongly he made an attempt to d>
ser* from the N. W. M. I\, but
wau caught at Carcross and takan
bacl to "Whltehorse, where he is
doubtless at present undergoing
some kind cf discipline, although it
is not reasonable to suppose it will
be of maxlmuum severity.
THE FIRST PRIME
Petrog-rad, March 13—Count
Witte, Russia's first prime minister,
is dead here today.
A LONG RANGE
BOMBARDMENT
Paris, March 13—The long range
bombardment of the Dardanelles by
the allied fleet still continues, ac
coidlnjj to late advices.
I'etrograd, March 13—Geiman
aviators are today bombarding the
foit ideations at Ossewetz, but
slight dijmago is being done.
IRE DRESDEN
IS STILL BUSY
Valparaiso, March 1st—The ciw
( f the British bark Conway Castle,
«hicli was sunk by the (Jennan
cruiser Dresden, were today landed
here by the Peruvian bark Lar
lon.
The Conway Castle was enrouta
• Liverpool, loaded with barley,
le was sunk off Corral.
GREEN CLAIMS
IRE REJECTED
The register and receiver of the
Juneau land office Tuesday gave out
c. decision rejecting the application
for patent on 41 coal claims in ~he
Bering river coal fields, comprising
the Mclvenzie Anthracite Coal com
pany, Carbon Mountain Anthracite
Coal company and the Alaska
Smokeless Anthracite Coal company
groups. Five of these claims ba
long to what is known as the
"Gr«eu Group" of coal claims, lo
cated by M. A. Green, and the re
mainder comprise the "Doughton
Group" of coal claims located by C.
II. Doughton in 1903 and 1904.
The government charged that five
claims in the "Green Group" were
located with the understanding that
one Harry White, of Seattle, Wash.,
yud associates, would secure inter
est in the claims.
In the other claims the govern
ment charges that they were locat
ed pursuant to an agreement be
tween C. H. Doughton and locators,
whereby Doughton would secure an
iuterest in the claims located. It
is also charged that a mine had not
been opened on any of the claims
prior to location.
Testimony in the case was taken
in Suokane, Seattle, Portland, Los
Angeles and San Francisco by the
government. The defense submitted
no testimony, and in its decision, tl'»
land office holds that each and all
of the charges were substantiated.
The testimony and exhibits in this
noted caso were voluminous, com
prising 8000 typewritten pages, and
it has required the larger part of
two months" hard work on the part
o£ the Juneau land office force to
to over it.
SKAGWAY EGGS
We are headquarters for fresh laid
Skagway eggs and durieg the season
can supply them in large quantites.
We sell th^m today at 45c per dozen
with an absolute guarantee as to
quality. »
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
31
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DANCE BY ELKS
.The Skagway lodge of the B. P.
O. E. -has sent out a large number
of Invitations for St. Patrick Day's |
dance, which will take place in
Elks' hall on next Wednesday night, I
March 17 th.
In saying that it will be a pro
gram affair and up to the usual
high standard of the entertain- j
ments given by the members of I
that order, we believe we have made
all mention necessary in connection
with it, except the date and place of |
its occurrence.
New York, March 13—Harry K.
Thaw was today acquitted on the |
eaart*e of conspiracy. As soon as
the verdict was read his attorneys
moved to send him to New
Hampshire as a free and sane per
son, and next Monday was set by
Lhe court for argument of the mo
tion, Thaw in the meantime to be j
„ommitted to the Tombs.
The pending cases against the j
Lthers who were charged with the j
same offense were dismissed.
l\ OF W. ALONE HAS FILL
NATIONAL GUARD COMPANY
Seattle, March 13—The cadet 1
:orps of the University of Washing-'
Ion lias the distinction of beiiig the
July military organization in any j
university in the United States that
aas a complete national guard com-'
jany attached to it The company j
>as a full personnel of officers j
ind privates, all of whom are stu-1
,'ents attending the institution. |
Besides the national guard com
)<iny there is a platoon of the sig
lal corps of the state militia at
;i>e university which, is also the
irst of its kind to be organized from j
re student body of a university. I
Phe corps is open to all students |
md affords an opportunity to study
ill forms of telegraphy.
Both the national guard company
ind the signal corr.s wore establish
ed at the university during the
school year of 1911-1912 by Captain
tV. T. Patton, U. S A., commandant
3f the cadet corps. The organiza- i
:ion of the companv was an experi
ment on the part of Captain Patton.
THE MEETING
LAST RIGHT
Owing to the shortness of the
time between the publication of tha
■ otice and the time appointed for
die re-organization meeting last
U»'.t o* the commercial club, anil
lo the further fact that a majority
o* the business men of town had
previous engagements, there was
not a very large turnout, and the
gathering of about a dozen was iu
consequence turned into an informal
discussion of ways and means to
Lest and most promptly come at the
desired end, viz.: the formation of aa
active body of citizens who will ap
ply a portion of their energies to
fostering the advantages we already
enjoy as well as in the promotion
and encouragement of others which
may prove of far greater moment to
us as community.
The short colloquial talk by
Col. Stevenson about the import
ance of every community which ex
pects to receive proper reecognitioa
trom great corporative concerns
having a local commercial' Body
with Influence enough behind it to
command respect and attention, is
deserving of careful consideration
and the unqualified approval of ev
eryone who is interested in the ad
vancement of Skagway.
Col. Stevenson stated that he ex
pected to leave ia a day or so for
the westward and would not be back
for three or four weeks, but that
his heart is in the work, and up
on his return he would like to sea
the re-organization an accomplished
tact; as for himself he would be
plad to serve in any capacity that
wight be assignea to him.
Col. Stevenson said further th.'t
tie personally knows it to be true
that there will be quite a number
of men of immense wealth, many
of thorn with their families, who
will spend from four to six weeks 'n
Skagway during the coming summer;
I hat certain courtesies are duo
them from the peonle of the town
and the only way they can be ex
tended satisfactorily will be
'hrough the medium of a com
mercial -body of representative citi
'ens.
It was finally decided as the
sense of the meeting that a person
al canvas of the town should ba
made by a committee to be select
ed for that purpose, to ascertain:
whether or not harmonious action
along the lines outlined cannot be
come a reality.
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2k
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The Clothier