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ALLIED FLEET
Athens, Feb. 27—The allied fleet
bombarded Fort Dardanelles, which
is the first fort they reached after
(massing those at the en trance of
tile Dardanelles, and burned the
Sedil liahr lightiiouae.
BlhlKE MINES
IN NORTH SU
Amsterdam, Feb. 27—The Swed
ish steamer Svarton, enroute from
Hotterdam to Sweden, arrived In
port this morning with a large bole
in her starboard side, apparently
mused from striking a mine.
The Hague, Feb. 27—Three mem
bers of the crew of the American
steamer Carib perished when that
vessel struck a mine yesterday near
the mouth of the rivsr Kms and
»unk.
I.ondon, Feb. 27—The British
and French operations in the Dar
danelles still continue, according to
late advices received la this city.
Petrograd, Feb. 27—According to
late advices received here the al
ii t-s are now preparing for the ex
l>ected (.erman rush In the west, aid
large re-lnforceraents of men and
immense quantities of new guns
and other equipments are being re
ceived at the front daily.
It Is expected the Germans will
approach Warsaw from the north
in overwhelming numbers, but oa
the Russians have three lines of
defense no uneasiness is felt of
their making any headway.
MAT EXPERTS TO CLASH
New York, Feb. 27—Yale wrasi
lers came to New York today to
meet Columbia U., max axtlsta to
night. , '
UNITED STATES
TRULY NEUTRAL
London, FVb. 27—lit. Hon. James
Brjc*, fortuer British ambassador
and minister plenipotentiary to the
l"ulteid States, in ;vn article in this
morning'*, Chrouiele, says that iu
bis opinion the Uulted States is
gmulnAly neutral.
MUCH WINTER WORK BEING ,
PERFORMED ON LIVINGSTONE
J. E. Patera who Is now relay
ing freight down the river for Liv
ingstone and neighboring creeks, is
authority for the statement i
that never before has winter work '
been crarled on bo generally in;
that district as now and that nev- j
er before have the prospects for a
good spring clean ut> been so prom- j
Ising as at present. Everybody In i
the camp ia working—getting out j
dumps or preparing to do so.
Messrs. Farr and Burden of Seat- j
tie, are due today with a smail saw- j
mill and hydraulic plant which they j
have already contracted with |
Fred Langholtz to haul out
to Cottoneva creek in the j
Livingstone dlsrlct. It Is the I
intention to operate the saw- j
mill not only in providing lumber i
for their own use, but l'or other op
erators as well. Mr. Burden, one j
of the Seattleites mentioned above,
was the original stampeder to Liv- I
ingstoae creek sixteen years ago, |
and he has ever since been confi- j
dent that It will some day prove a
winner. He is now demonstrating 1
his faith.
A man by the name of Brown has j
written to Mr. Peters concerning i
th» moving of a diamond drill from
this place to Livingstone, and it Is j
expect-.-d he will be along with his
outfit within the next three weeks, j
—Whl'ehorse Star.
THF MIDDLEMEN
{RE SUPPRESSED
Petrograd, Feb. 27—Owing to
the steadily increasing prices of
commodities, especially food and
fuel, the government has ordered a
suppression of the operations of all
middlemen. Producers must now
deal directly with the consumers.
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 Yonr Measure lor Suits
Coats. Dresses, Skirts, Etc. A Big
line of spring samples to choose
from made to yonr measure- St> le
the Latest; Fit Guaranteed. Come
and look them oyer.
H. J. LYNCH
Up-to-date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
VESSELS LEAVE
FOB THE IGHIH
Seattle, Feb. 27—The 8tea.mahi;)3
Humboldt and Alkl both sailed from
this harbor today, the former for
Skagway and Intermedia e ;>orts and
the latter for the west coast of
Prince of Wales island, it; South
eastern Alaaka.
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Washington, 1). C., Feb. 27—T.te
naval bill as it passed the senaie
today provides for the cons^vuc
tion of two new Jjattleships, live
sea-going submarines and sixteen,
instead of eleven, coast defense
submarines.
Secretary of the Interior F;au«
lin K. Lane returned to this city
this morning from attendance uji
on the opening of the Panuma-Paci
fic International exposition at.San
Francisco, and has already held f <vo
conferences with the Alaska engin
eering commission.
New York, Feb. 27—The federal
authorities have been asked to
make &a investigation of tie charr?
that Capt. K. Beyer, naval attech3
to the German embassy, had endeav
ored to procure a fraudulent pass
port for Richard Stegler to go to
England.
OREGON TOWN' HOLDS
A MUNICIPAL AUCTION
Albany, Ore., Feb. 27—For the
purpose of bringing buyers and
sellers together to the mutual ad
vantage of each, and also to stimu
late trade between citizens of this
city, and the surrounding town?,
a public auction sale, the first of
its kind, was held here today.
A parade, which approached the
proportions of a pageant, preceded
the sale.
Everything Imaginable was sold
under the hammer, including horses,
wagons, chickens, plows, mowers,
rakes, harrows, household goods and
utensils. Imperishable foodstuffs
and drygoods.
No auctioneer's fees were charg
ed.
Albany merchants took advantage
of the huge crowd of agriculturists
who were here atteudlng the sale,
by holding special sales of various
commodities.
college teams meet
Princeton, N. J., Feb. 27—Prince
ton and Georgetown were to meet
today in a two mile relay race and
other events.
DILLON FREED
FROM CHARGE
Geo. W, Dillon returned from Ju- j
neau on the Jefferson this morn
ing, having been freed from the
charge that was recently brought j
against liiiu by the grand jury. In
t>pea»iug of the matter the Juneau
Empire of Feb. 24, says:
The fiat, which went forth from
the War department headquarters in |
Washington several months ago, for
bidding the sale of malt liquor in
the post exchanges at the various
Alaskan forts, cost our Uncle Sam
uel something in mileage, witness
tees and jurors' salaries, placed a
Skagway man in the light of having
deliberately j>laced his heel prints
in the laws of the commonwealth
until matters were explained, and
occasioned a visit to Juneau of
Lieut. J L. Benedict, a Fort Se
ward army officer, to square things
in the federal court.
George W. Dillon of Skagway was
foreman of the last grand jury, for
the first ten days of its delibera
tions. After he had been excused,
n indictment was returned by hi3
fellow jurors, accusing him of sell
ina malt liquor without a license.
Mr. Dillon was placed under arrest
but was released on bonds.
This morning, the defendant was
brought before Judge Robert W.
Jennings, for arraignment. Mr, Dil
lon pleaded guilty, and told the
court he had acted only as an agent
for the pOk,t exchange at Fort Se
ward, In disposing of the malt.
Lieut. Benedict, ia assuming the
tesponsibility for Mr. Dillon's act
told Judge Jennings that the malt
referred to had been brought north
by the troops last June, as part of
ti e stock of the post "cantec-n." Sub
sequently, he stated, orders were
received th'at'the malt must not be
sold on the military reservation and
the exchange was advised to sell the
liquor tc civilians, in order to get
rid of It. Accordingly, Lieut. Bene
dict stated, the malt was taken to
Skagway and left in Mr. Dillon's
iharge. The latter fold it in Skag
way.
"We did noc -eel that any law
was being violated," the officer
stated. "The post is exempt from
paying local taxes, and as we were
told to get rid of the malt, we did
so. The malt was purchased out
of the funds of the soldiers' or
ganizations and the less would have
fallen on the enlisted men had we
been unable to sell the liquor."
As no intent to violate the law
halfcbeen shown, Judge R. W. Jen
nings admitted Mr. Dillon's plea and
fined him $10. He at the same
time said that had Mr. Dillon not
i-lead guilty to the charge he would
have let aim ?o \vittiout flue.
OFF OX A LONG TRAMP
OVER UXBROKEX TRAIL
Dawson News: Rev. Totty and j
Jacob Njootlai left this morning |
with dog teams 011 a Marathon
march. They will mush several
hundred miles to the northward be
fore returning, and will visit the
Indian camps on the head of the
Peel and the Porcupine rivers. They
are going out by way of Twentymile,
and have a good dog team and
plenty of supplies for the trip.
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, CVROCER
An evening with Frances E. Wil
lard and her work. Skagway, Alas
ka, W. C. T. U., Feb. 28, 1915,
AIei.hod4st church.
1. "Rescue The Perishing." Con
gregation.
2. Hible Selection. The pastor.
3. Invocation. Mr. G. V. Zinkan.
4. "Faith of Our Fathers." Con
gregation.
5. "Why a Frances E. Willard.''
—Reading, Miss M. Keenan.
6. "Frances E. Willard."—Poem,
Miss .K Maloney.
7. "Gently Lord, O Gently Lead
IJs." Congregation.
8. "Frances E. Willard and
Peace."—Reading, Mrs. Jas. Rock.
9. "Transforming American In
dians Into Citizens."—Reading, Mrs.
E. F. Cook.
10. "Sun Of My Soul." Anthem,
the choir.
11. The Frances E. Willard Me
morial, Mrs. L. H. Pedersen.
12. The Silver Offering. Congrega
tion.
13. "Crossing The Bar." —Solo,
Mrs. N. 0. Hardy.
14. "Blest Be the Tie That
Binds." Congregation.
15. Dismission.
"Big Jim" McDonald, foreman of
the W. P. & Y. R. company bridge
gang, behv in this morning on the
Jefferson from a three months' vis
it to his old "sunny Southern
home," near Newburn, North Caro
lina.
The water front at Skagway look
ed somewhat unnatural to Jim, as
the dock was destroyed after he left
here, but he was not unprepared
for its appearance, having rend
an account of the fire In the At
lanta, Ga., Constitution, which had
been clipped by that paper from the
Indianapolis News.
It was on February 13th that Jim
Tead of the occurrence, he at the
time being on a hunting trip in
the Blue Ridge mountains, where
the states of. North Carolina, South
Carolina and Tennessee join, and
he lost no time in making prepara
tion for his departure for the north.
Hfe is glad to get back to Skag
way, even though he did have to
come C. O. D. from Seattle.
CAN T GOME ON
SKAGWAY VISIT
Mayor James Kennedy this morn
ing received a reply to the letter of
Invitation recently sent by the town
council to President Wilson to vis
it Skagway during his tour of the
Pacific coast states next summer,
in which the president stated that
it would please him greatly to be
able to accept but circumstances
are such that it will be impossible
for him to come.
DON'T MISS FIRST EPISODE
"MILLION DOLLAK MYSTERY"
The great Thanhauser serial in
23 episodes and elucidated by '46
reels, will commence tonight at the
Nugget movies with the production
of the first episode of two reels, and
will continue every Saturday and
Sunday nights until the end of the
story is reached.
"The Million Dollar Mystery" has
scored a phenomenal success in the
motion picture houses on the out
side and will doubtless prove equal
ly attractive to the people of
Skagway.
In addition to the above
there will be thrown on the
screen tonight "The Thief and the
Hook," a drama of the underworld
in two reels, und "Cohen Saves the
Flag," a Keystone comedy.
Special features will be singing by
\. C. Blanchard and music by Prof.
» Selmer.
GREAT BRITAIN TO SPENT)
IMMENSE SUM FOR AVAR
Loudon, Feb.—The British com
mons is planning Tor an expendi
ture in the war this year of two bil
lion pounds sterling, or ten billion
dollars. Britain is spending more
money than auy two others of the
allied forces engaged in the war.
This is the most expensive war,
counting men and material, the
mighty empire of Britain ever waged
Britain will be able to finance tha
war for five years from the pro
ceeds of her investments abroad.
France has two or three billion
j available.
| Russia, while prodigouely rich in
natural resources, and having a
| vast population, is in a different
position financially from Britain
and France. Her financial status
was discussed at a conference of tha
finance ministers in France, and it
was decided not to issue a joint
loan. . . .
Who's Your Tailor?
J^ever mind if the robins haven't
arrived yet-Spring is on the
way, and you'll be wise 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.
Will Clayson
The Clothier