No. 33S SEVENTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1915 PRICK 10 CENTS
TWO U.S. BATTLESHIPS
ORDERED TO VERA CRUi
■Washington, D. C.. March 9—
After a conference this morning witi
President Wilson, Secretary of th«
Navy Joseph ub Daniels ordered tyre
battleships to proceed from Guaa
tanamo to Vera Crus, the cholc* ol
the vessels to be sent being left
to Admiral Fletcher.
This action is uaid to b® merely
a precautionary measure as it is an
ticipated there will develop a very
critical situation in Mexco City, and
ether Dlaow in Mexico, should Gen
eral Cavranza abandon the capital,
(as he has given notice of his in
tention of doing.
It ia believed the occupation o
the Mexican capital by Genera
Zapista and his forces would b1
very pleasing to the American ad
ministration.
The note from the state depart
ment In this city yesterday to Gen
erla Carranza, Is said to have beei
the sterntet and most emphatic eve
sent to Mexico, not even exceptin;
those of the Huerta regime.
General Carranza denies the exis
tence of anv serious trouble in Mexi
co City.
VESSEL SEIZED
BY CAHNZA
New Orleans, March 9—The Brit
ish stearn«r "Wyvlsgrook was today
seized 'ii the harbor of Campeche,
Mexico, by agents of General Oar
ranza, an ' her crew imprisoned.
KING THURMA.VS BODY
FOUND IN A CABIN
Seward Gateway, March 2d: Ths
body of King Thurman was found ii
a cabin In the Chlckaloon Flats on
February 27th, by Jack Rowell. The
body was terribly decomposed and
the finJer decided not to touch
it. Thurman had been missing
since last July, and many efforts
were made to ascertain his fate.
It had been supposed that he had a
cabin which he us*d for hunting put
poses in the Flats, but none of the
teachers seem to have gone that
way. Jack Rowell and Dune Little
were trapping and hunting in the
neighborhood last month and Mr.
Rowell string the cabin decided to
look at It with a view to spending
the night there. On entering he
saw the body of Thurman lying In
■ the bed with one arm doubled up
beneath It- The remains were
in so horrible a state that it was
decided not to touch them, and the
government will Drobably arrange
Immediately to have the man burled
Fred Buuce brought the news of
the gruesome discovery to the city
lats night.
BEN. iffl
WILL EVACUATE
El Paso. March 9—It Is report
ed here that General Carranza ha;
• announced his Intention to evacuat<
the City of Mexico and that in con
sequence of hiB decision, th'
diplomatic corps of the foreign na
tions represented there have decid
ed to remain, inBtead of leaving li
a body, aa was Btated in the dis
1 atchee they were preparing to do.
About two weeks ago Wlllard, til
little sou of Rtrv. and Mm. L. H
Pedersen, ivhil« playing with a pe
cat received a slight scratch o:
one of his hands, of which nothin;
was thought at the time. Th<
wound became inflamed, however
and a few days afterward develop
ed into a case of blood poisoning
which resulted in a gathering form
ing on the little fellow's body he
ueath one of his arms.
Wlllard "■ condition finally t
came bo serious, that grave ap
prehensions were felt by his par
tnts and they called Dr. Gabie
under whc«e treatment the child i:
now rapidly recovering.
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GREAT BUTTLE
ij IS DEVELOPING
London, March »—Tlie center of
war interest Is now in the Eastern
. front where a great battle Is de
veloping on the left bank of the Yli
f tula river, southwest of Warsaw,
I anil between that city aird the Prus
j s Ian-Polish frontier.
The Sultan's forces are reported
to have lost heavily when tliclr
position on the Gulf of Smyrna was
^ Attacked by tlie British.
General Garibaldi, it is reported,
! will raise an army of 40,000 men to
fight with the allies against Ger
• many, Austro-Hungary and the
■ Turks.
LATER
London, March 0—Thue is ob
stinate fighting repotted to be grin:;
in along the eastern battlefi-ont,
with the Germans slowly withdraw
' ing from the river NVmni!, In
uorthwest Poland, in the diiett ion of
their own northeast Prussian fron
tier.
It wa» given out this morning
that' the British government had de
l cided to charge all Geinian submit
■' rine crews hereafter captured wit
murder, upon the termination of the
> war.
| Fifteen hundred Urilish steamers
I have been taken over by the Brit
ish government for transpoi ts.
A large number of Austrian
I prisoners are reported to have ar
j rived at Kiev.
The allies plan, it is announced,
is to capture the city of Smyrna
and use it as a base for supplies in
, the attack upon Constantinople.
Tlicj British collier Bangrove is
teported to have been sur.k off
ilfracomhe by a German submarine.
It was officially announced this
I morning that the Dardanelles forts
^ I at Rumili mid Tabia hail been si
' | lenced by the shells of the allied
' fleet and that the British warships
' j Majestic and Irresistible had ar
rived for the reinforcement of the
' allien.
JAN EMC
; OF TYPHOID
Genera, March 9—Advices have
been received here reporting sev
enty thousand Austrian prisoners in
: Servia to be suffering from typhoid
| fever.
WOULD FORM
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j* Athens, March 9—M. Gounaris
► has undertaken to form a new cab
k Inet for the King of Greece.
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IN NORTH SEA!
Amsterdam, March J)—Heavy Br
ing Ls reported to have been heard
til the North Sea today, for the
first time since the middle of Jan
uary, the supposition being that
there is another Important naval
engagement in progress between the
British and German fleets.
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I'etrograd, March 0—The lius- |
i-ians today bombarded Zunguldiak,
jin important Turkish coaling sta
tion, and destroyed Hie docks.
FAMILIARITY .
BREEDS DEATH!
Cairo, March 9—It is reported!
that Turkish and German troops j
had a quarrel while they were on
t retreat through Palestine recent-]
!y, anil that in the melee that en
sued three hundred of the former
were killed.
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Juneau, March 9—A bill was in
troduced into the house today by
| Representative K. Suow o£ Ruby, I
' making tlie eight-hour law apply to
all underg-ound digging in mining |
! operations in Alaska.
A bill was introduced by Sena
tor 0. P. Gaustad, requiring judges
j to instruct juries before arguments
of counsel are heard.
Mrs. Miudlemass left. Skagway
this morning to take charge of the I
section boarding house at Clifton, ]
and Miss Ida Creese, who was In
charge at Clifton, has gone to
Cowley tc relieve Frank Muara
matsu, who will return to Skagway
to act as chef at Col. R. TV. L.
Stevenson's headquarters.
There are six interior people I
enroute to Skagway today from |
Whiteborse.
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for the Lenten Season i
We have a large'variety oOhe finest •
canned fish in the market. Z
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Salmon [salt and kipperrd], Norway •
Mackerel. Boneless Codfish. •
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Strictly Fresh Eggs, Skagway and •
Washington ranch •
P. H. GANTY, GROCER j
CHAN YUKON OFFICIAL TELLS
OF THE CALIFORNIA EXPOSITONS
A. F. Engelhardt, territorial tre.is
ur r for the Yukon, who has bee."
stopping ai the Golden North slncc
the arrival In Skagway of the Spo
kane, left tor the interior this mo.n
ing. The trip to the outside, from
which he i" now returning to Daw
son, was ihe first ho has made in
the past fourteen years, although
in that period he has -visited Sfc.ig
way several times. He would hav%
liked to nave made his stay in tin
States and the Canadian coast cities
longer, but the call of duty, ia
the shape of the coming session o!
the Yukon council which is to con
vene in Dawson March 18th, was
Inexorable and had to be obeyed.
Mr. Engelhardt was a visitdr al
I he San Diego Panama-California ex
position, the architectural designs o:
thg buildings and the beauty of the
grounds being, he says, beyond his
powers of description in their mag
nificent splendor. Within the
grounds 'a a farm cf about 15
acres, planted to all kinds of citrus
trees, semi-tropical plants, and an
infinite variety of flowers, etc,
At tho time he was at the San
Diego exposition all the exhibits
were in place, all the concessions
were taken and in operation, and,
in fact, everything was complete tc
the smallest detail, but for some
reason, ii-cbably 011 account of the
weather being so windy, rainy an'J
altogether disagreeable, the :• t
tendance was not large.
Of the Panama-Pacific In
ternatlonaj exposition at San Fran
dsco, which opened on the 20th al
last month, Mr. Engelhardt says
it was rather early when he wa<
there, quite a number of the exhi
bits had not been put in place, in
many Instances the buildings Ka>i
not then been fully completed, aur:
some of the foreign exhibits had no:
arrived.
The Dominion of Cauada building
Mr. Engelhardt says, is one of th<
handsomest and most stately on th<
grounds, and complete in every da
tall.
The electrical displays at the ex
hibition grounds are magnificent
there being a battf-ry of 2,600,00'
candle power in use. One of th<
grandest exhibitions is that of t.hi
aurora borealis, or northern lights
with the city of Dawson prominentl
in the foreground.
The Alaska exhibit is in machiu
<?ry hall, under the managemen
of Mrs. M-jry E. Hart, who has quit
a number of native Alaskan arf.l
• sans busily engaged in turning out
| speclm8U3 of their handiwork, whicli
is apparently attracting a good deal
! of attention from visitors.
■! A most interesting part of the
exposition Is the San Francisco
j.Daily Examiner concession, wherein
a complete newspaper plant has
been installed. The Sunday edi
tion of that paper Is printed there
on presses with all the latest Im
provements, and running at light
ning speed.
statu; not to
j BE AGANDONEO
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According to advices Just re
ceived at Rampart, word has reach
ed there from the war department
informing the citizents of that town
that the telegraph stations at that
j point and at Glenn will not be
[ abandoned as recommended during
i rfarly part of last spring. When the
i cutoff in the telegraph line was
| made, whereby the direct wire from
I Fairbanks went through Tanana, it
! was thought that the line to Ram
I part and Glenn would be abandoned,
j i'ut such a protest was made that
; if was considered advisable not to
j make the change.
| At the present time all messages
I for Rampart and Glenn are sent to
! Hot Springs and there relayed on
i branch, liue to the-two places.
Mails
i ON WAT NORTH
The Jefferson left Seattle Suu
' dr.y night with the following pao
! pie for Skr.gway on board: R. L.
' Vining, of Fairbanks; Tuck Flaher
ty, of the Board of Trade saloon.
• Skagwav; H. A. Klrkpatrick, MInnia
: Robinson, F. E- Wright, J. Hinkle, O.
e F. Reynolds, S. B. Conklin, J. A. Mt
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