No. 87 NINETEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1916
PRICE 10 CENTS
GERiNS SWITCH
ARMY ATTACK!
DRIVE THRU BRITISH LINE
Loadon, May 13—the Germajia
are reported as haying suddenly
•witched their army maneuvers
freni Verdun and are beginning a
sharp offensive attack upon, the
British lines at Hulluch.
The Uig guns which have been
tearing up the trenches of the
French and bringing death and de
struction to the Vsrdun vicinity
w«re »ileat yesterday. It comes
as s v unwise to the French.
Yesterday's fighting resulted in
the Germans taking five hundred
yards of tha British first line de
fease trenches at Hulluch. The at
tack was sprung on the British
early in tbe morning and with ter
rific force they plowed through the
entablements and took the frie
from the rapid fire guns of the
Br fish.
One shell from a British cannon
«o«loded In "•» • midst of an ap
proaching platoon of the invaders
and b)*w the whole platoon Into
eternity.
The British put up a stubborn re
•isiaaco hut were unprepared to
stand the terrific drive of thg Ger
mans.
russiaTpress
COMMENDS IIS.
Petrograd, May 13—The Russian
acwspaipen) are commenting on the
«upi>oredly surrender of the Ger
mans to the American demands in
the recent contioversy over mer
chant shipping s^-d ber submarine
policy.
R ossUa ministers and army of
ficials are counting the United
States friendly to their cause. The
press ta claiming an Allied victory
I* the case as Germany has con
ceded the requests of the American
nation. ; [ - -4
R£fALL MACHINE IN ACTION
Sag Framcisco, May 13—The peti
tions far the recall of Mayor Rolph
have been placed In circulation.
Htm y voters have already signed
the recall petition
ONE BID RECEIVED
Washington, May 13—On account
of the many war orders, which
nave been Issued, with a rush fea
ture attached to them, placed Kith
factor'ts, which are making aerial
war ;ra.;ts, only one bid liaa been
received by the depar'mont for an
aeroplane to carry mail In Alaska.
Notices of the call for bids were ,
sent tfl every factory of importance
in the United States. They have
all investigated and. received the
specifications for the government
craft but the rush, of recent orders
receive' by the factories haa nec
essitated the placing of their com
peitive bids until a later time. The
department has not announced its
intention as to whether or not it
will accept the one bid.
BANDITS EXECUTED
BY CARRAN'ZISTAS
El Pa©o, May 13—Seventy three
Vlllistas who were deported from
the United States, were executed by
an order of Carranza. yesterday. The
execution took place at Jaurez.
LANSING UPHOLDS
BRITISH CLAIM ,
Norfolk, May 13—Secretary Lans
ing upholds the British opinion in
regard to the Appam case. He :
holds that the seized ship la not i
covered by the treaty made by the
Teutons. , J
ASKED TO RESIGN
Amsterdam, May 13—Tie Em- <
peror Chancellor has decided that •
the minister of interior must 're
sign. The Emperor has astoetd the
minister for his resignation. A
dissatisfaction! with the food sup
ply has risen in 'he imperial cham
bers which has resulted in the ask
ing for bis resignation.
EVIDENCE UNEARTHED
Marathon, May 13—Evidence of
♦he general uprising on the part of
Mexicans in the United States and
acro6S the border hag been bound
on the person of recent arrested
Mesictna in this and other cities.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
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CAPTAIN ROALD AMUNDSEN
Prepares to Dash to North
Pole In 100 Ton Motor-boat.
ill BILL iS
AGREED OPur,
Washington, May 13—The confer
ees of the army reorganization bill
iave cgain reported 'o fcav6 agreed
>n a ftan- Both hous<. and senate
:ouferr-es endorse the plan. The
.lan calls for a peaca strength of
,wo hundred and sixty thousand
uen It will ba increased fifty
houasnd in case of a war issue. A
a expected that it will be ratifleA,
text week. ; i [Jt*'"is|
til.YES TO RESPOND TO HUM
OP PICK AND SHOVEL
Mayor Ashlty lias recehed a
»ble from J. L. Harper of Seattle
isking him if there we.*e any avail
ible hard rock minere in Skag
vay or the near by vicinity. Mr.
riarper is expected to arrive In a
,'ew days to commence work on his
properties.
It Is understood that Mr. Haqper
las secured the Coirra^ mines which
ire it cated in Windy Arm in the
3onr»d district. The repwt comes
;lia* he will commence active op
jrat'r.ns on the properties this
;priii£ and summer. Other de
;ails regarding the transaction, and
>penin£ of^the mine have not bean
naav public.
POLirry REMAINS UNCHANGED
Washington, May 13—The. policy
5f thu admintotratloa in regard to
Mexico has not changed. It re
mains the same as it was l>efore
Ihe r^presenttalyes went into con
ference. Carranza h«a not re
sponded to General Obregon.
TO RESCUE OP CAPTIVE
Marathon, May 13—Major Lang
horne with two troops of cavalry
tias crossed the border and will
ittemp'. to rescue Jesse Doemer.
who is held as a ca/ptive by the
Mexicrns at Corpus Cbriste.
IRISH DEMAND
STAT OF TRIALS
>
' peeling runs high
Dublin May 12—Irish. patriots
are firewood over the executions
which hfcve been going on in the
Kmer.ild Island. A serious disaf
fection with those who hay® hith
erto been loyal fo the British. Em
pire has" sprung tip. They have de
manded thGt the execution be stayed
until, a reaso«a:hl« hearing can be
given (he men in a court of justice.
The tea Dublin councilors who
have been repeatedly threatened are
musing. A search all over the city
has iiOt revealed their presence.
The..- fate Is unknown. The citi
zens Exe uip In arms overtha rapid
oxecuilona which have been given
♦he promoters and political leaders.
Premier Aaquith has promised to
stay all of the executions until the
matter Is settled by parliament and
they are given a chaace »o b^ heard
in a r«asoable tiering. The feel
Inn is beginning to run high. The
mill ary courts have been ordered to
show leniency in every case. No
mora death sentences will issued
by tr»t body.
MINES at pavey soon
WILL BE SHIPPING
E. C. Ballou, -was a passenger om
last night's train, having come di
rect lrom the Payey mines. Mr.
Ballou 1s on his way to Boston. He
reports that things are progressing
very rapidly at the Ruby Queen and
Silver Queen Mines. The boiler
and compressor have been, installed
and a gang of men are driving the
main shaft. A distance of one hun
dred and fifty feet will find them
on the main ledge. Mr. Ballou be
lieves (hat the mine is certainly a
rfch storehouse and that ore will
be coming from the mine In good
quantities by the first of July.
WORKMEN DRESS CARS LV
NEW SPRING GARB
The White Pass" Route is pre
paring for the tourist season. Work
men at the shops have added a
touch of neatnecs to the cars which
carry the passengers over the sum
mit. When the train pulled in
iast night the work of the master
hand was very noticeable. The
observation and parlor cars "were
dressed in aa attractive greenish
coat of fresh enamel and the Sold
letters oT the ".White Pass Route"
stood out like the Roman, pillars on
the seven hills of Rome.
HAINES IN PRIMARIES
HafDes, May 13—At the demo
cratic primaries held In this city
on the 10th, there were four con
testants in the field for delegates.
The successful candidates -were J
W. Combs, G. W. Hinchjnan, and S.
j. Weitzmann. | , j, y y (
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P. H. GANTY
U. S. TO BE SURE
Washington, May} 13—Secretary
Lansing has cabled the American
ambassador to German/ for thq par
ticulars in the punialinient of the
commander who was responsible for
the sinking of the Sussex.
fho cable left the State Depart
ment last night. Gerard failed to
give the secretary the particulrs of
the case. His cable contained only,
the announcement that the com
mander had been punished.
COUNCILMAN RETURNS
FROM INTERIOR
William Bunting, councilman on
the board of city . dads, returned
last night from a trip to White
horse where he has been spending; a
few days on technical work. With
the rush of work now being piled
in on the mechanical force of the
White Pass it keeps Mr. Bunting on
the jump to make his rounds.
CLAliK'S FARM PRODUCING
MANY VEGETABLES
Spring garden is making wonder
ful headway at the Clark farm. Mr.
Clark is now supplying the local
market with let'uoe and various
other garden vgeetables. He looks
for a healthy crop of vegetables
this spring aind summer. Some min
or improvements have been made
on the farm since last Bummer.
This farm will be an attraction for
tourists this summer as very few
of lilt globe trotters will expect to
see a real live farm tucked away
in iho hills of this vicinity.
CHILCAT PRECINCT AT HAINES
Ha'nes, May 12—The ChHltat
precinct held their election in the
city I Haines. A total of seven
votes were cast for thq delegates.
Thofe elected fOT the delegateahip
were Stvve Ragan and L, F. Ballard.
COPPER
Taroma, May 13—At tjventy nine
thirty seven and a half.
BIG PARADE
IN NEW YORK
LEAD BY EDISON
New York, May 13—The great
est. civilian, parade ever held in
tnib city was started at teu this
mora.'i.e and marched down Broad
way, lead by Thomas Edison.. The
parade Is a demonstration, showing
the spirit of the people for nation
al ureparedness.
Over sixty two thousand people
sought in vain *o be admitted to
tn columns as they marched down
the street. The ctreet echoed with
the arousing cheers of the on
lookers as they marched by.
Thomas Edison gave a lengthy
apee?h at noon today on the sub
ject of industrial and national pre
pardenesg.
HEAVY TOURIST
TRAFFIC TO ALASKA
Wh n the Grand Trunk Pacific
Steamships inaugurated their service
to Alaska, they immediately started
"boosting" Scenic Alaska in all
Eastern newspapeis an,d in all pub
lications issued by the company and
the results so far recejved haye
been far above expectations.
W. Q. Powell, local agent of the
;om<jany in Skagway, yesterday re
ceived advice thai th§ Prince Ru
pert sailing north, from Prince Ru
pert on July 26 r.nd the same steam
3r sailing south, from Skagway to
Seattle on July 29 th were
now booked to capacity and th«t no
[urthor reservations were to be
made for those sailings. He al
io r- ceived, this week, four reser
vations for the steamer sailipg
Iioni skagway July 15th, and
J'.eyon reservationo for. the sailing
south on July 22nd, so that it can
readily be seen that "Alaska Tour
sis" realize that they will have to
make early reservations, to secure
space.
In every publication issued by the
Company the following little clause
:au ba found: "A delightful side
;rip frc-m Prince Rupert to Skagway,
Alaska, in connection with trans
continental tickets can be made for
£32.0.0; without missing any of the
it tract ions of this "Norway of Am
srica" available by any other line."
The Grand Trunk Pacific will
be the "Short Scenic Sea Route" to
Alaska and tha early reservations
now being made predict a heavy
traffic to Alaska via their line.
Who's your ailor?
WARM weather is about
here to stay and "the
wise ones" are looking
ahead ior distinctively designed
clothes for Spring.
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CLAYSON