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No. 47 SIXTEENTH YEAR ~ SKAGWAY, ALASKA. THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1918 PRICE 10 CENTS
Omaha. March 27 ? Oinah* i? re
c .?erin* foxii her dUaster and the
work of Is under way.
,V| over tho city funeral trains *w
liasslng with the desd. The city
has put liuxImN of laborers ?t
work clouting UP the ilfbrit from
th? streets, while privet? owners
hmr hrKun rebuilding ami rop*'p*
iiik their homes ainl huslnew hous
\V KSTKKN KKS WORK
FOB ALASKA ROADS
<\ Washington dispatch of the
ll'th says. Charles O. Helfuer. of
Seattle, and other prominent West
erns now ar the capital are beudlng
e\ .*ry effort to presuade President
Wilson to agree to recommend that
congress Iticlude Alaska railroad
legislation In it* working plan for
tho extra session to commence
A|.ril 7.
Mr. Helfner and his associates
UiJ an informal talk with Secretary
of the Intorior Lane at his residence
last eveniug, at the close of which
Mr Lane announced that he Is
strongly in favor of congressional ac
t'en on AaUka railroad projects at
the forthcoming session if ttwould
not Interfere with the tariff and
currency legislation to which the
party is pledged, and that he would
fladly do i?U he could In present
ing the question In a favorable light
t>efore the president.
Mr. Heifner this afternoon con
ferred with Secretary Tumulty, and
it was tentlvely agreed that the
White House conference which
President Wilson promised to the
Westerners will be held either this
?'ik or early next week. Others j
who have approached the president
ou the railroad question report that
he is Inclined favorably toward It,
utd that It will not be a difficult
task to get him to take the posl
'ion held by Secretary Lane.
MM HAM AT I. AST
WINS SENATORIAL TKRM
Springfield, March 26? After a
fight which has kept the legisla
ture of Illinois tied up for weeks,
yesterday James Hamilton Lewis
secured enough votes to elect him
Ttiited States senator for the
I ng term '
I es.
Frvm many purls ol lu?? and
Mliauuri as **11 *? Sebrtsk*. sup
plies jumI help have l>eeu sent to
I ho stricken city. Not only Is the
physical disaster hard in the M
trvme, but many h?w bom driven
Insane from the toirlblo htHTor
that swept down without warning,
killing hundreds and destroying mil- 1
lions In property value*.
OIVIDKD THK OY8TEK;
EACH (JETTING HALF SHELL
bprlugfield, March 27 ? R ^ <
Sherman, a republican, was elect
ed this nnlng for the short term
In the I 'ed States aenate. This
makes a noerat and a Republi
can eacL ?ted by the same legis
lature. Jamas Hamilton Lewis
having lx > chosen yesterday.
II U'L l?l ISHABLKS WITH
THKUMOMKTKH 40 BELOW
Diwttn, March 15 ? "Simee" Fein
die arrived at 2: JO o'clock this after
noon with first-class local mail,
from Skagway and Whitehorse. and
paper mall from the outside, and a
load of eggs, oranges, lemons and
othep perishables. The goods all
caine through in fine condition. It
wag 40 below ifro when the st&gv
left Indian river this morning, but
the system whereby the goods are I
packed pi .Tents .hem freezing. The )
perishables are placed first on nar- 1
n>w strips of boards, raising th>M
boxes an inch or two from the tight
platform bed of the rig The box
es stacked so there are interstices i
leiween each and every box. AlonK
the outer edges on the bottom oi
the rig are spaces Into which little
tin boexs a foot long, six inches wid
and two inches deep are slipped
containing burning charcoal bricks
This steady heat rises continually
among the boxes, and is confined by
a layer of canvas, then a layer of
fur robes, and then a second or
outer covering of canvas. Perish
ables brought down the trail at 40
to 70 below >ero, Farenheit, come
th-ough in this way in fine con
dition. |
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IN OHIO AND
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FLU M FIRE
STILL Mlf III HI
\\ ashiugton, March 27 ? The gov
ernment is rushing nurses and sup
plies to tho stricken towns along
the Ohio valley and ilie various
I hut's' in Ohio, Indiana and Illi
nois that hare been (levastfd by the
Clouds.
Indianapolis, March 27 ? The
fl(K?ls in Indiana are pitiful sights.
'4 he Maunico anil Wabash rivers
have overflown their lianks, ren
deling thousands homeless nnd
starving. Kaeh hour brings in news
of added horror. The cup of sor
row' is overflowing nnd stilt the
floods pour in and on.
I>a\ (on, March 27? An apoeai has
been sent out to idl cities to rush
dynamite here for the parpoBo of
??lowing up buildings in th? hope of
saving |?an of the city froiu destruc
tion by fire. It Is impossible to
teach the city at present owing to
the water, I Hit when the fb?ods sul>
?side it nuu' be possible to stop the
remit'* which are spreading rapidly.
Springfield, and Columbus and
other cities not so luidly injured,
luivo already forwarded fire fight
??'V apparatus, but owing to the
I. L'h water no one can come within
.1 mile of the inundated district,
and thousands enn only wait at
wfe distances and watch the help
l?s.< drown and perish in the flames.
The Great Miama river is tear- j
ill'.; through the streets of l>*y- 1
t in like a mill race, with the bodies- i
of victims rolling over, and show- 1
ins faces white in death and then
disappearing amid the wreckage i
and muddy waters. From llelewart,
( olumbus r>id many points in the
north comes news of de\astation.
A revised list of the dead tabu
lated this afternoon shows a grand
total of three thousand three hun
dred and eleven known dead, to
IHE SUFFRAGE BILL PASSED
Governor Walter E. Clark signed
i'.t first bill to pass the Alaska
Legislature, the Shoup Woman Suf
frage bill at 3:56 o'clock Friday
afternoon. Representative Arthifr
G. Shoup, author of rhe bill, Sena
tor Conrad Freedlng, chairman of
the committee on elections, elec
tion laws and mileage In the Sen
ate which considered the bill and
reported it favorably In the Upper
House, Private Secretary W. W.
Shorthill, and W. H Case witness
ed the signature.
Gov. Clark used an ordinary
steel pen in a carved Ivory pen
holder. Mrs. Clark, wife of the
[Governor, claimed the pen and
| holder as a souvenir of ler hus
|bvnd's career as Alaska's chief ex
ecutive.
The Woman Suffrage Dill was
(he second bill Introduced In the
House of Representatives, and bore
the number two. It was, presented
by Representative Arthur G Shoup,
ol Sitka, March 8th, and had its
second reading March 1<> \iarch
11th it was referred to the commit
tee on elections, election laws and
mileage, which gave it an early
hearing and reported it back to the
House March 14th. It was at once
taicen up for final ^passage, and
wa passed, receiving the votes of
all the members except that of
Charles K. Ingersoll, of Ketchikan,
who hid objected to its considera
tion until tho members could have
time to consult with their constltu
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pastry. ..
Nothing to do but make the dough
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50 CENTS
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
ulticli liunili edi will Ik* added a<
more definite Information comes in.
The pnn>ei ty Iumw will total nuire
l!wn a hunilr?l million dollar".
The death lint in Olito cilie* so
far received are a* follow*:
Dayton 2,000.
Piqua 340.
Ddrware lOO.
MMdleton IOO.
Sidney V).
Hamilton . . * . . . . 12. i
Tippecanoe 3j
Tiffin 30.
Franou .. 11.
Troy 30.
Scattering 200.
I ??'u?l in Indiana:
I'eru , 130.
VewcaatU- 3.
Lafayette 2.
Xobtenrllle 2.
I ndiana|xi|is 14.
Scattering 23.
HitS.
The bill was received by the
Senate from the House March 15th,
i) t? referred to the committee on
?lections, election laws and mileage,
it which Senator Conrad Freeding,
>f Nome, is chairman.
March 17th, Senator I). A. Suth
>r!and, who had introduced a worn
in suffrage bill in the Senate early
SHOUP GE15 HIS
BILLS HOUGH
Juneau, March 26 ? The house yes
terday paved the Shoup Juvenile
bill. The bill provide.' that Judges
commit to reform athoola or other
institutions, any child under the
una of seventeen years who may
l?e guilty of a mlsuenuanor, alco
?11 children who are destitute of
luitabie homes and adequate means
of earning an honest living.
All children abandoned by their
parents or guardians.
All children of habitually drunk
en or vicious or unfit parents.
All ch'.ldien kept in vicious or
Immoral association.
All children habitually begging
on streets or other public places or
from door to door.
All children known by their
language or life to be vicious or
incorrigible
That the antecedents, character,
and condition of life of each child
of which said Juvenile courts shall
t?ke official notice shall be Invent!
g-it-d as fully as possible snd the
facts letrned entered In permanent
records. In which shall also be
eutcred the subsequent history of
f aeh child, so far as it can be as
certained.
There shall also be created in
and for the Territory of Alaska a
board to be known as the Board of
Children's Guardians, composed of
three citlaens, at least one of
whom shall be a woman to be ap
pointed by the Governor of Alaska;
said board to hold su?:h children to ~
?n?wer to the district court
.41 ARK PRENSIXfi
OSVARD TO VICTORT
London. March 27 ? Advices have
tuft- n received thut Tchatlja and Fai
Ut have been taken by the allies,
it Is uImo ilated that A>lrUnop!e Is
lit llauu*.
In the session, withdrew his bill
und gam Representative Shoups
Mil the right of way.
Senator Freeding, chairman of
the committee on elections, elec
tion laws and mileage, reported the
Shoup bill back to the Senate March
18th, with the recommendation that
it do pass, annd it was taken up
and placed on final passage at once.
It leceived the votes of all the Sen
ators.'
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to see them.
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