?he jOoil y ^.(oshatt
No. ? SSIXTKKNTH YEAR
SKAUWAV, ALASKA. FRIDAY, MARCH 518, 1918 PRICE 10 CENTS
RESCUE I PERISHING
CI FOB I DYING
SOLDIERS AT OAYTOHI HEIOVING
MAROONED PEOPLE WHILE THE
CHARITABLE SUPPLY FOOD
Itiiytou, M .? ?-? h ^ The ??Ailn<r
I. clearing ami tho floods are sub
lug lit thli i>.?rt of the state. 1 .1 f??
Mtlng rri'? ? with boat* Rent by
tli.> govern) lent have arrived mitt
b?gsu work of rescuing the people
who hit* Ken iiMruoiwd In the big
0 II t III ( II KM for the |HUt two (U.VH
There are sixty thousand persons
In the clly Hit nt lu by the floods
and many of theni hut* hn<l nothing
*o wit for fortyelght hours Six
hundred peopl* that wire trapped
In the t'nu'ii station were rescued
today and taken to tho laml In
boat* w here there are rvscue camps,
with provisions anil clothing, es
tatiltshed t ) rtnlui the unfortu
ntiM.
The poll -?> and lit II It la report that
looter* are working In many of tho
ntoioN, and a ro<|ii<nt has been gent
(?> Washington to have the city put
uniler mll.tary control until con
ditions can be reestablished
t'nluuibu*. March ? Tho k ov
ernor announced this morning that
lie would seise the railroads where
necessary and press them Into rescue
work for the relief of the stricken
people,
Indianapolis, March 28 ? The
White river Is falling and the work
of rescuing tho marooned people ti
ling Its banks has begun The pub
lic health boards and the state
health department are combining to
battle with the diseases that ore
sire to follow the InundatliiK of
v.ist areas Front all over the
??ountry there ar? arriving a supply
of clothing and food, together with
money and words of sympathy. The
response to tho call for help hits
teen generous, but even at the
best there will be many who must
suffvr from lack of ue<'ossltl<?s until
l'?ey can ho taken to dUtrlfltn t hi*l
(lu> calamity
Clfctwmi. March L'S Tkl luteal
revision of the death Hat leatena
t 1 (i |<r<<vloiin Mtliuntra aomowhat,
(hare liolnjj mi ilitbWtlc llat of
l.uiiT reported, which will bo In*
crMMd somewhat It In helleved
when ii more complete knowMgo
ot the caluiulty la known.
IV\1U OK I'l'UH HltlN
K>H TWKNTY IU)IM?S
i.oa Audit oa, March aS-Amleraon
ami Hrown Binned pnpera today for
4 twenty round fl*ht to take place
ou April ItVlh.
LOVE OF COUNTRY.
It n'n i hi'* there the mini with
Mi >11 1 so de?id
Who uever to himself hath wild.
Thin U uijr own. uiy unlive land;
Whose heart hiith ne'er within
hi in hurtied
As homo his fooMeps ho hath
turned
From wanderlnu on jt foreign
strand?
If such there breathe, go, mark
him well!
For I) I in no minstrel ruptures
?well.
Illicit though his titles, proud Ills
name,
Kouudless hi* wealth us wish
can claim?
hesplte those titles. |iower and
pelf,
The wretch ctineentred all In self,
IJvlug, shall forfeit fair renown
And, doubly dying, stall go down
To the vile dust from whence he
sprung,
I'nwept. uuhonored and unsung
?Sir Walter Scott.
NEW SPRING****
...millinery...
now
Being
Displayed
H. J. Lynch
Tha Leading Ladies Furnisher and Haberdasher of Skagway
The $100,000,000 M'Lean Baby
And His Little Nctfro Valet
Photo by American Prom Association.
OK course yon have heard about "Iho $100,000,(100 lubjr" and hi* little
negro piny inn to, now Ids valet. Ki|iinlly, of course, you have formed
your oplnl'ii \lout this Idea of the little heir's parents, Mr. and M rs
Kdwsrd It Mel 4'itn of Washington. "1 don't want my son to grow up
a snob," whs IIm> wny Mr Mc|.cau explained why ho provided a little negro
child for hid sou's companion Tills picture of the two children, one whltf
stiil the liclr to million*. and ibu other black mid penniless, was taken on tbr
exclusive lion nl walk at Palm Reach, Kin., where the McLeans are spending
the winter From all accounts the tots became the host of chums. How will
the plan w >rk Y As Sir linger do Coverley remarked. "There's much to he said
on Imth side* of the question."
PRESIDENT COM
PLETES MESSAGE
Washington, March Si! I'roddent
vYI.'son has finished his special mes
sage to congress and 11 Is now being
mid ami criticised l>y members of
IiIh cabinet, IncNdlng vice president
Marshall. It deals mostly with the
tariff and the money quest tons.
Subsequent messages on other points
will follow soon after the reassem
bling of congress In extraordinary
scs:'lon on April 7th
WII.SON TtKKS MK \SI ItKS
TO PICKVBNT SMAI.I, POX
Washington, March 2S Prealdont
Wilson bared his arn' to the lancet
tiilB morning and was Inoculated
with n vaccine virus which he hopes
will 1 ?ue it the probability of his
talcing small pox.
Subscribe for The Alaskan now
ALL FOR GOOD
OF DEAR ALASKA
Chicago. March 28? Albert FroBt,
iiisiilnst whom charges have been
ntado by tlio government (or at
tempting to secure coal lands
fraudulently, waa called this niorn
Inf, before Judge Landls. In his
testimony li?- denied that his object
wue to gain control ot the coal In
the district adjacent to the line of
tlio Alaska Northern railroad, but
rlMms that he was sincere In his
desire to develop Alaska.
WOMAN AKItKSTKI) FOK
pOlSOMNtJ 1IKR HUSBAND
Plymouth, March 82 ? Jessie Ea
ton, wife of former Rear Admiral
Ktilon, was lndlotod this morning
for the murder of her husband. It
Is charged by the Jury that she plac
,d arsenic In the drink which he
took with his meals.
FRESH TIGS
SPECIALLY FINE LOT OF PER
ISHABLBS DUB ON "HUMBOLDT"
lOMORROW MORNING
?li?t ill time to fix lip for Sunday
dinner
CKLKRY
PARSLKV
GREEN ONIONS
ASPARAGUS
RHUBARB
TOMATOES
CAULIFLOWER
CUCUMRKR8
LETTUCE
US.ORIDA GRAPE FRUIT
BANANAS
ORANGBS
FANCY APPLES.
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
Dims n mu
tt in mm sir
l.aai night the Taxpayers party
m?K for the purpoee of placing in
nomination n ticket to succeed itself.
With the exception of Councilman
Foreman the entire member
ahlp wan renominated, Mux tlutfeidt
hiving ItHMi placed uii th?* ticket
which la aa follows;
J. M Tanner
I'lltl Abrahams
J. H. Hi awn in!
V II Uanty
J. A. Mender
II, FrMonthNl
Mux autfeldt.'
The meeting wni opened by
chfclrmnn of t l?o Taxpayers party,
I'hll Abrahams, mid Henry Hrleden
thMl w iin i mul o clerk. The chitlr
ninn appointed J. IV llrawand, Mux
(lutfeld and C. W. Hoyce nn a pint
form committee to drr.ft a platform,
petting forth the policies of the
party. These gentlemen ufter boing
out nbout five minute* returned
wiih a pint form of several hund
red typewritten words, which Indl
rn'ei: that they have some aklll In
itiii nl|>ulut Iiik a typewriter.
The platform atnteo that the
party line fulfilled all Its promisee
during the peat your, and asked
the support of the cltUenB for a
contlnuancu of the party In power.
The following extract* bIiow some
of the things claimed to have boen
nccomplistuC and tiie things they
h )po to accomplish If re-elected.
"Tho tax payors party have been
diligent, prudent nnd economical In
the conduct of the business of the
town, and in the disbursement of
the public money, and can clearly
sluw a record of economy, whereby
tho Interests of every voter has I
been fully protected, ami are proud
to say that there l? now a fund on
hand for ui:y Mnergeucy upproxl-j
mating |8.<>OO.QO.
The tux payers party during their
teiin of office have extended the
water system, havo fully equipped
our efficient fire department, have
built new sidewalks, cross walks,
purchased a Chemical Fire Engine,
and have now In transit Hydrants
and other supplies and material for
further extending the wuter system,
have all of the arrangements per
fected to repair In a substantial man
ner the brldgo at 16th street, and
many other improvement are con
templated .
The tax payer* party pledge them
selves to conduct the buslnc s of the
Iowii wiiii economy, to reduce tax
ation, aa?l?t In iHNUiiirylnit the town,
10 make of SkftKWuy "The City
llisiutlful" lu Alaska.
rim lux payer* party furt'ior
pledge thei laelvea to lino every ef
fort to buli?| nitil maintain a sys
tem of eewerage which la much
needed ami which ihey hope to ac
complish this summer
During the absence of the com
mit toe Chnlruma Abraham* look oo
ctalou to express iila policies which
bv inference are likewise the poli
cies of the party. He anl?l that If
rt-tlictcd he would work for the
lowering of tiuiea for the coml'iR
year. That he would apeud aoine of
Hhe accumulated money lu the
treasury for the Improvement of tli?
city. I'a rt leu lurly lie menlloiied
thivt he would use hit* endeavors to
have antno or all of the worthless
and unalKhtly shack* removed and
'ild lu beautifying Skagway, lie
wanted thl* to be the city beautiful
of Alaaka. Thin idea waa also In
corporated In the pli.tform.
C. \V. Ask was placed In nomin
ation for member of the school
board, and the nominations closed
with his selection.
The chairman appointed Dr. J. I'.
lira wand as chatrmnn of the tax pay
ers party for the coming year.
There belli# nothing more to come
before ?he meeting, it. adjourned.
ithh:ma vkiki) to our
A WAV, SAYS |)KI*l*T\
'1 he Juneau Dispatch says E.
Fttshlma, now serving twenty years
in McNcila Island piison for com
plicity In i he murder of Frank
Dunn at Duiida's Ray lust July at
tempted to leap from the at earner
Curacao while being taken to Seat
tle three weeks ago, when the
..toamer wo.' ploughing her way
south ut a point not tur from Prince
Rupert, 11. C.. aceorditii: to Deputy
Marshal Fred Fonzo, who escorted
Fuchlma to McNeils. Whether
Fashlma meant to try to swim to
the British Columbia mainland or
ivhether ha was attempting suicide.
Is unknown. Mr. Fonzo says Fu
shlraa was brooding from the time
the boat left Juneau. The prisoner
was being given an airing when ho
darted ot the rail. Fonzo caught
him just as Fushlma was leaping.
H was taken back to a state room
and heavily manacled.
An & man grows older, he takes better
care of his clothes, and he i9 a
lot better satisfied with them.
THE service of this store is not
confined to young men. Any
man of any age can be well-fitted,
and conservatively dressed in these fine
Hart Schaffner & Marx
suits and overcoats. Now is the time
to see them.
WILL CLAYSON
TShe Home of ?
HART 5CHAFFNCR (EL MARX
CLOTHING