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No. 163 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAtrWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1917
PRICE 10 CENTS
GOVERNMENT ASSIGNS EMS
Id STUDY ALASKA PLATINUM
U. S. Will Operate
Mines if Reports
Are True
Washington, Aug. 16.—Discovery
of platinum iu Alaska by I'rof. Jler
sohel Parker anil others has aroused
government interests to its great
est activity iu the hopes of finding
sufficeut quantities of the inetal
to meet the war needs of the al
lied nations. Four government ex
perts have been ass'gned to study
the Alaskan situation and report on
the discoveries which, may supply
the lack of ylat'num cut off by
the cessation o£ activities in the
Unil mountains. Intensive mining
operations will follow a favorbale
report.
Hels'ngfors, Aug. 16.—Disorders
growing out of a scarcity of food
in Finland have precipitated a
cabinet crisis. M. Tokoi, former
president of th6 d'et, has undertak
en the formation of ft Socialist cab
inet.
V'enna, Aug. 16.—Austrian air
men this morning dropped four tons
of bombs on the marit'me arsenal
in Venice causing a vast conflagra
tion. according to the Austrian war
office. :
BRITISH CASr VLTIKS
I-oiulon, Aug. 16.—British casual
ties for the first 15 days of Au
gust *n dead aud wounded are 21,
722 men.
Washington, Aug. 16.—Suffrage
banners belittling President Wil
ton were torn down from pickets
stationed in front of the NV hito
House yesterday a® fast us they
appeared.
OFFER $60,000
10
Chicago, Aug. 10.—The wealthy
HcMurty California family have of
fered their son Leslie $60,000 if
•he is the firsf- American aviator
to drop bombs on Berlin.
New York, Aug. 16.—Elihu Root,
in an address last night, declared
that pro-German agitators in New
York should be taken out and shot
down at dawn lor treason, and that
such would be the fate of them
sooner or later.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
LECTURE TOMORROW
Virgil O. Striekler, C. S. B. of
the First Church of Clir'st, Scion
'ist oi" Boston w ill arrive in Skagwuy
tonight or tomorrow and will lec
ture in the Elks' hall tomorrow
night at 8:30 p. m.
Mr. Striekler ha.s been to the
westward lecturing in the various
towns, and according to reports
gathered from the newspapers his
lectures have been well received
and largely attended.
September Pictorial Review
Patterns and Publications...
Now on Sale at Our Pattern Counter
ASHIONS FOR THE com
ing season are marked by
their simplicity. In some
cases a suggestion of drap
ery relieves the plainness
of the Autumn Frocks.
The Pictorial Review Patterns gives
the long lines so becoming to either
the stout or the slender figure. The
military influence is seen in the blouses
and street suits. The Childrens' dres
ses are simple and practical and are
suggestive of the busy school time
now approaching. Foi a complete as
sortment of designs see the fall fashion
book at the pattern counter.
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway betweenjThird and Fourth Phone 41
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GERMANY SEEKS
10 SUB SHIPS
OF PACIFIC
Passes Buck to New
York and Aims
at Frisco
Copenhagen, Aug. 16.—Reports
received here aro to the effect that
commercial submarines of tha
JJeutchland type are being built iu
| Germany and fitted with six torpedo
tubes. By reason of their great
steaming radius they ar© to bo dls
, patched to the Pacific with the
j special duty to destroy. San Fran
cisco shipping.
GERMAN*', DEFEATED,
HAS DISMAL FUTURE
j Amsterdam, Aug. 16.—A writer
iu tlio junker organ Kreuz-Zeitung,
J of Btrlin, draws a dismal picture
of the consequences to Germany of
v peuc»a without increased power
auU annexations. He says: "See
ing that, after the natural exhaus
•ion of such a giant war, Germany
, could net soon contemplate a fresh
smuggle, Great Britain and Ameri
ca would think, after a Scheideman
j peace, tney could treat Germany as
■ they iiked. In other words an
j AngU-American world domination
1 would 1 e firmly established and
Llcrm.uy itself would be regarded ag
a second rate power, Great Britain
thereby in reality attaining its war
aim.
"Bbli»f in unlimited mil'tary aadt
maritime superiority by. Britain and
North America would henceforth,
dominate- the world. But a reaction,
through an unsatlsfactpry peace, on
our internal political life \vould be
the worst result. With the first joy
at the ending of the war the ques
tion would be earnestly asked—
what > ave jve really fought for,
why have so many Germans fallen,
so m'inv been crippled, why these
giant taxes, this ruined German
welfare? Tho ground is then pre
pared ♦"or disintegrating social dem
ocracy."
1.1 KIT-COL. DAVIDSON
CALLED FOK WAR DUTi
Lieut.-Col. Davidson, of the Al
aska Road Commission, rece'ved
j word the first of the week to re
port to the Adjutant General for
; orders. Col. Davison ha? been
*vith the Road Commission in AlaskJ
less than two years but during that
tinio he has won many friends in
Alaska and has dons much to better
the road conditions of the territory.
Ilo is a capable officer and sturdy
! man and Alaska is proud to be re
presented by him.
—
OPEN SEASON FOR DEER
' The open season for deer in Al
| aska began yesterday. Local hunt
I ers and sportmen are preiparing to
j take advantage of the season, and
j .plans aro being made by Chas Ra
puzzi and "Billy" Wright to spend t
I three weeks vacation hunting on
Admiralty Island.
STRIKE MY BEI
CALLED II
4 STATES
Spokane, Aug. 16.—Unle.s fiv<j
specific demands are granted by1
August 20 the Industrial Workers |
o£ the World will call a general
Str'ke in Washington, Oregon, Idaho J
and Montana, according to a state
ment issued yesterday by James J
Rowan, district secretary for thai
I. W. W.'s., According to the mess
age received Dy The Da'ly Alaskan |
the principal demands of the !•
W. W.'s. are that all classes of j
jvar prisoners be released for a ten j
hour day hai"v&3t field work.
CHINESE SEIZE
Shangha', Aug. 1G.—Throe Aus
trian merchantmen interned in this |
harbor were yesterday taken 'Overj
by the Chinese naval forces. Th's i
is the first act of war after formal j
declaration.
Seattle, Aug. 16.—Kuret, accus
ed of the murder of John Smith of
Fairbanks, arrested and freed yes
terday, and h's brother proved they
were in Black Diamond at the time
of Smith's murder.
CHICAGO'S DRAFTED
MARCH AND SlXG
Chicago, Aug 1C.—As Ch'cago'sl
answer to the call to the colors I
and Chicago's rebuke to slackers
and draft 'rioter's, more than 8,000
whose names have been called by
j the draff boards |marched through
tho streets recently to the music of (
military bands and the accompani-1
■ ment ot cheers from thousands.
| As they marched they sang, and I
the brave words of "America Wake j
Up," and the Tefrain "If You Don't j
[Like Your Uncle Sammy, Just Go
I Back Home" showed the sentiment
of the marches and won hearty re'
sponse from the onlookers.
Each division of the j eighty-six
companies of registrants, one for
each of the exemption districts,
was led by'one of the student of
ficers from the training camp at
Fort! Sheridan.
The parade, the first of Its kind
in the [country, was reviewed by
Staj. Gen. Thomas H. Barry, com
mander of I the Central department
of the army. With him were the
Rusuian commission, f
Alfred Hughes, of Fairbanks Is
J la Skagway on his way to the Ten
ake© hot springs.
FRUIT JARS JELLY GLASSES
We offer the following good values:
Mason jars per dozen Pints
" " " " Quarts
Mason Jar Caps per dozen
Jelly glasses per dozen
Heavy Jar Rubbers pef dozen
Parowax in 1 lb. bricks
P. H. GANTY
$1.00
1.15
.40
.50
.10
.20 3 for .50
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MSTNIM WILL LAKE
HE BEFORE ANSWERI10 POPE
Wash'ngton, Aug. 16.—The War
department announces today that
ilio Rainbow division of troops is |
now mob'lzed on Long Island.
II. S. iiyliiitfei
FIGHT US
Washington, Aug. 1G.—The war
iepartment today issued a. denial
if the London rcpo:t that American
troops havo seen action in France
Dn the French, front and that 200
Sammies were taken to the base
iospita.1 wounded.
30VERXMENT CAMPAIGN*S
TO STOl' JOY HIDING I
Copy has been rece'ved at the
Alaskan office of a speech by Van
U. Manning, director of tho bureau
if mines, regarding the gasoline
situat'on throughout the United
States. The government is send
.ng copies of this address broad
t 'n an effort to stop joy riding |
an the part of automobile owners,
:hus saving a vast quantity of gaso-|
1 ne for use in the war.
Mr. Manning rio^s not advocate I
owners of automob'le.s to stop rid- |
Ing for pleasure entirely, but con
tines his statements to n judicious
regulation of the gasoline supply.
Ho says in part;
"If the automobile owneis of the I
country will stop unnecessary and
extravagant pleasure riding during
the period of the war, they will f
save enough gasoline to take care |
of all the war needs of the United
States.
"If the automob le owners and |
dealers in g-isolino handle this;
most perfect of all fuels in a care- 1
ful and economic manner, they ran
save enough gasoline to perhaps
take care of the war needs of the
all'es." f 'I j:|
Resolution To Stop
Congressional
Meddling
Washington, Aug. 16.—Ob'neC
nembPrs say the administration will
:ake Us time in deciding the course
)£ action it will pursue in regard to
Pope Benedict's peace proposal.
Tames Hamilton Lewis introduced
i resolution yesterday in the Ben
ito to stop congressional interfer
ence in the conduct of peace Deso
lations, I :J j < 'J
LONDON FOREIGN OFFICE
MAXES PROPOSAL
PUBLIC
London, Aug. 16.—The foreign
office this morning made pufel'c the
,iope's peace proposal to the bel
ligerent nations which is substantial
ly the same a$ that already; out
ilned by the press. The proposal
jium, her complete independence,
•alls for the evacuation of Bel
:he evacuat'on of France, return
3f the German colonies, arbitration,
>f the territorial questions between
Austria and Italy and the troublo
n the Balkan states.
MIMIEAST
IB NORTH
OF yPRES
London, Aug. 16.—Filed Marshal
S'r Gen. Haig has switched hi*
forces from France into Belgium
and is today attacking east and north
of Ypres. Heavy bombarding is
taking place.
NINETEEN BRITISH SHIPS
TORPEDOED LAST WEEK
London, Aug. 16.—Nineteen Brit
ish vessels of 1600 tons or over
were torpedoed with the week end
'iig yesterday. This is a decrease
of four ships below the preceding
week.
Fearless in The
Sight of Men
No man can be at paivif ashmed of
his clothcs. To be well dressed and
know it gives one the courage. His
personality is at its Jpest. He is a
HUNDRED PER CENT.
EFFICIENT
FEELS MORE SO
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J AJMES KENNEDY